O.T. Eminent Domain?

Get creative...is anything on it classifiable as wet lands? Any endangered wildlife?. Civil war, slave- or Native American burial grounds or settlements? Beat them at their own "letter-of-the-law game and see how many of them have MI's...(heart attacks for those not married to medical types)

Any use of Eminent Domain for the express purpose of lining the pockets of private individuals is a gross misuse of an idea designed to provide for the greater good of the community, AS A WHOLE.
Ya gots to be able to move from point A to point B without paying a toll at every property line, I see that point...but I don't see a "right to shop in malls" or a "right to watch professional (fill-in-the-blank)ball close to home" anywhere after the right to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" phrase in any version of the constitution I've ever read.

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Fortunatly, I beat the sheriff to the court house "auction" by 1 hr. That was about 30 yrs. ago.

It has been my experience that within the course of generations of a families, there will be the necessity to make a decision about keeping hold of the families posessions, in this case land holdings. This is because of the growth of our society.

I have been doing business over the past 35 years with agriculture families. We have only been a "nation" for approx. 5 generations. I am now seeing the 5th generation of land ownership being forced to decide is the "farm" is worth-while anymore, or should we sell.

It's too bad. Perhaps all we can do is HOPE that the future generations will hold on to a "small" item, the family's 18th cent. Chippendale mirror perhaps, to remind us of our forefathers.

Hope this helps.

Typically, single family homes use up much more in city revenues and services than they contribute in taxes. Businesses on the other hand typically pay much more in taxes then they ever get back from the city in services. That is why cities usually court businesses with tax breaks. It helps the city's financial balance.

Hard to say what the city's motivation is in this case. Could be they are hard strapped for cash and wanted to boost the city coffers. The businesses will probably create jobs and those people will hopefully be good tax paying citizens. The businesses will probably chip in to make the roads in the area better (in their own interest of course). The businesses will probably create jobs too though so in the end, it helps the public good.

Can't say what the reasoning is in this case, but its usually to most everyone's benefit...except those that get booted out of course.

Thanks for a great conversation

Jim Cox

But what we know already, a lot of corn and wheat fields, beef ranches, etc. are already foreign owned. So what? The mortgage "commercial paper" of those houses has probably already been SOLD to foreign investers. So what? It is only STOCK. Careful, WE still have our N's.