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December 21, 2004
The Comdemned
Mother Jones: Things are getting ugly as a local developer has divided a neighborhood that the city has condemned because it is blighted. Five holdouts are causing a stalemate with other property owners who want to get on with their lives.
Standing in the Gambles' tranquil back yard, with its lilacs and bird feeders, it's hard to understand how anyone could think this property was blighted. Horney points out that by the study's criteria, nearly anyone's home could be taken by the government. "You could call the White House blighted because it's over 40 years old, it's got a lack of parking, it's surrounded by commercial development. I'm sure there is noise. If you tore it down and put in a big office building, certainly it would generate more taxes than Mr. Bush living there."
Posted by lumi at December 21, 2004 7:55 AM