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Judge Souter

ATFATF Member Posts: 11,683 ✭✭✭
edited June 2005 in General Discussion

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  • ATFATF Member Posts: 11,683 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I guess no one cares? [:(]

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  • bigtirebigtire Member Posts: 24,800
    edited November -1
    There are two other active threads on this topic.

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    Tear the tree out of the ground by the roots and burn it. Burn it to ash and grind out the embers with your boot until there's nothing left. Not a single spark. Not a single seed.
  • ATFATF Member Posts: 11,683 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sorry bout that.[:D]

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  • nononsensenononsense Member Posts: 10,928 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    ATF,

    Don't apologize, the more the better. We need to pound some sense into these idiots for thinking that they can take our property away just so they can build shopping centers on it. I hope that this goes through and he is removed from his property.

    Here is the most recent story:

    Proposal Made to Seize Souter's Property

    2 hours, 16 minutes ago

    WEARE, N.H. - Following a Supreme Court ruling last week that gave local governments power to seize private property, someone has suggested taking over Justice David Souter's New Hampshire farmhouse and turning it into a hotel.

    "The justification for such an eminent domain action is that our hotel will better serve the public interest as it will bring in economic development and higher tax revenue to Weare," Logan Darrow Clements of California wrote in a letter faxed to town officials in Weare on Tuesday.

    Souter, a longtime Weare resident, joined in the 5-4 court decision allowing governments to seize private property from one owner and turn it over to another if doing so would benefit a community.

    the "Lost Liberty Hotel" was posted on conservative radio show host Rush Limbaugh's Web site. Clements said it would include a dining room called the "Just Desserts Cafe" an a museum focused on the "loss of freedom in America."

    A message seeking comment from Souter was left at his office Wednesday morning. The court has recessed and Souter was still in Washington, one of his secretaries said.

    A few police cruisers were parked on the edge of Souter's property Tuesday.

    "It was a precaution, just being protective," said Lt. Mark Bodanza.

    Clements is the CEO of Los Angeles-based Freestar Media that fights "abusive" government through a Web site and cable show. He plans to move to New Hampshire soon as part of the Free State Project, a group that supports limiting government powers, the Monitor reported.

    The letter was passed along to the board of selectmen. If the five-member board were to endorse the hotel project, zoning laws would have to be changed and the hotel would have to get approval from the planning board. Messages seeking comment were left with Laura Buono, board chairwoman.

    "Am I taking this seriously? But of course," said Charles Meany, Weare's code enforcement officer. "In lieu of the recent Supreme Court decision, I would imagine that some people are pretty much upset. If it is their right to pursue this type of end, then by all means let the process begin."

    Souter's two-story colonial farmhouse is assessed at a little more than $100,000 and brought in $2,895 in property taxes last year.
    (That's not very darn much compared to what a good hotel could bring in)

    The Supreme Court case involved the city of New London, Conn. The justices ruled that City Hall may take over property through eminent domain to make way for a hotel and convention center.

    In his majority opinion, Justice John Paul Stevens said New London could pursue private development under the Fifth Amendment, which allows governments to take private property if the land is for public use. He said the project the city has in mind promises to bring more jobs and revenue.

    At least eight states - Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Montana, South Carolina and Washington - forbid the use of eminent domain for economic development unless it is to eliminate blight. Other states either expressly allow private property to be taken for private economic purposes or have not spoken clearly to the question.

    Send an e-mail to the Selectmen of Weare.
  • jaflowersjaflowers Member Posts: 698 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    ATF, I posted about this last night. It's a good story. Glad you're keeping it going too. I really hope they take it from him. Would serve the @#$@%#$%%^ right!!!
  • NighthawkNighthawk Member Posts: 12,022 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I think someone should take a look at the Real Estate of the others who voted yes on the issue as well.I mean surely they will be eager to sacrifice for progress.

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