06-24-2005, 01:11 PM
Rhydderch Hael,Jun 23 2005, 04:04 PM Wrote:What seriously irks me is such seizure would be justified on the implicit guarantee that the private venture will ultimately benefit the community...
...no private enterprise can guarantee that. Businessmen brought us reality TV and New Coke. They don't have the Midas touch, but they'll sure be happy to tell politicians that they do.
And what if the business venture does fail? Back to square one. Well, not quite 'square', given that there's an abandoned WalMart sitting where a neighborhood used to be.
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Agree with this.
Also, if taking property gets easier, it seems cities will want ot use this more instead of looking for other ways to build up areas. And it's harder to tell when to stop adding businesses and work on other parts of the city.
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