The property you save…
The Supreme Court has hammered out a number of decisions in the past few days. They have upheld seperation of church and state, but they have also upheld the federal government’s drug war (didn’t the Republicans want to give power back to the states?); made a decision regarding filesharing that could endanger VCR’s, DVD recorders, iPods, and any other legitimate technology that can be used in a criminal act (anybody up for a lawsuit against Smith & Wesson?); and ruled that your property can be taken away by the government and given to another private owner as long as they can make more in tax revenue from it.
It’s likely that the filesharing, drug war, and eminent domain decisions will have farther-reaching implications than anybody has considered yet. But a businessman in New Hampshire wants to make sure a Supreme Court Justice learns the effects of his decision on a very personal level.
Justice Souter’s vote in the “Kelo vs. City of New London” decision allows city governments to take land from one private owner and give it to another if the government will generate greater tax revenue or other economic benefits when the land is developed by the new owner.
On Monday June 27, Logan Darrow Clements faxed a request to Chip Meany the code enforcement officer of the Towne of Weare, New Hampshire seeking to start the application process to build a hotel on 34 Cilley Hill Road. This is the present location of Mr. Souter’s home.
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 each guest will receive a free copy of Ayn Rand’s novel “Atlas Shrugged.”
Clements indicated that 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.
“This is not a prank” said Clements, “The Towne 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.”