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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Siegfried: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Sol System: [qb]Snark aside, it's easy to construct an argument wherein it is in the public good for Company X to put down a critical piece of infrastructure, whether its economic, some utility, or so on. Say, if everyone needed a zombie defense wall where your house was, I'm not sure I see the distinction between the government taking the land to build one itself and taking it to sell to Zombie Defense Contractors, Ltd.[/qb][/QUOTE]But this is exactly what's [b]not[/b] happening here. The court decision is allowing the City of New London to seize the property under eminent domain then sell it to a private developer to build an office park, research centers, a resort hotel, retail space, and a conference center. Most of that is not going to be public use of the land unlike if it had been seized for a highway, park, or zombie defense barricade. That's the problem with the court's decision; it says any pipe dream of a boost in economic activity can be considered "for public use" and thus allowable under eminent domain. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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