define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); Comments on: The folly of Kelo v City of New London https://norunnyeggs.com/2008/03/the-folly-of-kelo-v-city-of-new-london/ The repository of one hard-boiled egg from the south suburbs of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (and the occassional guest-blogger). The ramblings within may or may not offend, shock and awe you, but they are what I (or my guest-bloggers) think. Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:19:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Shoebox https://norunnyeggs.com/2008/03/the-folly-of-kelo-v-city-of-new-london/comment-page-1/#comment-34668 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:19:22 +0000 https://norunnyeggs.com/2008/03/the-folly-of-kelo-v-city-of-new-london/#comment-34668 It frosts (pardon the pun with a mountain of snow, alledgedly on the way) me that the govt. has no consequences of poor decisions such as the condemning in this case. They took $ off the tax roles and have no likely way of replacing it. I think we ought to have requirements that the developers who want the benefits of the eminent domain have to post a bond for the tax loss on the property before it gets taken. That would increase the risk of this kind of nonsense for the developer and slow the no consequence train of the local governments.

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