[Cecily]

Hooray! The uproar must have been deafening.

[TChris]

... and that he regretted the misunderstanding.

Yeah, it was all a "misunderstanding". You misunderstood the country in which you live, thinking it was China.

[NativeNewYorker]

Hey...no hard feelings, right? /sarcasm

[stinkerpot65]

Ironically, it was a Jewish school.

[Phantom Lord]

Neal Boortz bringing this local issue to national attention was of great help.

[Niteranger68]

I believe Atlanta is certainly more corrupt than New Orleans.

[neutrino]

he regretted the misunderstanding

Little Jimmy Wilson is merely a petty thief and a tyrant, who regrets getting caught trying to steal.

[GovernmentShrinker]

Fulton indicated in a strongly worded letter that unless Weber agreed by Monday to sell the property, the school board would use eminent domain to obtain it. . . . Fulton school board president Gail Dean said the board had been under the impression that the district was in negotiations with a willing seller. "Had we known they had no interest in selling, we would not have pursued it," she said.

Maybe Dean can explain who or what wrote the letter. "Fulton" refers to the county and/or the school district. Counties and school districts don't write letters, people do. Who wrote the letter? Am I supposed to believe that a letter threatening that the Fulton School District would use eminent domain to obtain land, was written and sent without the school board's knowledge? I don't. And nobody threatens to use eminent domain (especially accompanied by a very short term deadline), when they think they're negotiating with a willer seller. Dean lies.

[Santiago de la Vega]

Sorry to disagree, but building a public school is a public good and therefor a legitimate use of eminent domain.

However, a Wal-Mart is not.

Let's make these disctintions clear.

The fact that they are replacing a private school is a problem, but one that's solved in other ways.