Supreme Court ok's Property Seizures

[oldmandennis]

Here is some new info I learned:
Apparently the city turned over it's power of eminent domain to a PRIVATE COMPANY.  The stew thickens...

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"PRIVATE COMPANY"... you probably got the wrong idea here. A redevelopment corporation is not a company in the traditional, moneymaking sense of the word. They usually have members appointed by the city, from neighborhood groups, community activists, and yes, business interests.

The idea is to get most of the nitty gritty details (and there are a lot of details in all of these situations) out of the city council meetings, and in front of a board that can give it their full attention. The city usually reserves enough power for itself to put them back in line if they are going against the peoples interest.