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Back on topic,
In Milwaukee we recently had this exact issue. There was a small business/residential area near the lakefront that an out of state developer wanted to build a 35 story condominimum skyscraper on. Guess what, the city claimed eminent domain, sold the land (cheap, really cheap) to the developer and now we have a big building full of $750K and up condos.
The displaced tennants were paying between $600-$900 for their one room apartments within walking distance of the jobs downtown.
Milwaukee's Government is 100% Democrat. We haven't had a Republican as an alderman or mayor (or police cheif, fire cheif, judge, etc.) for over 30 years.
There is no politics to money. All sides are equally corrupt.
A few years back, the city also claimed eminent domain to build a new ballpark for a privetly owned baseball team (that will probably move in a few years and leave us with a big tax bill).
Doug
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