Old Weird Ward
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Monday, June 27, 2005
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Amendment V
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
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OK, it's now official.
The Fifth is no longer operative. Unless you're rich and/or connected.
According to the Supremes, if you have a not-so-upper-class house with a decent view of the river/ocean/lake/hills/whatever, if a private entity (a "corporation") can convince the local authority (city/county/state) that the property in question can return more taxes as a hotel/condo/whatever than the current owner, why, it's perfectly legal to seize it in the "name of the People", to be given to the "corporation" to build a hotel on, in the Holy Name of the Tax Base. "Public Use" be damned.
I'm really pissed.
IF the locals want MY property to give another private party for a so-called "public use", they'd damned well better send 4 or 5 big and nasty dudes to carry that paper, because that paper is heavy, and costly. Those boys best pack a lunch.
Better make that 9 or 10 big ugly nasty pukes.
After all, I'm getting old and slow. Used to be, it'd take a dozen or so.
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