Have you actually read the decision?
Kelo was and is an affront to the freedoms we all allegedly enjoy in this country. Property rights are fundamental in a free society. Imminent Domain should be used sparingly and only for those public purposes that can't be handled any other way. That the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the city because the land in question would supposedly generate higher taxes is a direct attack by governmental/corporate interests against private property. A given piece of land will almost always generate more taxes as a strip mall or big box store as opposed to private residences. The ruling essentially said, that the government can take your property for any reason just because the needs of the almighty state always overcomes the rights of those of us who apparently exist merely to feed the leviathan.
I was mistaken in my unerstanding of the reasoning behind their decision. I mistakenly believed that they had decided that it was up to the States based on the 9th amendment. I heard it somewhere. I was wrong. After reading the decision, I am left more disturbed than every by our government.
I think Sandra Day O’Connor summed up very well why you and I are against eminent domain seizures of property... “Any property may now be taken for the benefit of another private party, but the fallout from this decision will not be random. The beneficiaries are likely to be those citizens with disproportionate influence and power in the political process, including large corporations and development firms.”