Express your opinion on eminent domain use and abuse...

Current Totals:

Should local governments be allowed to use the power of eminent domain to take homes and buildings for important public works projects like safer roads or government buildings?
Yes, as long as the owners are fairly compensated and the public benefit is clear:	82%
No:	18%

Should local governments be allowed to use the power of eminent domain to take homes and buildings for private projects as long as they benefit the public good?
Yes, as long as the owners are fairly compensated and the public benefit is clear:	35%
No:	65%

Should local governments be allowed to use the power of eminent domain to take homes and buildings for private economic developments that will produce lots of jobs and significant amounts of tax revenue in truly blighted areas?
Yes:	51%
No:	49%

Should a single property owner in a larger project area always be able to block a project that benefits the public good?
Yes. The right of the individual is always more important than any public good:	29%
No. The public good is sometimes more important than an individual's right:	71%

If a local government takes homes and buildings to benefit the public good, the best definition for "just compensation" is:
The property value on which the owner has been paying taxes:	2%
The price that other buyers have recently paid for similar properties:	17%
The cost of relocating and buying a similar property in a similar location:	81%

Didn't girly-man Francis recently use eminent domain to try to extract people from their home near Carondolet Park in order to build a Lowes store?

That sounds familiar...

Over 200 homes were condemned recently in another part of St. Louis called Sunset Hills.