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This fall filming will being for Little Pink House, the film devoted to telling the story of Susette Kelo.
“[The producer] describes it as a classic David and Goliath story that focuses on Kelo, a single mother who had her Connecticut house seized by the city of New London and turned over to private developers. “
A Dallas man, who “wanted to stay where the hell he was and be left the hell alone,” is facing eminent domain to make way for a roadway for real estate development deal. That’s the jist of this Dallas Observer piece.
The piece says the public reason for the taking of his property is straightening an intersection 2 blocks away, but alludes to the real reason being a real estate development by former Cowboys.
Here’s what the landowner says transpired:
Eminent domain that benefits a private company could have new hurdles if federal legisaltion by Congressman Sensenbrenner passes.
Economic benefit to a private company from eminent domain would cost a state federal economic funds for 2 fiscal years after a court ruling that the federal law has been violated.
There’s a possibility eminent domain could be used for expanding the Convention Center. Perhaps maybe plus a whole slew of ther hedge words, eminent domain may be used for a project that includes a new Westin properties hotel on Ceasar Chavez near/linked to the Convention Center.
Naturally landowners and businesses are opposed to the use of eminent domain, but then the story gets interesting.
The response from the city on whether eminent domain is very nuances, let’s look:
The Institute for Justice reviewed eminent domain reforms to protect private proeprty rights enacted after Kelo and found none of the doomsday messages.
According to this reasearch, the world does not end, regardless of how strong the private property reforms are.
In Atlanta people sued when Cobb County tried to seek bonds to finance a stadium for the Braves.
The Court boiled it down to “national pasttime” and “economic benefit.” the Atlanta Braves are a public benefit.
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Libertarians and private property rights activists will not stop talking about Kelo. There are books and movies afoot about Kelo.
During this week’s 10 year anniversary, the libertarian presses were on fire:
A man living on Oriental Avenue in Altantic City is facing eminent domain action by the New Jersey’s Casino Reinvestment Development Authority.
For all the Monopoly players, Oriental Avenue is a light blue property with a $6 rent.
Its a case that pushes into Kelo territory since the development authority wants to use the property for part of a “tourism village” to revitalize the economy.
What could have been a local story has turned national when CNN started paying…
How did eminent domain use for economic development purposes fare, even with the US Supreme Court’s blessing in Kelo? There were no winners.
On the 10th anniversary of the 2005 U.S. Supreme Court decision Kelo, there’s a new focus on how the transfer of land harms the poor.
The Washington Post, Volokh Conspiracy, features a heavily edited quote from the NAACP, post-Kelo:
“As Hilary Shelton of the NAACP put it in testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, “allowing municipalities to pursue eminent domain for private economic development [has] … a disparate impact on African Americans and other minorities……