"Leland C. Scott" wrote:
On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 22:03:38 -0400, I AmnotGeorgeBush wrote:

From: (Frank*Gilliland)
The Supreme Court just ruled that the

government can TAKE YOUR HOME and

hand it over to a commercial developer based

on NOTHING MORE than the claim that it can
generate more tax revenue as commercial

property (Kelo v. New London).


Ain't that a bitch? I was totally surprised by the manner in which the
justices rendered their opinions, especially the way they voted.

Yeah, when there's money to be made it don't matter. Case in point was
the "Poletown" deal years ago in Detroit where a whole neighborhood got
bulldozed down to make way for a new GM plant. The argument went that it
would be GM's flagship of efficiency etc. Well it never did live up to
its hype, nor produced the kind of tax revenues the city was hoping to
get either.

Know anyone that retired from there?