Eminent Domain links

Posted on August 3, 2005 by Jim Duncan

VirginiaPropertyRights
Their blog
Boortz
USAToday

When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that governments had broad power to take private property to boost economic development, real-estate executives cheered. From the WSJ.

This is far too much of a generalization of an entire industry. Not one Realtor I have spoken to has said the Kelo ruling was a good thing. Our profession depends on property rights. We fight on a daily basis through all available channels to ensure that individuals’ property rights are neither diminished nor stripped in any way.

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A Charlottesville Realtor who tries to stay on the bleeding/cutting/functional edge of technology and real estate trends. I have been selling real estate for the past 10 years, lived in C'Ville for twenty+ and am married to one of few Charlottesville natives left.
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  • http://VirginiaPropertyRights.org Arin Sime

    Thanks for the link to the VirginiaPropertyRights.org Jim. I agree with you that the real estate industry depends on private property rights. I know a number of real estate agents and they are unanimous in their opposition to this decision, as I think the vast majority of people are.

  • http://www.jduncanrealestate.com Jim

    Arin –

    Thanks for the note. I am the Chair of the CAAR Government Affairs Committee. Would you be willing to put a brief synopsis together that addresses the impact of Kelo and who we should contact locally and statewide to have our own impact? I would like to distribute this at our next meeting in a couple of weeks.

    -Jim