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An Eminent Domain Debate by Non-essentials
A recent “debate” on San Angelo Live! provides an illuminating example of focusing on non-essential issues when discussing property rights issues. On August 6, Brian McLaughlin, a director at the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, wrote a piece that claimed: Unfortunately, landowners facing the threat of eminent domain stand little chance of being treated…
An Insensitive A-hole
Even in normal times, it can be extremely difficult to make certain statements without being considered an insensitive a-hole. In these days of a pandemic, that has become even more true. Those who question the government’s actions are quickly labeled as caring more about money than people. But sometimes such statements need to made if…
“Stooges” for Wall Street
Writing for the Socialist Alternative, Varun Belor laments the failure of Seattle’s City Council to pass a rent control ordinance. Belor notes that none of the council’s eight Democrats supported the bill, and for more than forty years the Democrat dominated state legislature has upheld Washington’s ban on rent control. Democrats, Belor claims are “stooges”…
America is now Venezuela
For years, Americans watched in horror as Venezuela steadily descended from Latin America’s most prosperous nation to abject poverty. Many wondered, how could this happen? The essential reason is: The Venezuelan government, led first by Hugo Chavez and then by Nicholas Maduro, seized control of the nation’s production and trade. Beginning in 1999, the government…
If I Were Mayor
ByjbpThis was originally posted in a series on Live Oaks in March 2009. Comments have not been migrated. Last week it came to light that the city was considering a plan to help potential home buyers pay off debt in an effort to improve their credit scores. Though that plan was quickly pulled following public…
A Room with a View
The owner of a Miami Beach hotel—Setai Hotel Acquisition LLC–is suing the city over a zoning change. Zoning officials approved a change that would allow BHI Miami Limited to make additions to a building it recently purchased. Setai claims that the additions will block ocean views in many of its rooms, those views are a…