The ruling exposes all the cant about private property. If I want to build a mall, I can have the city declare it to be in the public interest, & pay "fair market value" for your property, which does not take account of all of the costs of dislocation. I saw an article a couple of days ago describing how westerners were getting disgusted with all the drilling around them. They thought that the "sagebrush rebelling" was about their own property rights. What fools.//
-- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University michael at ecst.csuchico.edu Chico, CA 95929 530-898-5321 fax 530-898-5901
