Friday A/V Club: That Time Jane Jacobs and Marshall McLuhan Made a Movie Together
Killing the Spadina Expressway
Killing the Spadina Expressway
An alt-World Cup in the favelas.
Eminent domain abuse returns to the Atlantic City boardwalk.
Possibly finished until the end of Obama's term
Rights not convenient for state power
Government bodies often will take private property for genuinely public uses, and then try to stiff the owners.
The further adventures of the New Jersey governor.
Can't have it their way
Even though they don't have money to build it yet
Irvington, NJ trying to be second city in the nation to use the tactic
May remain in their homes in town abandoned due to decades-old coal fire
As costs escalate, property owners have been kept in limbo about the fate of their land
As the economy recovers, a rise in eminent domain to favor connected players looms, despite so-called reforms
City council voted to take the land if owners didn't want to sell
Bold move to put the city itself underwater
Government officials want to use eminent domain to acquire mortgages.
Will snatch up houses with underwater mortgages and try to resell them
A victory for the little guy and property rights
Post-Kelo law blocked the attempted theft
Obvious concerns for private property rights
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