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• Pfizer abandons site of infamous Kelo eminent domain taking

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 162
  The private homes New London, Conn., took through eminent domain from Suzette Kelo and others, are torn down now, but Pfizer has just announced that it closing up shop at the research facility that led to the condemnation. Leading drugmakers Pfizer and Wyeth have merged, and as a result, are trimming some jobs. That ...
  5 hours ago

• There goes the neighborhood...literally!

  
  Queens Crap — Authority: 592
  Demolition of the buildings in Columbia Universitys expanded footprint is in full swing. The historic building housing the Hudson Moving & Storage Company (on the National Register of Historic Places - I told you that designation means nothing) is being demolished with only its facade being saved and moved to ...
  19 hours ago

• The condemnation process: what might happen if the ESDC wins the eminent domain case

  
  No Land Grab — Authority: 493
  Atlantic Yards Report So, what might happen if the Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC) prevails in the pending eminent domain case--decision expected around Thanksgiving, but who knows--and pursues condemnation of properties in the Atlantic Yards footprint. In previous coverage of the ESDCs July 22 ...
  3 days ago

• “Battle of Brooklyn” needs a swift kick

  
  Not Another F*cking Blog! — Authority: 414
  Over the past 5 years, I’ve gotten to know many involved in the fight over Atlantic Yards.  From the beginning, filmmaker Michael Galinsky and crew have been following this story on a budget that’s typical of many documentaries: next to nothing.  Money’s even tighter in this economy, so they’re reaching out ...
  3 days ago

• Yesterday’s Films, Today’s Issues: Wild River

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 623
  My second film in my Yesterday’s Films, Today’s Issues series is going to be another Elia Kazan film (there was recently a Kazan retro in NYC ).  Kazan’s Wild River is a beautiful film starring Lee Remick and Montgomery Clift as a young Tennessee woman named Carol and a government agent named Chuck ...
  4 days ago

• City of Lake Forest eminent domain. “Just compensation” is not in their vocabulary

  
  Orange Juice — Authority: 575
  Today’s OC Register article by Erika Ritchie contains a follow up report on the city of Lake Forest using its eminent domain powers to “take” property from a south Orange County family. As the intended use does meet the Fifth Amendment criteria of a “public use” I have not added my two cents into this [...]
  4 days ago

• Eminent Domain is Not Reasonable

  
  George Donnelly — Authority: 461
  I wrote this letter to the editor of the Glenside News in response to one published last week that argued, essentially, that eminent domain was reasonable, normal and very uncontroversial. This in response to the action there October 17 . Eminent domain is not reasonable. Eminent domain is a twenty-five cent word ...
  4 days ago

• Cruz Baca Sembello loses in Baldwin Park council race by 68 votes

  
  Orange Juice — Authority: 575
  I just got off the phone with Cruz Baca Sembello. Cruz was a leader in the fight to protect property rights in Baldwin  Park where Bizno Development bulldozers were about to destroy homes and business properties that were never for sale. She also served as a co-author of Prop 98, the property rights ...
  5 days ago

• >>States fight back against Supreme Court ruling allowing private proprerty to be taken and handed over to a private investor.

  
  And So I Go: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow — Authority: 441
  States have been fighting back against  the Supreme Court ruling allowing private property to be taken and handed over to a private investor.  many state  legislatures came up with legislation to thwart this Supreme Court ruling soon after it was made because of the outrage of the people.  Most of the legislation ...
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• Proposition 11 Wins Slight Victory For Foes Of Eminent Domain Abuse In Texas

  
  Durango Texas — Authority: 139
  There was an election yesterday in Texas, just like there was in most of the rest of America. In Texas we had several Propositions to vote on. All passed. Including Proposition 11 which alters the Texas state constitution to make it more difficult for local governments to use eminent domain to seize private property ...
  5 days ago

• Mark Your Calendars: ABA Condemnation Law Conference Call - November 19, 2009

  
  inversecondemnation.com — Authority: 468
  Mark your calendars for Wednesday, November 18, 2009, from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time). Thats when we will be having the next "recent developments" conference call for members of the Condemnation Law Committee (ABA Section of State & Local Government Law). Its free, but open only to Section members. ...
  1 week ago

• The Brooklyn What Runs for Brooklyn Borough President

  
  Lucid Culture — Authority: 469
  With election day 2009 approaching, and no viable option on the ballot for those who are dissatisfied with Marty Markowitz, The Brooklyn What wishes to make formal its write-in campaign for the office of Borough President of Brooklyn, NY. The local, Brooklyn raised punk rock band has been running informally since ...
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• Compensating Justly? What Is the Property Being Condemned at the Atlantic Yards Site Really Worth?

  
  No Land Grab — Authority: 493
  Noticing New York This blog post examines how developer Bruce Ratner benefits from eminent domain abuse. He can both underpay for a condo hes planning to take via eminent domain and yet claim over-the-top value for the property he owns due partially to an upzoning given to him via state leadership on the proposed ...
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• Latest On Rumber v. DC

  
  inversecondemnation.com — Authority: 468
  On October 16, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard oral arguments in  Rumber v. District of Columbia , No. 09-7035, the appealchallenging an attempt to take a shopping center by the District of Columbia andthe National Capital Revitalization Corporation. We previewed the arguments and posted the ...
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• Trick or Treat? Clarke County sales tax vote Nov. 3

  
  Iowa Defense Alliance — Authority: 121
  Trick or Treat time for the landowners in Clarke County will continue past Halloween. On Nov. 3 there will be voting on a special ballot to decide whether or not the city of Murray and rural Clarke County will pass a 1 percent sales tax to help pay for their share of the costs to [...]
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• Election Day 2009

  
  Conservative Compendium — Authority: 432
  Voters will be going to the polls on November 3rd.  If you haven’t been paying much attention, here’s a quick recap of what’s going on: The Races Virginia Governor : Easy R Pick-up McDonnell (R) is trouncing Deeds (D), who he has previously defeated in a statewide election (Attorney General). The ...
  1 week ago

• Whats a Prospect Heights condo worth? ESDC low-balls Goldstein (who once walked away from $500K profit) and overpromises the public

  
  No Land Grab — Authority: 493
  Atlantic Yards Report The Empire State Development Corporation had to inflate the residential-condo projections for Bruce Ratners Atlantic Yards megaproject, so the project appears to be financially viable. On the other hand, the public-private corporation is lowballing the price for one home owner whose condo ...
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• Atlantic Yards, Shadow Government, and Albany Frozen in Amber

  
  Homeland Stupidity — Authority: 494
  October 14th. The big chill was early, even for Albany. A press conference was being held in the park across from the New York Court of Appeals. The highest court in the state was set to hear Goldstein et al v. New York State Urban Development Corporation . The press conference speakers and their supporters were ...
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• Atlantic Yards,Shadow Government,and Albany Frozen in Amber

  
  Blogger News Network — Authority: 629
  October 14th. The big chill was early, even for Albany. A press conference was being held in the park across from the New York Court of Appeals. The highest court in the state was set to hear Goldstein et al v. New York State Urban Development Corporation. The press conference speakers and their supporters were [...]
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• Still here.

  
  56 Houses Left — Authority: 91
  Regarding news in Carrollton:  I just read the other day that the Chinese shipping hub plans sounds like a bust…  for now and the immediate future.   Given the sad state of the economy coupled with the heavy pandering from Chicago for a shipping hub there, I am in the belief that Carrollton will remain in its ...
  1 week ago

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