No Eminent Domain Abuse Here

Back in June I wrote a piece on Kelo v. New London and was quickly told by an anonymous poster how wrong I was in my comments. I took the time to do some research and put my rebuttal in this post . I believed then and I am certain now, that the Kelo ruling gave the Government a license to steal private property.

Yesterday the Star Ledger did an article on how Union Township's Town Council is trying to take Carol Segal's land and give it to a developer that has given large sums of money to Assemblyman Joseph Cryan. Cryan runs the Democratic party in Union and although he denies any involvement in this decision, the council (all Democrats) voted to seize the land just 3 days after the developer gave Cryan over $70,000.

Sandra Day O'Connor, in her dissent of Kelo v. City of New London said:

"The beneficiaries are likely to be those citizens with disproportionate influence and power in the political process, including large corporations and development firms."

Truer words were never spoken.