By Glen Morgan | Freedom Foundation
Seattle’s city council voted unanimously Monday [1] to use eminent domain to take private property. They say they must seize the private property, which is currently being used as a parking lot, in order to turn it into … a parking lot. (Here is the link to the original notice [2]). Local station Q13Foxnews discussed this story here [3].
In addition to eminent domain abuse, the City of Seattle has recently been in the news for hiding public records [4], and sinking the farm boat. [5] The common thread among all three of these stories is that, in Seattle, central planning takes priority over people [6]. In this case, they decided it was critically important to seize a parking lot from its 103-year-old owner so that it can be a parking lot. At least this is their stated justification.
Read more at Freedom Foundation. [7]
Seattle’s city council voted unanimously Monday [1] to use eminent domain to take private property. They say they must seize the private property, which is currently being used as a parking lot, in order to turn it into … a parking lot. (Here is the link to the original notice [2]). Local station Q13Foxnews discussed this story here [3].
In addition to eminent domain abuse, the City of Seattle has recently been in the news for hiding public records [4], and sinking the farm boat. [5] The common thread among all three of these stories is that, in Seattle, central planning takes priority over people [6]. In this case, they decided it was critically important to seize a parking lot from its 103-year-old owner so that it can be a parking lot. At least this is their stated justification.
Read more at Freedom Foundation. [7]
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