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Well I don't have any links for the info since I am on dial up right now and its slow enough as it is.

The supreme court has just ruled that city and county governments can take your land and turn it over to private land developers if the new development or business will increase tax revenue. The case that was before the Supreme court involved a group of families in New London, Conn. that have old victorian homes on the river and they are working class folk. A developer wants their land for plush condos and exclusive health clubs. Now the law says the city can take that land from these people. the city was already trying to do this but the people were fighting the ruling obviously. These people have now lost their homes because they were not rich and did not have fancy homes or contribute lots of tax revenue compared to what will be there.

land investments or property investments are now dead as well. if you have prime realstate even if its been in the family for 100 years and a company or big developer wants it but doesnt want to pay your price they can steal it from you legally now. chances are a big developer will be chummy with the local government and a big corporation you know will pull out the stops with their high priced lawyers to get the land as cheaply as possible. it happens everywhere all the time. walmart does it a lot. so now your land which was worth a chunk of change will be taken from you for next to nothing since the governments idea of fair market value will not be anywhere near what its trully worth, and thats if they even give you anything. if they condem it as blight they wont have to pay you. they will claim its unsafe for living.

so those of you that live in nice areas and pay lots in property taxes have some simpathy on us working folk. nothing wrong what so ever with having money and a nice house or property, its just that chances are this law will not affect you. you already pay a lot in taxes and revenue compared to someone who has a small plot and simple house with a view at most going for it. these are the people that will be hurt the most by this ruling.

the only way to fight against this ruling is to make sure your local officials do not agree with emminent domain. they are the only ones who can seize the land and force the land owners to sell or leave. if they don't side with the developers and corporation then your safe. if they do the law now says you lose and you have to leave. there is no fighting it anymore.

only two links i do have are for a couple of organizations that fight emminent domain. if anyone is interested here ya go.

www.ij.org
www.castlecoalition.com i think. try .org if it doesnt work.

ok rant off. if this type of crap keeps up i think ill need to find a new country to live in. maybe the dollar will go far there and i can build my own race course. you are all welcome to come and race if you can get the car there.

Formula WS6 View Member Profile	Jun 23 2005, 03:52 PM Post #1
Advanced Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 697 Joined: 25-December 03 From: Athens, GA Member No.: 45	Well I don't have any links for the info since I am on dial up right now and its slow enough as it is. The supreme court has just ruled that city and county governments can take your land and turn it over to private land developers if the new development or business will increase tax revenue. The case that was before the Supreme court involved a group of families in New London, Conn. that have old victorian homes on the river and they are working class folk. A developer wants their land for plush condos and exclusive health clubs. Now the law says the city can take that land from these people. the city was already trying to do this but the people were fighting the ruling obviously. These people have now lost their homes because they were not rich and did not have fancy homes or contribute lots of tax revenue compared to what will be there. land investments or property investments are now dead as well. if you have prime realstate even if its been in the family for 100 years and a company or big developer wants it but doesnt want to pay your price they can steal it from you legally now. chances are a big developer will be chummy with the local government and a big corporation you know will pull out the stops with their high priced lawyers to get the land as cheaply as possible. it happens everywhere all the time. walmart does it a lot. so now your land which was worth a chunk of change will be taken from you for next to nothing since the governments idea of fair market value will not be anywhere near what its trully worth, and thats if they even give you anything. if they condem it as blight they wont have to pay you. they will claim its unsafe for living. so those of you that live in nice areas and pay lots in property taxes have some simpathy on us working folk. nothing wrong what so ever with having money and a nice house or property, its just that chances are this law will not affect you. you already pay a lot in taxes and revenue compared to someone who has a small plot and simple house with a view at most going for it. these are the people that will be hurt the most by this ruling. the only way to fight against this ruling is to make sure your local officials do not agree with emminent domain. they are the only ones who can seize the land and force the land owners to sell or leave. if they don't side with the developers and corporation then your safe. if they do the law now says you lose and you have to leave. there is no fighting it anymore. only two links i do have are for a couple of organizations that fight emminent domain. if anyone is interested here ya go. www.ij.org www.castlecoalition.com i think. try .org if it doesnt work. ok rant off. if this type of crap keeps up i think ill need to find a new country to live in. maybe the dollar will go far there and i can build my own race course. you are all welcome to come and race if you can get the car there.

Formula WS6 View Member Profile	Jun 28 2005, 11:54 PM Post #21
Advanced Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 697 Joined: 25-December 03 From: Athens, GA Member No.: 45	i want to know where i can donate money for the hotel. id gladly send 50 their way if they can go through with that. heard today that Freeport, TX last friday less than 24 hours after the ruling began the process to take two seafood businesses out in order to sell it to a private developer out of dallas so he can build a marina. those businesses have been there for 50 years and were built from nothing into what it is today. very sad indeed. screw any of these pro sports teams with the multi-millionare owners wanting to use tax money to build a stadium that does not help the local economy with tax revenue. studies have been done that show they have no affect even during huge events like the super bowl.

SSpeedracer View Member Profile	Jun 29 2005, 05:28 AM Post #22
Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 162 Joined: 29-December 03 Member No.: 61	Logan Darrow Clements is a funny guy! Hope more people try that, eventually a town will vote yes. Sgarnett- Yeah, I want to go to NZ for the sheep. Not kidding, but not for the reason you suggest. This great country of ours is so bogged down by the religious minority, that genetic engineering is hampered. Why do you think NZ is the hotbed for the next technological leap? Imagine where we would be if our aerospace development was hampered 60 years ago 'cause God never intended us to travel through the heavens? This country sucks unless you have deep pockets and can buy votes. Before anyone chimes in with the "love it or leave it" BS, I'm doing both. I love it and will leave it. Plan is 3 years. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/burnout.gif)

v7guy View Member Profile	Jun 29 2005, 08:17 PM Post #23
Advanced Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 854 Joined: 26-December 03 From: NYC, NY Member No.: 50	The stadium moving to Arlington really hacks me off. The cowboys have a really nice training facility in Irving, a good stadium in Dallas, why do they really need to take a bunch of buisnesses and homes away from people half an hour away? Is it a good idea to let the buildings they already have rot and lie empty. It scares me to think I could buy a house and then have it taken from me.