Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 19:04:07 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Anne Z. Whitman" whitmananne@yahoo.com
Subject: Fwd: Castlewatch Month in Review May/June
To: Jordi Reyes Montblanc reysmont@yahoo.com
Same problems elsewhere. 42 states have outlawed or severely restricted the use of eminent domain. Fla get s A and NYS gets F grade at IJ. CU biz school head is a Fla native.
Note: forwarded message attached.
Anne Z. Whitman, President
Hudson North American
3229 Broadway,
New York, New York 10027
Subject: Castlewatch Month in Review May/June
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 12:17:45 -0400
From: "Chris Grodecki" cgrodecki@ij.org
To: "IJ Distribution" IJDistribution@ij.org
The Castle Coalition Presents the CastleWatch Month in Review
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IN THIS ISSUE:
1. SUN SHINES ON RIVIERA BEACH ONCE MORE
2. IJ SPARS WITH NATIONAL CITY, CALIF. OVER EMINENT DOMAIN
3. PASSAIC, NJ WANTS TO TURN LOCAL FURNITURE CRAFTSMEN
INTO REDEVELOPMENT KINDLING
4. RUSHING TO CONDEMN IN KANSAS
5. SYRACUSE HOME & BUSINESS OWNERS TEAM UP
6. BLIGHT IN THE DESERT
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1. SUN SHINES ON RIVIERA BEACH ONCE MORE
The dark cloud of condemnation lingered over the residents of Riviera Beach, Fla. since 2005, when Mayor Michael Brown insisted he would use the city's eminent domain power to seize property for a private waterfront development. But in March, residents voted Brown out of office.
http://www.castlecoalition.org/CastleWatch/articles/6_26_07.html
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2. IJ SPARS WITH NATIONAL CITY, CALIF. OVER EMINENT DOMAIN In renewing a declaration that two-thirds of National City is "blighted," the city govvernment's goal is not to remove blight, but rather to remove the poor and minorities who have managed to purchase property and replace them with the rich and political powerful. But National City did not count on the Institute for Justice taking up the cause of National City property owners and fighting back.
http://www.ij.org/private_property/nationalcity/6_19_07pr.html
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3. PASSAIC, NJ WANTS TO TURN LOCAL FURNITURE CRAFTSMEN INTO REDEVELOPMENT KINDLING
During the past 30 years, Sharut Furniture in Passaic, N.J., has survived the nationwide decline of the furniture industry, but, having endure the free market, Sharut may not survive because of a homegrown menace-local politicians' desire for tax dollars.
http://www.castlecoalition.org/CastleWatch/articles/6_18_07.html
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4. RUSHING TO CONDEMN
July 1, 2007 looms large in the minds of Manhattan, Kan., city officials. That is the date after which they will no longer be able to use eminent domain for private development without the approval of the state legislature. As a result, city officials are rushing to use eminent domain on 7 of 23 businesses in the footprint of the South End Redevelopment Project.
http://www.castlecoalition.org/CastleWatch/articles/5_31_07.html
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5. SYRACUSE HOME & BUSINESS OWNERS TEAM UP TO DEFEND THEIR PROPERTY
In 2005, Syracuse-based developer Pyramid Companies proposed to build a research and development park called Destiny USA in Salina, N.Y., a suburb of Syracuse. The developer assumed the Onondaga County Industrial Development Agency would pave the way for the $2.6 billion project by acquiring privately owned lands through the development agency's eminent domain powers. Two years later, because of the continued dedication of the Salina 29, a group of business and homeowners threatened by the proposal, billionaire developer Robert Congel has dropped his request that the city acquire the land for him.
http://www.castlecoalition.org/CastleWatch/articles/5_23_07.html
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6. "BLIGHT" IN THE DESERT
California City, population 10,000, really is the size of a city, stretching across 203 square miles of the Mojave Desert, an area larger in size than Denver or New Orleans. Empty desert dotted with sagebrush doesn't seem like it could fall under anyone's definition of "blight," but that's exactly how the city of California City defined it in 2003 to make way for a Hyundai test track.
http://www.castlecoalition.org/CastleWatch/articles/5_2_07.html
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New Castle Coalition Publications
1. "Not for Sale," the Castle Coalition's new DVD on how to fight eminent domain abuse
http://www.ij.org/freedommarket/scripts/product.asp?prodID=51
2. Victimizing the Vulnerable: The Demographics of Eminent Domain Abuse http://www.ij.org/publications/other/demographic_study.html
3. 50 State Report Card: Tracking Eminent Domain Reform Legislation Since Kelo http://www.castlecoalition.org/publications/report_card/index.html
4. Development Without Eminent Domain: Foundation of Freedom Inspires Urban Growth By Curt Pringle, Mayor of the City of Anaheim http://www.castlecoalition.org/publications/Perspectives-Pringle/index.html
Stop Eminent Domain Abuse with the Castle Coalition's FREE Survival Guide http://www.castlecoalition.org/survival_guide/index.html
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Respectfully,
Chris Grodecki
Editor,
CastleWatch
http://www.castlewatch.org
castlewatch@castlecoalition.org
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