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Homes may be 'taken' for private projects
Justices: Local governments can give OK if it's for public good

The Associated Press
Updated: 12:23 p.m. ET June 23, 2005


WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that local
governments
may
seize people's homes and businesses - even against their will -
for
private
economic development.

It was a decision fraught with huge implications for a country
with many
areas, particularly the rapidly growing urban and suburban areas,
facing
countervailing pressures of development and property ownership
rights.

As a result, cities now have wide power to bulldoze residences for
projects
such as shopping malls and hotel complexes in order to generate
tax
revenue.

Yep, and it's horrendous. I guess there goes Naples Village by the
Ritz
Carlton.

What is Naples Village?

An area of older homes adjacent to the Ritz Carlton.

The homes immediately adjacent to the Ritz Carlton start at about 5
million. The ones just down the road a half mile from there are part of
a community called Beach Walk. Those homes sell for half a million and
up. The other two areas around the Ritz are Vanderbilt Beach and Naples
Park. Vanderbilt starts at about one and quarter million. Naples Park
runs in the high $400's and up. Of course, there are condos that run
anywhere from a half millon in Vanderbilt on the bayside, to $15
million for the ones right next to the Ritz.


But there's no "Naples Village".


Why does this idiot who lives some 600 miles north of you think he knows
more about your city than you do?

Kevin continues to amaze me.

Kevin worked nights as a rent-a-cop guarding a Naples Wal-Mart
construction site when it was built a decade and a half ago. Even though
housing was pretty cheap on the west side (Gulf side) of US 41, his $4
hour forced him to live among the swampbillies much further to the east.


I bet he was union also. Do you think Krause was his supervisor at the
time?

We don't allow unions down here.