Thank you again, Supreme Court. For that 2005 Kelo v. City of New London ruling that allows the use of eminent domain to take land from one private owner and give it to another. Now the city of Seattle is stealing a parking lot from its 103-year-old owner so they can give it to a developer… who will build, among other things, a parking lot.
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Wouldn't have been easier to just RENT from her? The developer could have rent from her or else do some kind of deal where they split the profits of the parking lot if they invest in improving it or something. I mean seriously that would be the best resolution here... so obviously something else is afoot some bad blood and bribery happened to make this go. All in all this is abuse and tyrannical use of power.
The 103-year-old has donated the land to a charity upon her death. The charity has no use for a parking lot business so they will of course want to sell it. This should not be a long wait, right? Because of her age? Trouble is, the land along the waterfront is being improved and values are expected to skyrocket soon, so the city is basically condemning and grabbing the land for themselves before the price rises. So the developer, who clearly has friends on the city council, will get the land cheap. As soon as the city announces who the developer is, we will know who the dirty dog pretend-capitalist is.
There are very few instances where eminent domain should be allowed (very very few). This is not even close to being one of those instances. To curb eminent domain, I would recommend a law where the property owner be paid triple the property value and moving costs. Normally I'm against increasing spending, but maybe then gov officials would be more likely to use the eminent domain laws only in the very narrow instances were meant for.
Why would they care? It's not like it's their money.
Elections have consequences.
It's done all over the country, every day. My friend in Boise stopped them, though. They were going to take his riverfront property to complete their little nature path, and he patented the property. Once he had the patent, leading back to the original land grant, even the feds couldn't touch that property.
Fascinating... I need to remember that.
Obviously bribery and other things happened here, this is absolutely disgusting and they probably wager that the owner won't live long enough to fight them on this. It is wrong no matter what.
Patent? Is that the right word? How to you patent land?
You go to the local office of the BLM, and research the land all the way back to the original land grant. Then you take that information to the local recorder's office, and get them to record it. Usually, they will lie and tell you that it's not an official document, then you have to research the laws in that state, and use them to force the county recorder to do his job.
I did it with my property in Joshua Tree, CA. When I went to sell the property, I had to go release the patent, or the title wouldn't be clear, and it would show up in the title search.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_patent
Until this is done, even if you've paid off the note, you're still just renting the property from the government.
Probably the worst SC ruling since Roe v. Wade.
Did you forget the Obamacare ruling?
This certainly reeks of the Chicago way, if you won't give something to them, they'll just steal it.
Property rights are the foundation of our entire system. That includes labor and the means of production. To ignore those basic principles is an advocation of tyranny. No wonder progressives despise the founding documents.
That is most certainly why they despise a well propertied middle class. It doesn't need them and more importantly has the political power to avoid their control.
Precisely.
I hear guns being loaded.
Remember though, they will gain, or have already gained access to your checking, savings and IRA accounts so it's probably past time stuffing money in your mattresses. What the f*** do you think all these recent smoke and mirrors have been about. Watch my hand, not that guy at the NSA hacking into your accounts, squirreled away in that little 'geek's' office, behind that locked door with the 'DO NOT ENTER' sign attached to it.
hisham, being that it's been years since there was an interest rate worth keeping your money in the bank for, I haven't been keeping anything more than enough to pay the bills and maybe an impulse purchase in there. I don't want to be caught flat footed when the run on the banks starts, and people want to start buying gold and silver en-masse.
Hey, poppa, these f***ers don't mind picking the coins out of your couch.
And the pennies on my eyes?
When there are no property rights there are no rights. And rights cannot be granted by governments or groups of people, not any more than they can be taken away by them.