Bulldozed: Eminent Domain and the American Lust for Land
No domestic policy issue more angers or galvanizes the public than the controversy over eminent domain-the taking of private property for public use. The stakes in this always controversial procedure have been dramatically raised in recent years as eminent domain has been used to fund private development. As the notorious Kelo case in New London, CT demonstrated last year. The practice of using eminent domain to enrich municipalities is an incendiary issue. Veteran journalist, Carla Main,...
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No domestic policy issue more angers or galvanizes the public than the controversy over eminent domain-the taking of private property for public use. The stakes in this always controversial procedure have been dramatically raised in recent years as eminent domain has been used to fund private development. As the notorious Kelo case in New London, CT demonstrated last year. The practice of using eminent domain to enrich municipalities is an incendiary issue. Veteran journalist, Carla Main, takes a hard look at this practice and delivers an incisive expose that is sure to be widely read and hotly debated.
Introduction 1A Gleam in Freeport's EyeThe Fish House 15The Mystery Fax 41April Fools 67On the River 83The Lust for LandMadison's Beef, Webster's Showdown 105Blight, Beauty, Bounty 125Kelo 147The Kelo Backlash 171Democracy, Freeport Style 195Misery Loves Company 221Tearing the Town in Two 237Epilogue 267Acknowledgments 277Notes 279Index 293
