Bonilla Bill Targets Eminent Domain

[smb]

Bonilla bill targets eminent domain

Any local or state government that employs the right of eminent domain to transfer property from one private owner to another would be denied funding for all federal programs under legislation written by Rep. Henry Bonilla (R-Texas)....

Congress will correct the Supreme Court's abdication of its duty... if they're pressed to act on this before the storm of public outrage blows over.

[fasttense]

1. Well, one thing you can count on the repukes

to do is protect the right to own and control property.

[DrGrishka]

8. What exactly do you have against private property?

n/t

[mainegreen]

2. I hope it passes

Eminent domain for anything non-government owned rubs me the wrong way.
The notion of curing blight by kicking out the poor people to build plazas for rich and middle class people does nothing to cure blight, just moves it around.

[Ravenseye]

4. It isn't even just for 'curing blight'

http://www.thewaterglass.net/archives/001332.html

I understand, but disagree, with the argument of taking away vacant unused derelict buildings from people if someone else is going to develop them.

What I don't like is this case in Harrisburg where the local airport used eminent domain to ruin a competeing parking business. The airport wants to take his 17.6 acres claiming it's needed for expansion. Plain fact is there are other spots they can expand to, and people in Harrisburg prefer Cramer's parking because it's cheaper (5 dollars a day, period) and better service (including a free car wash even for short term).

That's the useages that really piss me off.

[alkaline9]

3. good intentions, but bad outcomes IMHO

...what's to stop a lame duck (likely repuke) from using emminant domain only to screw the next (likely dem) elected? I have seen similar posts about this in recent days, and the solution that I saw repeated many times was to do the following:

Whenever land is taken as per emminant domain for any non-govt use, the land will have an additional tax (penalty?) for a number of years following the transfer of the property. So rather than a standard tax rate, an increased tax rate would be used, so that the use of this property could benefit the entire area, not just the private new land owner. This would dissuade business owners from speculating on such property without "giving back" so to speak to the surrounding (tax) community.

Thoughts?

[K-W]

5. Corporations must love this bill.

This means that corporate properties couldnt be transferred into housing for poor people. These things cut both ways.

[smb]

6. Nope -- The Other Side Is Dull

This means that corporate properties couldnt be transferred into housing for poor people.

Yeah, like that's going to happen....

[K-W]

7. So youve given up on every locality in this country?

Thats a pretty bleak outlook, and if that is the case we might as well stop chatting and start fleeing the country.

[Javaman]

9. Eminent Domain and N.O. Just watchout as the repukes try their hand...

at urban renewal.

"hell, you live here? not anymore! It belongs to the Hyatt now!"

colossal failure*.

So we have a limited bankruptcy law now, eminent domain laws to screw the little guy and an empty city to do what they want with. Hmmm, it appears to me, that they lined up their little ducks in a row for just the right moment.
Screw the little guy is their motto. With these new "laws", even though he's broke, he will still have to pay on a debt, that he declared bankruptcy on, in blood while at the same time, give up his home because a meglocorp wants to put in an urban outfitters.

[Captain Hilts]

10. No, but he'll still want the right to name streets after Reagan. (nt)