
“Government officials like to use eminent domain for the convenience of their preferred policies and/or the enrichment of themselves and their buddies. Usually, they get away with it, because the folks on the receiving end are too few and powerless to hold their tormentors to account. In Hackensack, New Jersey, however, the officials who targeted Michael Monaghan’s property for seizure as part of an ‘area in need of redevelopment,’ even while denying him the right to develop it himself, pushed too many people around, too often. Last month, voters booted out the entire city council.”
http://reason.com/blog/2013/06/13/attempted-land-grab-ends-with-voters-boo
Related posts:
Russian legislators introduce bill to take children away from LGBT parents
How Obama Officials Cried ‘Terrorism’ to Cover Up a Paperwork Error
Exposing the Absurdity of Washington’s Anti-Sequester Hysteria
Why is California Jailing Landscapers? Don't Cops Have Better Things to Do?!
The Housing Bubble and the Limits of Human Knowledge
The FDA: A Pain From the Neck to the Big Toe
Whence the Housing Bubble?
The Enemy of the NSA is My Friend
NSA Gets Honest About Its Lack of Honesty
B-52s Over Korea...Protecting Our Homeland?
Supreme Court Upholds Vehicle Search Based On Spurious 911 Call
America’s “State-Run” Economy Just Like China’s?
Federal Debt: Frozen for Two Months. A Miracle!
Nevada bill would legalize gambling on federal elections
DOL Fiduciary Rule Is ‘Biggest Change' To Investment Advice Industry