The backlash against eminent domain is so great that two-thirds of Ohio voters would ban the government taking of private property, even for public projects such as roads.In the private sector,a taking is called theft.Not "eminent domain".
That's one finding of a Quinnipiac University poll released last week, just as state lawmakers were fleshing out the details of the most significant property rights bill in decades.
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Voters oppose eminent domain
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports: