Steal works well enough for me...they forced people to move because someone with deep pockets wanted to use that land for personal gain, who was already in cahoots with the local government to get over $400 million in money from the taxpayers to fund the project.<br /><br />If there were a profit to be made on the facility, the team owner would have funded it himself instead of squeezing the government to pay for it.
What the hell does that mean? That the City paid $10K to move the guy? And then he has to pay taxes on that? Or the City gave him $10,000 and he thinks it should have cost $8000, so he walked away with $2000? I am totally confused. What did the City pay for their homes? Fair market or a premium? Then they got a cash payment on top of that? Help! If they were renters and they got kicked out, and then the city said "here take $10K and be quiet" but did not instruct them about taxation, I think that is a little screwy. What do you think withholding is about? When you think about it, it protects both sides.<br /><br />I was in favor of well reasoned eminent domain on a previous thread, but only if those who are displaced get some sort of premium. Yes, we all pay tax on any kind of income, but IMHO any eminent domain stuff needs to insure that those who are displaced come out ahead even after taxes. And it should be the booter outer's responsibility to explain the whole damn thing properly. Sometimes it is not enough to claim that "you should've known". This feels a little like that to me, however, I don't think there is enough info to base a reaction.
The word is "condemn".<br /><br />I know what the word "fraudulent" means, but I don't know what you mean when you use it in that context...nobody was "defrauded" - everybody knows what they're up to.<br /><br />I'm not real pleased with this use of imminent domain, but to start throwing around accusations of theft and fraud is childish and irresponsible.<br /><br />Not to mention which, there is precedent right here in the same city, involving a very high ranking political official. I won't say who, but he is now the leader of the free world. Although at the time he was just the man who traded Sammy Sosa to the Cubs for Harold Baines.
You know what it's for. I know what it's for. Everybody knows what it's for. It's a matter of public record. There's no lying going on. The truth is right out there for the world to see.<br /><br />
In every dictionary I can find, "condemn" is defined as (among other things) the taking of land under right of eminent domain. I really have no idea who "re-defined" it as that but it was hundreds of years ago, probably in England.<br /><br />The project includes all kinds of street and highway improvements, so for all we know the "condemned" property in question is going to public use.<br /><br />If you have any actual evidence that any kind of fraud, theft or robbery is actually taking place, then by all means please present it here.
