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« Franklin Skyline | Main | Newspapers Seek Remedies for Dying Business Model » May 26, 2006State Senate Fails the People On Eminent Domain Reform
You can read everything I've written about the Kelo decision here. Posted in Tennessee Government News
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No need to make up reasons to call the Seante failures. They have already provided so many. The truth is, not one member of the state Senate NEEDED the courage to stand up for property rights over governmental power. We've had ED for a long time in this state and it hasn't been abused anything like Kelo. Not protecting us against an imagined problem that has never presented itself isn't really a failure. If the town of Gift, TN decides to take somebody's property and the Senate doesn't do anything, then we'll call them failures. Now quit writing about this or I'm going to use my influence with the county to make your house into a mini golf course with companion McDonalds. Posted by: W at May 26, 2006 1:24 PMPost a comment
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Joe Lance of TennesseeTicket.com has written an excellent essay on how the state legislature decided not to give the people of Tennessee any real protection against governmental abuse of its eminent domain power in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's Kelo decision. Kelo essentially empowers governments to seize private property for any reason. You can read Lance's essay at both 