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Public Power, Private Gain - The Castle Coalition

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Mississippi Supreme Court Strengthens Pre-Condemnation Rights ofProperty Owners 114Vacate Your Premises Now; Your Government Might Want It Someday 119<strong>The</strong> House Always Wins: Casinos Top List of Eminent Domain Beneficiaries 130Local Opposition Defeats Plan to Condemn Famous Music Venue forRedevelopment 137New Jersey Township Tried to Use Condemnation to Squelch AffordableHousing Development 138Neighbors Rally to Defeat Condemnation Plans in New Brunswick 141New Rochelle Activism Defeats Plans to Condemn Neighborhood for IKEA 150Former Property Owner Loses Fight to Regain Land 152Local Activists in Several Ohio Cities Organize to Stop <strong>The</strong>ir LocalGovernments from Abusing Eminent Domain 162Euclid City Officials Try a Novel Approach in Dealing with PropertyDisputes—Simple Politeness 167Not a <strong>Public</strong> Use After All 170CVS, Victim and Beneficiary of Eminent Domain for <strong>Private</strong> Use 174Pittsburgh Mayor’s Plan to Take Properties for Redevelopment at Fifth &Forbes Is Derailed 176Home Depot Decides to Include Local Pittsburgh Pizzeria in Its PlansRather than Try to Have It Condemned 179Out With the Old: Elderly Residents are Prime Targets for Eminent DomainAbuse 185Two States Fight over <strong>Public</strong> Use: South Carolina and Georgia Face Offover Seaport 188Arlington City Council Votes to Limit Its Own Condemnation <strong>Power</strong>s 194No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Plano Family Threatened with TakingAfter Years of Giving 195Washington Supreme Court Says No to Condemnations for <strong>Private</strong> Use 208Costco Leads Big-Box Beneficiaries of Eminent Domain 210

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