May 13, 2008
Asbury Park Press
Appeals court to hear eminent domain case
Members of the Marine Terrace, Ocean Terrace, Seaview Avenue Alliance will join attorneys Wednesday in Trenton in the next skirmish of their years-long battle to remain in their homes, which Long Branch is trying to acquire through eminent domain.   More

May 9, 2008
The News Journal
Bill would restrict eminent domain
[P]roperty owners such as Ed Osborne, whose auto repair shop on A Street near the Christina Riverfront is on a list for potential condemnation using eminent domain laws, said Senate Bill 245 is a fair one and should be approved.   More

May 9, 2008
The Day
Surviving Eminent Domain

And just like that, the little pink house is back. Actually, for Avner Gregory, who has spent the last nine months in a complicated project to relocate and rebuild the house made famous by the Supreme Court eminent domain case Kelo vs. New London...

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May 9, 2008
The New York Times
A Tale of Two Cities, Only One With Sewers
“You never ask, ‘You have sewers here?’ ” said Mr. Soni, whose business is called House of Spices. “In America, right here, in the heart of New York City? No! It never occurred to me to ask. It would be silly to ask.”   More

May 8, 2008
The Atlanticville
MTOTSA appeal set for May 14 in Trenton
As their day in court approaches, a group of Long Branch homeowners fighting to save their oceanfront properties from condemnation say they are in the best position they can be.    More

May 8, 2008
The Leaf-Chronicle
NAACP seeking probe into plan
The City Council is expected to approve second reading of the Clarksville Center Redevelopment and Urban Renewal Plan tonight.   More

May 6, 2008
WDAF-TV (Kansas City)
Neighborhood Continues Struggle With City For Eminent Domain
Virginia Marth said it's tough to watch bulldozers take down six generations of her family history in Sugar Creek.   More

May 6, 2008
The Daily Record
When to condemn
Blight should not be defined as property that can be "better utilized," if converted into something else. We have seen some truly nasty incidents of government condemning waterfront homes in Long Branch to make way for luxury condominiums. Legislation should prevent that. Keep in mind that there is a hometown impact here.   More

May 6, 2008
Courier-Post
Eminent domain must be daunting for towns
Lawmakers should approve strong legislation restricting eminent domain and improving the process.   More

May 6, 2008
The Facts
Freeport OKs eminent domain to spur project

Hoping to expand the city tax base and push an urban renewal project forward, City Council voted Monday night to start the process to take 17 properties by eminent domain.

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May 5, 2008
The Tennessean
Music Row landowner gets help in fight against developers

The Institute for Justice, the libertarian group that fought the most famous eminent domain case of the last decade, has taken on Music Row property owner Joy Ford's fight against a plan to redevelop her building.

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May 2, 2008
New York Sun
Rally Will Call on Governor To Halt Atlantic Yards
Seizing on a string of reports questioning the economic viability of the Atlantic Yards project, hundreds of residents and a handful of elected officials are expected at a rally Saturday calling on Governor Paterson to step in and halt all demolition related to the $4 billion plan.   More

May 1, 2008
The New York Times
Delays in $4 Billion Brooklyn Development Are Challenged in Tenants’ Lawsuit

The ever-lengthening timeline for completing the $4 billion Atlantic Yards project near Downtown Brooklyn is not just bad news for those who hoped to see the project’s basketball arena, office towers and apartment blocks completed quickly.  It is also, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday, illegal.

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April 30, 2008
The Day
Fort Trumbull Housing Plan In Jeopardy
Citing“turmoil” in the national lending market, New London Development Corp. President Michael Joplin said he has“grave doubts” that the Corcoran Jennison company will meet a crucial May 29 deadline to secure financing for its long-delayed Fort Trumbull housing development.   More

April 29, 2008
WKRN-TV (Nashville)
Eminent domain threatens Music Row studio

A Music Row publishing and recording studio is at the center of a turf war with a Houston-based developer.  Country International Records, which has been located off Music Square East since 1980, is being threatened by eminent domain.

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April 28, 2008
KMBC-TV (Kansas City)
Bulldozers Roll Into Sugar Creek Development
Some residents said they were forced to sell their homes because they feared the city of Sugar Creek would use eminent domain to get them out.  The area affected is at the corner of Sterling Avenue and Highway 24. Developers want to turn it into a grocery store and a strip mall.   More

April 28, 2008
Orlando Sentinel
Shared roots of property, civil rights
Few policies have done more to destroy community and opportunity for minorities than eminent domain. Some 3 million to 4 million Americans, most of them ethnic minorities, have been forcibly displaced from their homes as a result of urban-renewal takings since World War II.   More

April 28, 2008
Asbury Park Press
Power to take property at issue
Those interested in the city's redevelopment will turn toward Trenton May 14 when advocates will argue the appellate court case in which oceanfront property owners seek to keep their homes and the city seeks to take them — for the good of the community, officials say.   More

April 26, 2008
San Diego Union-Tribune
Mayor tries to reassure residents nervous about redevelopment area
[I]n recent weeks, residents have threatened to unseat Mayor Morris Vance and other City Council members if they approve an amendment to add 1,945 acres to the city's 2,000-acre redevelopment area.   More

April 24, 2008
San Diego Union-Tribune
Focus may shift to needy locations

While a City Council-appointed committee is examining the pros and cons of nearly doubling Vista's redevelopment area, there's already talk of scaling back and focusing on the most needy areas.

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April 23, 2008
The Village Voice
Willets Point Redevelopment Hits Potholes
The city’s plan to acquire and raze 61 acres of land in Willets Point in Queens has “no chance of surviving the public review process” Councilmember Hiram Monserrate charted in a letter—endorsed by 28 other Councilmembers—to city officials in charge of development plans for the site.    More

April 23, 2008
Chicago Daily Herald
Schaumburg condemns land to redevelop historic district

Schaumburg officials Tuesday took steps toward the further redevelopment of the village's historic district.  They began proceedings to condemn a small strip mall and provide nearly $3 million in public improvements to get two stalled housing developments moving again.

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April 21, 2008
New York Observer
Council Opposes Willets Point Plan En Masse

The Bloomberg administration is facing stiff opposition to its Willets Point redevelopment plan. The city commenced a seven-month rezoning process today for the 61-acre site by Shea Stadium, prompting 29 members of the City Council to declare their disappointment with the plan.

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April 21, 2008
The Tennessean
Residents fear city will take their homes
Tariq Yunis thought he'd spend the rest of his life in the little house he bought a year and a half ago on Georgia Avenue. He'd raise his children there; when his Army career was over, he'd retire there...   More

April 20, 2008
Los Angeles Times
California voters face dueling measures on home seizure by eminent domain
Cruz Baca Sembello feels under siege by City Hall, in danger of losing the modest Baldwin Park home that she and her parents have lived in for decades. The San Gabriel Valley city is threatening to use its powers of eminent domain to force the sale of the home, with plans to raze it and several others to make way for a large shopping center.    More

April 18, 2008
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Eminent domain forces five relocations

It looks like the Mediterranean Cruise Café — one of Eagan's most popular family restaurants — will have to relocate after losing an eminent domain battle with the city. A Dakota County judge has ordered the restaurant and four businesses in Eagan's Cedarvale neighborhood to close up and get packing.

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April 14, 2008
Courier Post
Eminent domain must be taken off the table
Any future redevelopment plans in Westville shouldn't include the government forcibly seizing property. Amid a recession and severely slumping housing market, another redevelopment project that had sparked outrage among some because of the threat of properties being seized through eminent domain has evaporated.   More

April 13, 2008
San Diego Union-Tribune
Eminent domain, imminent distress
Jerome Hymes stood at North Indiana Avenue and Washington Street last week and wondered if there would be a place for him and his neighbors in a new Vista.    More

April 10, 2008
Courier-Post
Developer drops Westville plan
A Pennsylvania company has withdrawn as redeveloper for a controversial project along Big Timber Creek here, officials said Wednesday.   More

April 10, 2008
The New York Times
Businesses in Potholed, Sewerless Queens District Sue the City
Business owners in Willets Point — the district near Shea Stadium known mostly for its auto repair shops and potholes — filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday accusing the city of depriving the neighborhood of services so property values would fall, easing the way for the land to be taken through eminent domain.   More

April 8, 2008
Kansas City Star
Court’s eminent domain ruling threatens Missouri property rights
For decades, the property rights of Missouri residents have been disregarded as municipalities throughout the state plowed through personal property in the pursuit of progress.   More

April 8, 2008
The Leaf-Chronicle
Revamped development plan passes first vote
Clarksville City Council overwhelmingly approved first reading of the Clarksville Center Redevelopment and Urban Renewal Plan Monday...   More

April 7, 2008
New York Daily News
Willets Point business owners rip land grab
In an open letter in the Daily News this past weekend, a local retail group said it would be a "disgrace" if the mayor used eminent domain to wrestle property from business owners.    More

April 5, 2008
The News-Leader
State abuses eminent domain law

After the U.S. Supreme Court's infamous decision in Kelo v. New London...citizens of Missouri might have hoped that their state courts would understand the need for a restrained interpretation of eminent domain. Unfortunately, the state's highest court chose this week to expand that power even further than the Kelo case did.

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April 4, 2008
The Leaf-Chronicle
City Council to vote Monday on revised plan
The Clarksville City Council is scheduled to cast its first vote on a new version of the Clarksville Center Redevelopment and Urban Renewal Plan next week.   More

April 3, 2008
amNew York
Harlem biz owner wants building relocated
The owner of a building in the footprint of Columbia University's planned expansion is giving new meaning to the phrase "standing firm."   More

April 3, 2008
New York Sun
Kelo and Us
One of the most important Constitutional questions in the history of our Republic might be decided over a few acres of rat infested railroad yards in Brooklyn and a handful of doughty home owners who like living nearby.   More

April 3, 2008
Sun Tribune
State supreme court hearing may affect Sugar Creek development
In a little-publicized case, the Missouri Supreme Court has ruled that cities can use eminent domain under the state’s redevelopment laws to take land from private owners and hand it over to private developers.   More

April 2, 2008
New York Sun
Atlantic Yards May Prompt 9 To Revisit Eminent Domain
The proposed Atlantic Yards development near downtown Brooklyn could prompt the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider when government may use eminent domain to seize private property.   More

April 2, 2008
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Charles area's 'blighted' label is lifted
The City Council on Tuesday night removed the "blighted" tag attached in 2006 to the north end of the Frenchtown neighborhood to try to spur a major redevelopment.   More

March 30, 2008
New Jersey Herald
Newton woman's mission: Protecting property from eminent domain
Connie Sutton's Hicks Avenue home was among the 26 houses originally included in a plan to redevelop one of three areas in Newton. It was her fear that the town would take her home through a legal process known as "eminent domain"...   More

March 27, 2008
The Times Ledger
Willets Pt. biz calls city offer a sham
A set of land owners at Willets Point said the city has been disingenuous in negotiations for the purchase of their land and argued that the city Economic Development Corporation is only keeping contact to rebuild support among local City Council members.   More

March 27, 2008
New York Sun
Harlem Landowner Sues Over Columbia Expansion
The largest private business owner in the West Harlem area where Columbia University is proposing a 17-acre expansion of its campus is suing the university and the city, arguing that the city did not properly review the environmental impact of the project.   More

March 26, 2008
The Press of Atlantic City
A.C. property owners have a point in redevelopment fight
There was a time when Atlantic City was far too reluctant to invoke the power of eminent domain and condemn truly blighted properties that stood in the way of the city's redevelopment. But a lot has changed since then...    More

March 25, 2008
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Amend state constitution to protect property owners
When I started my dental practice in the the city of Arnold more than two decades ago, I never dreamed that years of hard work could be wiped out at the stroke of a pen.    More

March 25, 2008
New Jersey Herald
Newton officials: Eminent domain differences hurt planning efforts

Councilman Raymond Storm was rebuked by others on the council dais for recent comments in a Herald story where he announced his opposition to eminent domain...

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March 25, 2008
Asbury Park Press
Panel Showed True Colors
At the real estate development panel at Monmouth University, all the players in the abuse of eminent domain in New Jersey were present.    More

March 24, 2008
Forbes
The Taking of Port Chester
This is America. People can't just snatch your property, can they? They can if the Supreme Court lets them.   More

March 24, 2008
Forbes
This Property Is a Steal
Usual way to acquire land for development: make the owner an attractive offer. New York way: make a lowball offer. If he doesn't want to sell, bring in thugs from city hall.   More

March 23, 2008
San Diego Union-Tribune
Developers eye Mission Gorge
Even in troubled economic times, the Mission Gorge neighborhood's proximity to Mission Valley, Balboa Park and downtown San Diego is attracting attention from investors.    More

March 23, 2008
Star-Ledger
Owners fight inn's blight label
The Linwood Inn has been a tavern, restaurant and rooming house on South Wood Avenue since the 19th century and recently underwent a $500,000 renovation, but now it's on a list of blighted properties to be demolished as part of a multimillion-dollar redevelopment project.    More

March 23, 2008
The Tennessean
Turf war may test eminent domain

The souvenir shops, family restaurants and tourist attractions left a decade ago. Now the roads to Music Row are lined with chic bars, restaurants and a high-rise officer tower. But Joy Ford wants no part of the redevelopment schemes.

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March 21, 2008
WSMV-TV (Nashville)
Redevelopment Plan Causes Heated Debate
Hundreds of people showed up for a public hearing Thursday night regarding a controversial downtown Clarksville redevelopment plan, but many couldn't even get inside the building to attend.

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March 21, 2008
Press of Atlantic City
Fight against eminent domain goes to Atlantic City City Hall
An effort by Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. to expand its property is another sign that the resort's small business industry is facing extinction, local business owners say. But they're not going quietly.   More

March 21, 2008
The Leaf-Chronicle
Crowd spills out of forum venue
Dozens of people had to be turned away Thursday as an over-capacity crowd turned out for the city's public hearing on the Clarksville Center Redevelopment and Urban Renewal Plan.   More

March 21, 2008
The New York Times
Slow Economy Likely to Stall Atlantic Yards
The slowing economy, weighed down by a widening credit crisis, is likely to delay the signature office tower and three residential buildings at the heart of the $4 billion Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn, the developer said.   More

March 19, 2008
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Mo. Supreme Court upholds Arnold's right to use eminent domain
A Missouri Supreme Court ruling Tuesday allows Arnold to move ahead with plans to take by eminent domain the office of a dentist who had challenged that right in court, a city attorney says.   More

March 18, 2008
KMBC-TV (Kansas City)
Eminent Domain Ruling Upsets Sugar Creek Group
The state Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a lower court's ruling that would have blocked many communities from using eminent domain for private development supported by tax breaks. The ruling is a big blow for people fighting a new development in Sugar Creek.   More

March 18, 2008
Clarksville Online
Join the Fight against eminent domain abuse in Clarksville
Several groups opposing the Clarksville Center Redevelopment and Urban Renewal Plan will hold a rally prior to the City of Clarksville’s public hearing scheduled on the Plan for this Thursday, March 20th, at 6:00pm.  Opponents of the redevelopment plan should plan on wearing red clothing.   More

March 18, 2008
Newsday
Businesses near Shea bracing for uncertain future
As the Mets' new home moves closer and closer to completion, the Feinstein Iron Works, along with 100 or so other businesses in Queens' Iron Triangle, moves closer to extinction, with the help of some of the I-beams and plate girders being forged right in Feinstein's basement.   More

March 15, 2008
Pasadena Star-News
Speaking Out in Baldwin Park: Residents oppose development
Property owners rallied against a proposed multimillion-dollar development this week at a forum backing eminent domain reform.   More

March 15, 2008
Asbury Park Press
Courting the Project
 Long Branch is going to court to force the last of three original property owners in the proposed Broadway Arts Center redevelopment project to allow the appointment of condemnation commissioners to establish values so the parcels can be acquired.   More

March 14, 2008
The New York Sun
Paterson Could Derail Development; Opposes Use of Eminent Domain
If David Paterson as governor displays the opposition to eminent domain that he showed as a state senator, several high-profile development projects in New York City could be derailed or delayed...   More

March 14, 2008
Star-Gazette
No deal on Chemung project
Chemung County officials have pulled the plug on a $75 million economic development project in the town of Chemung that could have brought about 700 jobs to the area.   More

March 12, 2008
New Jersey Herald
Newton group to discuss eminent domain
The group calling itself DARN, an acronym for "derail abusive redevelopment in Newton," has said it will oppose plans that "continue to threaten property owners on Diller, Sparta and Woodside avenues" with eminent domain.    More

March 10, 2008
The Courier-Post
$1 billion riverfront renewal hits snag
A billboard along River Avenue proclaims "Pennsauken Township: Come Grow With Us!" and features an artistic depiction of the township's Delaware River waterfront filled with attractive residences and green space. The vision for Pennsauken's mostly decayed, industrial riverfront, however, has hit a snag.   More

March 10, 2008
San Francisco Chronicle
Eminent domain measures on ballot
Celebrity developer Donald Trump stirred controversy last year with his plan to build an upscale golf community in Fresno that would have required the city to use eminent domain to help him get all the land he needed.   More

March 9, 2008
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Let's not forget just whose domain it is
Property owners across the Lone Star State have a Texas-sized problem on their hands: eminent domain abuse, in which the government takes private property not for public projects (like the construction of a courthouse) but for private gain (such as the creation of big box stores or high-end homes).   More

March 7, 2008
The Journal
A Towering Development
Mt. Prospect officials announced this week plans for a $40 million redevelopment of village's downtown triangle, bounded by Busse Avenue, Elmhurst Road and Northwest Highway, will be presented at next Tuesday's Committee of the Whole meeting (Mar. 11).   More

March 7, 2008
The Houston Chronicle
Brothers say City Hall trying to pull a fast one

Houston veterinarians James and Jock Collins envisioned a nest egg for their retirement when they bought a house in the Galleria area in 1982. Instead of enjoying the proceeds from their investment, however, the 75-year-old twins are locked in a battle with the city of Houston. In an unusual use of its eminent domain authority, the city has condemned the property to develop a small "pocket park" on the edge of a large, upscale redevelopment project.

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March 6, 2008
The Atlanticville
MTOTSA set to appear in appeals court in April
A group of Long Branch homeowners have been given their day in court to continue a legal battle to save their oceanfront neighborhood from condemnation.    More

March 6, 2008
The Daily Herald
Mt. Prospect to view new downtown plan
The first major public unveiling of a plan for a proposed restaurant and residential district in downtown Mount Prospect will take place Tuesday night at the village hall, 50 S. Emerson St.   More

March 5, 2008
Clarksville Online
Our view: The updated redevelopment plan still has major flaws
We took an in-depth look at the proposed modifications to the blight ordinance and redevelopment plan, and discovered the new plan has the exact same issues which made the old plan so objectionable.    More

March 5, 2008
The Leaf-Chronicle
Redevelopment plan has major changes
City officials say a newly proposed version of the Clarksville Center Redevelopment Plan, now known as the Clarksville Center Redevelopment and Urban Renewal Plan, includes major changes meant to put at ease concerned property owners inside the redevelopment area.   More

March 4, 2008
The Daily Targum
NJ property owners fight against unfair land seizure
A recent court case gave hope to property owners opposing eminent domain usage. An appellate court decided on Feb. 25, New Jersey property owners will now have longer than 45 days to protest use of eminent domain in court if the government does not properly notify the owners.   More

March 1, 2008
The Star-Tribune
Is this last dance for Cedar Grove businesses?
The city of Eagan wants to condemn the cafe and five other businesses by using an eminent domain law to take private property for public use.   More

February 28, 2008
The Times Ledger
Willets Point owners, tenants, workers unite in defiance
The city's vision for the redevelopment of Willets Point faces a number of hurdles, but none more pressing than the buyout and relocation of the more than 250 businesses and at least 1,500 workers who occupy the site.    More

February 28, 2008
The Chicago Reader
We Might Take Your House
February 19 was a busy day at City Hall, as city officials gave the Daley administration the OK to jack up property taxes by untold hundreds of millions of dollars, virtually handed the mayor those millions to spend as he pleases, and threatened to kick a bunch of seniors out of their west-side homes.   More

February 28, 2008
The Press of Atlantic City
Pinnacle continues push for permits; eminent domain opposition persists
Despite recent delays and now-indefinite development plans, Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. continued to meet with city officials Wednesday for another hearing to create a redevelopment zone around the company's proposed casino site.   More

February 26, 2008
Mackinac Center for Public Policy
Protecting Private Property Rights Benefits Michigan’s Economy
Due to the 2005 U.S. Supreme Court Kelo decision that reaffirmed government’s power to take private property from owners and reassign it to another private party for the alleged purpose of economic development, Michigan voters approved Proposal 4 amending the state constitution in 2006.   More

February 26, 2008
Des Moines Register
Eminent domain bills take aim at 'loopholes'
A group of Iowans and lawmakers say property owners need stronger protection against government efforts to obtain private land for economic development.   More

February 26, 2008
The Star-Ledger
Legal ruling seen as shield against property seizure
In a decision that lawyers believe could affect the efforts of towns to take private property for private redevelopment, a state appeals court ruled yesterday that local governments must give owners clear and timely warnings that they could lose their property.    More

February 25, 2008
United Press International
Appeals court clarifies eminent domain law
The New Jersey Supreme Court Appellate Division declared Monday that property owners are entitled to proper notification under eminent domain procedures.   More

February 24, 2008
The Leaf Chronicle
Redevelopment hearing set for March 20
The Clarksville Property Rights Coalition, an informal group organized to oppose the plan, has maintained that the redevelopment plan should be repealed outright, and a totally new plan should be drafted.   More

February 23, 2008
The Baltimore Sun
City renewal bid rejected
In a rebuff to city economic development officials, Baltimore's Planning Commission has refused to approve creation of an urban renewal district in the West Covington area of South Baltimore, saying redevelopment plans should go forward but condemnation should not be used to forcibly displace thriving businesses and occupied homes.   More

February 22, 2008
The Examiner
Baltimore Planning Commission votes against West Covington plan
The Baltimore City Planning Commission voted against the West Covington Urban Renewal Plan by a 7-to-1 vote Thursday night, sending the redevelopment proposal to City Council with the suggestion of eliminating eminent domain from the plan.    More

February 21, 2008
The Hawk Eye
Council rejects call to investigate Manor project
Ron Sourwine went to city hall Monday looking for answers from the Burlington City Council about the Manor Revisited project.   More

February 21, 2008
Washington Square News
Stern grad fights Columbia spread
Nick Sprayregen says America is ready for a change in eminent domain laws. This multimillionaire Stern graduate is dueling Columbia University in a vicious land battle in West Harlem - and he's uncovered some dirt.   More

February 21, 2008
The Queens Courier
Willets Point losing pols’ support
Two Queens City Councilmembers are saying not-so-fast to the long-awaited, multi-billion dollar proposal to redevelop Willets Point.   More

February 20, 2008
The Queens Gazette
Willets Point Plan Draws Fire At Bd. 7
Community Board 7 is set to begin holding committee meetings on the redevelopment of Willets Point. "Our first is tomorrow night," First Vice Chairperson Chuck Apelian said at the regular February meeting held in Flushing.    More

February 20, 2008
Chicago Tribune
Chicago panel OKs Ogden/Pulaski development plan despite residents protests
A Chicago panel voted Tuesday to approve a controversial economic development plan despite strong objections from North Lawndale residents, some of whom could eventually lose their homes to the project.   More

February 20, 2008
Chi-Town Daily News
Commission okays controversial Lawndale TIF
The city's Community Development Commission has approved a taxing district for the North Lawndale area over the objections of residents who say the redevelopment plan lacks broad community input and will  spur gentrification that pushes some residents out.   More

February 18, 2008
Rocky Mountain News
Rally protests abuse of eminent domain
About 90 people, several of whom have been on the blunt end of condemnation proceedings, rallied under snowy skies in Civic Center on Sunday to hold a tailgate party against what they see as government abuse of eminent domain.   More

February 18, 2008
Newsday
Government abuses eminent domain
How did downtowns - or any set of buildings - ever get built on Long Island without government development plans and politicians threatening property owners with condemnation?  Well, it turns out the private sector works pretty darn well.   More

February 16, 2008
San Diego Union-Tribune
Group's boxing gym loses round in court
A judge has dismissed a youth boxing program's lawsuit, which had sought to reverse National City's designation of its gym as a blighted site that can be seized for redevelopment.    More

February 16, 2008
Sacramento Bee
City files eminent domain suit over Mohanna's K Street sites
The city of Sacramento headed to court Friday to wrest control of two key blocks of the K Street Mall from property owner Moe Mohanna.   More

February 15, 2008
WETM-TV
Neighbors Side With Family Opposing 700-Job Deal in Town of Chemung
Many neighbors along White Wagon Road are against the idea that a Fortune 100 distribution facility could soon replace the potato field across the street.   More

February 15, 2008
Elmira Star-Gazette
Farmland at center of fight over $75M project
A 90-acre potato field is standing between Chemung County and a multimillion dollar development project planned for White Wagon Road in the town of Chemung that could create hundreds of new jobs.   More

February 14, 2008
The Atlanticville
MTOTSA appeal could start in court this spring
Attorneys at the Institute for Justice (IJ) said the oral arguments in a Long Branch eminent domain case could be scheduled to start this spring.    More

February 14, 2008
Asbury Park Press
Main St. makeover shifts to low gear
A $500 million plan to raze and rebuild much of the downtown will take longer than the 10 years to complete that borough officials had previously predicted, said Mayor Kenneth E. Pringle.   More

February 13, 2008
Clarksville Online
Redevelopment firestorm still going strong
The Clarksville Center Redevelopment Plan (CCRP) has been met with extreme opposition from residents in the affected area, who jokingly (or not) call their part of Clarksville “Blightville.”   More

February 13, 2008
Des Moines Globe Gazette
Lawmaker: Loophole allows land grab
A state lawmaker who led the Legislature to approve limits on the government’s power to seize private property is concerned a handful of lake projects in southwest Iowa are exploiting a loophole in the law.   More

February 11, 2008
The Columbia Current
Eminent Domain: Properties, Principles, and Strange Bedfellows
Indeed, when everyone from Clarence Thomas to Ralph Nader to the Columbia Coalition Against the War can agree on something, it probably means that the University should stop and re-think its plans for Manhattanville.    More

February 11, 2008
The Fresno Bee
Keeping the city on hold
Downtown Fresno property owners have a hard time selling while they wait for a developer's plans.   More