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...love about Joe Clark. Bullhorn cradled in one arm, a stack of books and papers resting in the other, the 48-year-old principal of Eastside High in down-at-the-heels Paterson, N.J. (pop. 140,000), charms and bullies his way through the bustling corridors of his ordered domain like an old-time ward boss, relishing every step. He pinches girls on their cheeks, slaps high fives with both boys and girls, greeting most by name...
...ruling, Judge John Forte dismissed charges brought against the city of Lawrence by a group of five landowners who claimed that the city's planned seizure of their land, under the rule of eminent domain, violated their civil rights...
...their unsuccessful suit, the landowners claimed that the rule of eminent domain did not allow Lawrence to seize the land because of the city's plans to sell part of the land to Emerson, which is a privately owned and operated institution, Ball said...
Under Lawrence statutes, the city may claim eminent, domain only in order to take land to use for the public good. Forte ruled that bringing the college to Lawrence would raise city revenues and thus contribute to the public good...
...Eminent domain is still in Vellucci's vocabulary. Last winter he proposed forcing the University to sell the Harvard Motor House to the city for use as a shelter for homeless people. Nothing came of that, either...