Rob the poor to feed the corporate world's bottom line.
Everyone tries to make conservatives out as being in the back pocket of big business. Apparently this is not so in the Supreme Court. The more conservative members of the court opposed this ruling that allows cities to take land from ordinary folks so that businesses can profit from it.
Supreme Court Rules Cities May Seize HomesJustice Sandra Day O'Connor, who has been a key swing vote on many cases before the court, issued a stinging dissent. She argued that cities should not have unlimited authority to uproot families, even if they are provided compensation, simply to accommodate wealthy developers.
Here in Spokane the City got involved in a Public/Private parnership with disasterous results. City goverments are too easily bought to be trusted with descisions about who is allowed to own what land. Too many companies have way too much influence in the community. Those companies shouldn't have the capability to use government to bully the rest of the citizens into getting out of their way.
