(01-04-2019, 06:17 PM)G.Irish Wrote: Eminent domain is dodgy enough when you're talking about building roads or schools. But some states use it to take private property from people and give it to commercial interests for redevelopment. In Ohio the local government conspired with some developers to change the definition of a 'blighted' house so they can use eminent domain on whole neighborhoods and redevelop them into strip malls.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-x...story.html
Same thing happened with FoxConn in Wisconsin. Its fucking awful.
I've accepted the man gets his money, one way or the other. I do wish it were simpler, though.