Posted on 10/04/2005 9:23:59 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s
Florida's Riviera Beach is a poor, predominantly black, coastal community that intends to revitalize its economy by using eminent domain, if necessary, to displace about 6,000 local residents and build a billion-dollar waterfront yachting and housing complex. "This is a community that's in dire need of jobs, which has a median income of less than $19,000 a year," said Riviera Beach Mayor Michael Brown.
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1-Where are the libs when 6,000 blacks are getting royally screwed to "profit the rich". This ought to be tailor made for Jesse and the race pimps. It seems big government socialism is what these people are really for.
2-Calling Charlie Crist, calling Charlie Crist. You sid this couldn't happen in Florida, so we needed to do nothing to protect the homes of our citizens. Yeah, Charlie, I *really* want you for governor. An attorney general that oversees the violation of the US Constitution is a poor choice for governor.
Where do the "Homeys" that live there now get their yachts worked on?
That's an interesting stretch down there. Riveria Beach is not that big. It takes minutes to drive from there to a Rolls dealership. The demarcation going from poor to rich is almost startling
Wasn't this the community featured in the movie "Sunshine State". (If not it was one very similar.)
Didn't you know that poor black people aren't supposed to live in nice places, like on beachfront property? < /sarc>.
Riviera Beach is another demonstration of Democrat scum keeping Blacks in their economic chains of slavery, and the Congressional Black Caucus is the field boss!!! I wonder if American Blacks will ever learn have badly they have been had by their "Black brothers" and the Democrat Party. I doubt it. Ignorance is bliss, I guess!!!
Just where are they going to "displace" 6,000 low income and no income people to?
Seems to me all they are going to accomplish is to "move the ghetto." Has the mayor got another site picked out for them?
Since they will only be getting assessed value, they're hardly going to be able to move in to any "new construction" neighborhoods.
On this topic, anyone know what is happening with that eminent domain case to take David Souter's property to build a casino? (The Lost Liberty Casino, I think it was to be called).
I don't know this for a fact, but I suspect that many, if not most, of these people do not even own the property they live on. Which makes them doubly SOL.
With annual income averaging $19K, I suspect you're right.
If that's the case, the renter doesn't have a prayer. The government deals with the landlord. He then tells the tennant - "you've got to move, I've sold the house." Tennant can't afford to move to start with so they have successfully created a whole sh*tload of new homeless people.
Are any of these local pols peeling this onion back as far as we are?
Maybe they can hire that weather guy who says all the hurricanes are being caused by the Japanese Mafia. He can set them up with palm beach county to put a nice little cat 4 in there. Then they won't even have to pay the assessed value of the homes, they can just boot em out and never let em come back
Brilliant plan, Mayor Brown! Move the low-income folks out of your town, and miraculously, your town's average income goes up!
STAMP OUT POVERTY: STAMP OUT THE POOR
Maybe, but they are in the midst of a money orgasm, so the brain is pretty much shut down.
Also, let's not kid ourselves. There are a lot of people at the local political level who will benefit financially. The good of the community is NOT the motive here.
Follow the money...Follow the money...Follow the money...Follow the money...
You are right.
Most of the people that live in these homes are section 8 tenants, and a good portion of the properties are owned by slum lords.
I don't recall Jeb Bush being the governor of Texas and building a statium there.
WTH are you yapping about? First of all, Jeb didn't have anything to do with the stadium in Texas. As for you comment on protection:
State officials on Friday denounced a U.S. Supreme Court ruling giving local governments the authority to raze people's homes for private development and vowed to pass laws protecting property rights.As for him being a "carpetbagger", he moved to Florida in 1981 and joined the Codina Group, a real estate development company. He became Secretary of Commerce under governor Bob Martinez in 1987 and was the Republican nominee for governor in 1994, losing to incumbent Lawton Chiles. In 1998 he became the governor of Florida. IOW, he was in Texas for 17 years before he became Governor. That does not fit the definition of a carpetbagger.Gov. Jeb Bush called the decision "horrible" and said he'll urge the Florida Legislature to take quick action.
"This is not the proper role for eminent domain," Bush said. "We will pass legislation, and I think there will be broad support for it in the Legislature."
Not ED but somewhat related
google Marvin Heemeyer
Why are you confusing this rant with the facts.
While I agree that he got shafted, pulling a Neemeyer will just end in the same predictable result: Your death!
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