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Thursday, June 23, 2005

A MAN'S HOME IS HIS CASTLE - UNLESS WAL-MART, OR MARRIOT, OR CRACKER BARREL, OR ANY CHEESY TWO BIT DEVELOPER WHO GOLFS WITH THE MAYOR - REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, NEEDS THAT LAND, FOR A REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, IMPORTANT REASON.

PSST - MY BROTHER'S COUSIN HAS A DEMOLITION COMPANY. HE'LL BULLDOZE ANYTHING YOU WANT, CHEAP, IF YOU CAN HELP HIM OUT WITH A LITTLE TAX PROBLEM HE HAS.



A divided Supreme Court ruled Thursday that local governments may seize people's homes and businesses against their will for private development in a decision anxiously awaited in communities where economic growth often is at war with individual property rights.

As a result, cities now have wide power to bulldoze residences for projects such as shopping malls and hotel complexes in order to generate tax revenue.

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