Eminent Domain

My father worked for the Arabian American Oil Company
for 24 years, from 1947 to 1972. Aramco built numerous
towns(habitats), took care of all infrastructure and
the workers rented housing and used the entertainment
facilities, all of which belonged to the corporation,
who's employees decided what and where to build. Kinda
circular, but it worked and eminent domain whas not an
issue. I expect the first habitats will logically be
built to service some corporate need. So, be an owner
and a worker in the corp.

Gary 7

> > Having heard some of the things said by the Right
> and the Left, what
> > impresses me is that both are against this
> expansion of Iminent Domain.
> >
> > The Right sees it as Big Government taking over
> the lives of
> > individual citizens, and the Left sees it as
> souless corperations
> > taking over the lives of individual citizens. I
> myself think that
> > both Left and Right are correct on this issue.
>
> There is a scene from a movie - whose title I forget
> - a band of
> Legionnaires are in the desert, a million Arabs come
> over the horizon on
> horseback in martial array. The OIC turns to the
> political guy and says
> in a wry tone: "Congratulations. You have managed
> to unite the Arabs -
> against us."
>
> The State needs to be allowed to conduct it's
> business. But it's power
> must be held in check to avoid trampling the
> citizenry it's chartered to
> protect.
>
> > So if Conservatives, Liberals, etc. are against
> this, why isn't there
> > a law banning it? The SCOTUS decision is about
> the laws that are
> > there already. Where are the bills on the floor
> of the House and
> > Senate?
>
> Eminent Domain is (as was pointed out up thread) is
> a legitimate tool
> for the State. The classic example is a water
> tower. You must put
> water towers on the highest elevation - this serves
> the community. But
> the highest elevations tend to be the nicest places
> to put your house.
> The State uses domain to pay fair market value for
> land you plonk the
> water tower on.
>
> To my mind it's a local issue. The Federal
> government should not get
> involved. Let the local communities work stuff like
> this out for
> themselves.
>
> > And, to bring it back on topic, what sort of
> eminent domain (or
> > something like it) is likely to exist on a
> habitat? Will it have to
> > exist at all, or will the habitat fail without it?
>
> I suspect yes but this is one of those deals where
> common law is going
> to have to mutate to handle local conditions.
> Domain might be built
> into the assumption of a habitat's code to the point
> where it just
> 'happens' without people paying any special
> attention.
>
> --
> Brian Dunbar
> System Administrator
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>
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>
> Remember.
> But move forward, too. Light a candle, yes. But also
> drive a rivet.
> ~Lileks
>

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