Posted by David Sherman on Thursday, November 17, 2005 at 10:48PM :
In Reply to: OT WW2 Vet being thrown out of his home!!! posted by Lew VB on Thursday, November 17, 2005 at 10:36PM :
Do they rent, and the landlord decided to sell to the developer? Do they own their home and the city condemned it as per that recent USSC decision? I agree it sounds like a raw deal, but if they're renting there's not much anybody can do except tell the owner he's a heartless SOB. If the government is involved in some way, especially via one of those always-crooked "public/private partnership" "urban redevelopment" deals, we need to make everybody aware that this is where the USSC's very broad interpretation of "public purpose" is leading us. Frankly, we have a lot more need of a constitutional amendment to protect private property than we do of one to let Arnold Schwarzenegger run for president.
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