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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 01:03 PM Original message |
Court Rules Private Land Can Be Seized for NBA Arena |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. The legal standard for "blighted" is broad and vague IMO. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 01:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Its the new super easy way to gentrify. nt |
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Altoid_Cyclist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Land-grabbing and carpetbaggers fits well. |
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wpelb (292 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 12:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
55. "Urban renewal" = "Negro removal" |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. Is this arena gonna be another taxpayer-financed project for ultra-wealthy team owners? |
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47of74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 01:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Computer says yes |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Doesn't matter... |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. Sure, but then they turn around and give the "developers" tax breaks. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 04:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
32. isn't it always?? |
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brendan120678 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
6. Unfortunately, I don't know if the NY Court of Appeals had any other choice... |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 01:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Yep.... |
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beyond cynical (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 01:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. And to think that Kelo was a decision was made by the liberals on the court. |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
48. And Pfizer has cancelled their manufacturing facility plans there. The lynchpin of the case. |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 04:09 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. We Had That Happen |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. So how is a new arena for the "public good" if it displaces families? |
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Dr. Strange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 04:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
33. $$$$$$$ |
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cstanleytech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 02:23 AM Response to Reply #8 |
41. In this case because the stadium will provide jobs both building it |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 10:46 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. You can't possibly be serious.... |
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cstanleytech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #42 |
49. Nope, I didnt say they should be required |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:37 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Well then by all means.... |
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cstanleytech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 11:43 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. I tried that already, you werent willing to listen then but if something changed just |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 11:18 AM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Apparently, not well enough. Try again for the masses. nt |
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cstanleytech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 11:50 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Well, its clear nothing has changed with you then, feel free to get back to me when it does. Ciao!! |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Ah, evasion. |
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cstanleytech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 04:36 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Well played, Glenn Beck would be that you learned your lesson so well from him. |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 04:56 AM Response to Reply #8 |
61. The NBA requires 500 tickets be available at 10 dollars a pop for every game. |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 01:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. kelo was a federal decision |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 04:11 PM Response to Reply #18 |
53. Kelo was based on a state law, though.... |
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Erebus67 (78 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
29. And now that land just sits abandoned. Disgusting really |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 11:30 AM Response to Reply #6 |
46. socialize the risks, privatize the profit. |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
9. Thank you once again to Kelo v. New London |
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sharp_stick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 01:30 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Yup |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. The IRONY, It Burns |
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brendan120678 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 01:30 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. What's even worse with Kelo, is that Pfizer is now... |
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backtomn (424 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 03:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. Nice Job Pfizer |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
13. My objection to Kelo was that it let the government... |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. I willing to bet the new owners |
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Erebus67 (78 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 04:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
31. That was exactly my objection. |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
15. The irony is that Kelo was for naught |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
20. It's nice to know that the state of New York has its priorities straight |
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iandhr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
21. In reality |
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Beavker (784 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
22. Not that I condone the taking of land for big $ devolopers... |
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24601 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 03:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. I just want my town to take my neighbor's house & land and give it |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
23. This project ought to go over like a lead balloon |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
24. Land mines may be a solution |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
27. An outrage. And Newark is also being screwed over in this. |
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rdmtimp (265 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. The Nets still play at Izod Center in the Meadowlands... |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 06:36 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. The Nets have been playing some preseason games at the Prudential Center recently |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 05:01 AM Response to Reply #37 |
62. They should move to Newark, it is stupid to put another team in New York. |
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katkat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
30. states |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
34. Texans just voted in a constitutional amendment that would block this sort of thing. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
35. Now even private property is no longer safe from the gaping maws of the Corporatists |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 06:05 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. No one and nothing is safe from them and their Inverted Totalitarianism |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
38. Makes as much sense as the deal Dubya worked to get land for a Texas Rangers ballpark. n/t |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 11:31 AM Response to Reply #38 |
47. which is COMPLETE senes. |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
39. Fuck the NBA |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 05:04 AM Response to Reply #39 |
63. Okay no most of that is wrong. |
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therealbarack (33 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
40. Eminent domain run amok |
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BennyD (207 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
43. This crap should never happen. n/t |
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DrCory (862 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
44. Golly Gee!...I thought government was our friend now. N/T |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
45. new jersey nets...? brooklyn...? |
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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 12:42 AM Response to Reply #45 |
56. The multimillionare real estate developer and russian billionare who own the team want to move it |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
51. The solution, then, is to make land seizures economically and politically costly. |
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