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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.

I'm not Kevin, but, alas, I lived in Naples for a year building a
shopping center there.


Amazing! Kevin claimed to have lived in Naples for a year building a
shopping center also! Perhaps you knew him when you were here?

Must have been a piddle**** little place to only take oonly a year to
build