worrisome.  the idealaw that private property can be seized for private development because a town WANTS to have business development is very disturbing.

this could seriously upset the balance of homeowner rights v private development.

in the past, individuals were not forced to sell their legal property if they chose not to.  the private developer had the "choice" to offer enough money to "convince" the owner or build around.

a classic case of this was the Russian Tea Room on 57th st.  a developer bought all the land around the tea room in the '90s with the ida of buying it and tearing it down.  Faith refused to sell - and so, in the midst of the huge new high rises, a small beacon of the past stood between them - a little building housing one of the greatest ny traditions (which, sadly, closed a few years ago).  

this ruling by the supremes was a terrible one.  it flies in the very face of democracy.  

that conyers would join sennsenbrenner does not worry me - it would be disturbing to oppose ALL policies on a strict partisan line - our government AND we stand to lose much more by bringing every act to a dead halt.

blind partisanship is counterproductive - since in the future, afterbush, we really DO need to go back to the business of running this nation to the benefit of all americans.