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New Orleans, Ohio Homeowners Threatened
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“Angry homeowners screamed and City Council members seethed Wednesday as the city's recovery commission recommended imposing a four-month building moratorium on most of New Orleans and creating a powerful new authority that could use eminent domain to seize homes in neighborhoods that will not be rebuilt.” (San Francisco Chronicle [1], Thursday)
“Attorneys for a Cincinnati suburb argued before the Ohio Supreme Court yesterday that the city should be able to tear down 'deteriorating' homes and businesses to make way for a shopping center.” (Columbus Dispatch [2], Thursday)
To fully appreciate things, just let the phrase eminent domain sink in.
FEE Timely Classic
“Beyond Eminent Domain” [3] by Lee Ownby
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[1] San Francisco Chronicle: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/01/12/MNG3PGM01S1.DTL
[2] Columbus Dispatch: http://www.dispatch.com/news-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/01/12/20060112-A1-00.html
[3] “Beyond Eminent Domain”: http://www.fee.org/publications/the-freeman/article.asp?aid=640
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