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September 13, 2007
Eminent Domain: Can Objective Morality be Relative?
John Birch Society News Feed
By Wilton D. Alston
Here's the Libertarian perspective on Brooklyn's latest, and one of the most bizarre, examples of eminent domain abuse:
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS:
According to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, "Three Brooklyn entrepreneurs were busy preparing to host the November grand opening of their arts and music venue in Fort Greene, until they received notice [in mid August] that the city plans to seize the building they're leasing via eminent domain."
Follow this link to the original source: "Ousted Brooklyn Arts Venue Wants Spot In Its Replacement Building"
COMMENTARY:
It is said that truth is often stranger than fiction. When we're talking about the State, that phrase takes on power of mythical scope. The best part of this eminent domain story? The city plans to seize the building these entrepreneurs were turning into an arts and entertainment venue so they can construct, with public money ... wait for it ... an arts and entertainment venue!
The entrepreneurs in question had supposedly filed all the appropriate papers and had also invested some $1.2 million in renovating the property. It is possible that their idea is flawed. It is possible that they are poor businessmen. It is possible that the money they have invested was wasted.
It is not possible that the government can do a better job providing services than the market.
Posted by lumi at September 13, 2007 7:51 AM