[cougar_mccxxi]

An example of government hard at work to increase its own income?

[dsc]

It's tyranny. No lesser word will suffice.

[zeugma]

I realize that abuses of ED are legion these days, as out of control governments run roughshod over owner's rights. BUT, it is not entirely clear if that's what is happening to the people mentioned in the article.

Residents of Harbor Lights MHP on Boca Ciega Bay were given the opportunity to buy their park. The price: $45 million, or $100,000 from each of the 450 residents, almost all of whom sank their life savings into a mobile home and live on Social Security.

The above sounds to me like the owner of the property decided to do something different with their property. Just because the folks living there were renting space for their mobile homes doesn't mean they have the right to do so forever. If they's had $100k (each), they could have owned their slots free anc clear, and not had to worry about it.

OTOH:

Riviera Beach, Fla., is planning to use its eminent domain power to take nearly 400 acres, displacing 6,000 people, to allow developers to build an upscale waterfront yacht club and business complex.

I'd support armed resistance in the above instance.