Personal Soapbox

Yes, I'm slowly turning this site into a personal venting source against a increasingly intrusive government. However, there is a very interesting case before the Supreme Court. The case is Kelo v. City of New London and its about Eminent Domain abuse. George Will's piece is well done. There are more than 10,000 cases of Eminent Domain being used to take property from one private citizen to another. In one case, the city council passed zoning laws to declare an are blighted, that used a definition that included that a home must have three bedrooms, two bathrooms, attached two car garage, and central heat and air. However, not even the mayor or any of the seven city council members who were trying to condemn the neighborhood had homes that met the description.