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August 4, 2006
EMINENT DOMAINIA: No eminent domain abuse here
2theadvocate.com, N.O. officials won't seize property
Members of ACORN fight eminent domain in New Orleans, home to the group's headquarters.
“Land cannot be taken without due process of law,” Loyola University of New Orleans law professor William Quigley, surrounded by two dozen members of the ACORN and Common Ground community groups, told council members.
The ACORN members held a large banner that declared “NO To Plan To Steal Our Land!” and smaller signs that proclaimed “Hands Off Our Property” and “Save Our Homes.”
Council members and officials with Mayor Ray Nagin’s administration assured Quigley, the community groups and residents that the Aug. 29 deadline — established by an ordinance passed by the council in April — is not a land-grab attempt by the city.
NoLandGrab: ACORN's position on eminent domain in Louisiana is in stark contrast to the feelings of members of ACORN NY, who chanted "Tear them down! Tear them down!" in reference to private properties in the Atlantic Yards footprint at a November, 2004 "Informational Meeting" hosted by Community Boards 2, 6 & 8.
Fox 19, Cincinnati, Norwood Party Held To Celebrate Eminent Domain Ruling
A party was held in Norwood on Thursday night celebrating the Ohio Supreme Court's eminent domain decision.
The ruling kept the city from taking three homes there for a 125-million dollar development.
If developers don't go ahead with their project residents who took a buyout for their homes might be able to buy their land back and rebuild. ...
Carl Gamble, whose house was at the center of the battle, doesn't think that's likely."They'll never do that, you'll never see them again, when it first came out none of them wanted to move either, they all wanted to stay, but as soon as they flashed the money in front of their face, they were gone," said Gamble.
Posted by lumi at August 4, 2006 11:37 PM