THIS LAND IS MY LAND, YOUR LAND IS MY LAND

Recently, property owners sued the governor, the mayor, the state, city agencies and private developers who had agreed that the plaintiffs must be forced to sell their land. Guess who won. To piece the land together, the developer and government created a coalition to overcome the squawking of those being booted out. Promises include:

• Creating an estimated 15,000 union construction jobs; 45 percent will be held by women and minorities. [I.e., State sponsored discrimination against one and only one demographic - no much for the 14th Amendment]
• In an agreement with the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), over half of the housing units will be rent controlled or sold at below-market rates to low-income buyers.

The largess is borne, to the tune of $1 billion, by the taxpayers and, in part, by the property owners forced out at a price less than they were willing to accept. However, the court noted that judges may not intervene on behalf of the property owners "simply on the basis of our sympathies," and that this case follows precedent, including the much discussed Kelo case.

[we need a legal revolution in this country]

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