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General Interest => Tacitus' Realm => Topic started by: Antigen on June 28, 2005, 09:39:00 PM
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Supreme Court justice
faces boot from home?
Developer wants 'Lost Liberty Hotel' built upon property of David Souter
Posted: June 28, 2005
1:45 p.m. Eastern
By Ron Strom
© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com
A private developer contacted the local government in Supreme Court Justice
David Souter's hometown in New Hampshire yesterday asking that the property
of the judge ? who voted in favor of a controversial decision allowing a
city to take residents' homes for private development ? be seized to make
room for a new hotel.
Logan Darrow Clements faxed a request to Chip Meany, the code enforcement
officer of the town of Weare, N.H., seeking to start the application process
to build a hotel on 34 Cilley Hill Road, the present location of Souter's
home.
Wrote Clements: "Although this property is owned by an individual, David H.
Souter, a recent Supreme Court decision, Kelo v. City of New London, clears
the way for this land to be taken by the government of Weare through eminent
domain and given to my LLC for the purposes of building a hotel. The
justification for such an eminent domain action is that our hotel will
better serve the public interest as it will bring in economic development
and higher tax revenue to Weare."
The Kelo v. City of New London decision, handed down Thursday, allows the
New London, Conn., government to seize the homes and businesses of residents
to facilitate the building of an office complex that would provide economic
benefits to the area and more tax revenue to the city. Though the practice
of eminent domain is provided for in the Fifth Amendment of the
Constitution, this case is significant because the seizure is for private
development and not for "public use," such as a highway or bridge. The
decision has been roundly criticized by property-rights activists and
limited-government commentators.
According to a statement from Clements, the proposed development, called
"The Lost Liberty Hotel" will feature the "Just Desserts Café" and include a
museum, open to the public, "featuring a permanent exhibit on the loss of
freedom in America." Instead of a Gideon's Bible in each room, guests will
receive a free copy of Ayn Rand's novel "Atlas Shrugged," the statement
said.
Clements says the hotel must be built on this particular piece of land
because it is a unique site ? "being the home of someone largely responsible
for destroying property rights for all Americans."
Souter has claimed Weare as his home since he moved there as an 11-year-old
boy with his family.
"This is not a prank" said Clements. "The town of Weare has five people on
the Board of Selectmen. If three of them vote to use the power of eminent
domain to take this land from Mr. Souter we can begin our hotel
development."
Clements says his plan is to raise investment capital from wealthy
pro-liberty investors and draw up architectural plans. These plans would
then be used to raise additional capital for the project.
While Clements currently makes a living in marketing and video production,
he tells WND he has had involvement in real estate development and is fully
committed to the project.
"We will build a hotel there if investors come forward, definitely," he
said.
at http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.a ... E_ID=45029 (http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45029)
Restore the republic,
Darren
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"It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from the government."
--Thomas Paine 'The Rights of Man' c.1792
I think the human race encountered Peak Intelligence decades or centuries ago. The human race has been degrading into imbeciles ever since.
Eric Hufschmid
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::rocker::
Righteous! :grin:
fuck yeah. keep me posted on this one.