In a twist on this summer's Supreme Court decision allowing a Connecticut city to seize private land and turn it over to developers, a New Jersey appeals panel has OK'd the taking of property from developers to assure the area remains as open space.When there's no clearly defined property rights anyone's property is up for grabs.Which is just another way of saying:who owns the local politicians owns the local property.WorldNetDaily
The decision by the three-judge state court, handed down Tuesday, allows the township of Mount Laurel, N.J., to take a 16-acre tract from developer Michael Procacci and his company, Mipro Homes, which planned to build 23 homes on the land.
Friday, August 05, 2005
Taking of developer's land for open space OK'd
Look at what Kelo opens the door to: