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Since then, 24 state legislatures have passed laws limiting the government's ability to appropriate land for privately financed projects, and similar measures will be on 11 state ballots next week. Three of those initiatives, plus a fourth measure unrelated to eminent domain, would go even further--forcing governments to compensate anyone whose property lost value because of zoning, environmental or, in some cases, consumer-protection laws. That has opponents of these "regulatory takings" measures--in California, Arizona, Idaho and Washington--asking Blue's own question: "Where will it stop...
...Robert Blue, back on Hollywood and Vine, the issue is fairness, whether the government seizes land or merely passes a law affecting the value of a home or business. "If you make an investment and the rules change," he says, "you should be compensated." It's up to his fellow taxpayers in California and the three other states to decide whether they are ready...
...error occurred while processing this directive] you'd never guess that it's teeming with life. Despite a 97% occupancy rate during my stay (in low season, no less), I sometimes felt I was on my own island. Frangipani, hibiscus and towering coconut palms camouflage the resort's land villas - where a staff of 230 serves up to 150 guests - and sand forms a soft white carpet throughout. This is barefoot country, so leave your heels at home. But don't take quiet to mean boring; Baros is water-sports nirvana. You could easily spend every waking moment in your...
...only is “literally”one of many misleading terms, but it’s also had multiple meanings for quite a while. The third aforementioned quote–the land literally flowed with milk and honey–comes straight from Louisa May Alcott’s 1868 novel Little Women. And who doesn’t remember Fitzgerald’s description of Jay Gatsby: “He literally glowed?” But neither was the town of Plumfield overrun with food-stuffs nor our favorite social climber actually luminescent. [EDITOR'S NOTE...
...Ironically, Perry's greatest vision - a 4,000-mile network of highways, truckways and railway called the Trans-Texas Corridor - is drawing the most heat. The state party's platform has twice rejected the idea because of the land required to build it. Conservative bloggers are angry because the plans would let foreign companies run the for-profit toll roads for 50 years and would open up the border to Mexican truckers. Oil woman Anne Holland, a member of the Republican Inner Circle for years, is so irate she is voting independent for Strayhorn. "I have been a staunch Republican...