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Oakland doesn't like private property rightsEminent domain vs a 56 year old family
owned business
FOX News reports that Oakland wants to seize land from a
family owned business to give it to
Sears.
In July, using the power of eminent domain, the Oakland City Council evicted John Revelli from his store and locked the doors. The council's argument: One landowner should not impede the progress of a city on the move. "I am being forced to give up and give away all I have worked for all these years," Revelli told FOX News. "It is a compelling story, but it is not correct because we offered far and away more than what the land value was," said City of Oakland redevelopment director Dan Vanderpriem. Revelli's property is located in a block targeted for redevelopment. Not only the tire store but dozens of other parcels have been seized so a private developer can put in condominiums and apartments. The city also used its power of eminent domain to obtain the parcel for a commercial retailer, Sears, which wants to put in its tire store. Fortunately Congress is acting, as this article mentions at the end. But this shouldn't depend on the whims of Congress to put it into law. It's already in the Constitution. This is one of the protections guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. What Congress gives, Congress can take away. If the government does not wish to recognize the highest law in the land, then why should we recognize government? 
Posted: Sun - November 6, 2005 at 11:07 PM
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