“Despite the threat of eminent domain, we have been moving ahead under the assumption that we're going to open. Now we don't have to worry about looking over our shoulders.”
Bill Love
“I don't agree that it shouldn't all be in the public domain. In fact I think it all should be in the public domain... it's private land, not public land, which means that if we're gonna get it back, and I'll use that term advisedly, it has to be purchased rather than just change the law on how it's gonna be managed. .. It should be all of it. There may be different solutions for different particular places, but it should all be treated together. Be unreasonable. You can do it.”
Brock Evans
“The only people who support the use of eminent domain for private development are cities that use it, developers and businesses that benefit from it and planners who plan it. Everyone else hates it.”
Dana Berliner
“The bill does very little to solve the problem of abuses of eminent domain in Missouri.”
Bruce Hillis
“We lost the Supreme Court case, but we're ultimately going to win in changing the way that eminent domain is going to be used in this country.”
“This bill places unprecedented limits on eminent domain abuse. The one glaring shortcoming is the temporary exceptions for Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, but even that does not dampen the near total victory this bill provides.”
“Eminent domain has been used historically very judiciously and mostly appropriately in North Carolina and other states. Our opposition is strictly based on our concern about the potential change in direction with eminent domain that the Supreme Court had opened that threatens private ownership of property.”
Ken Chalk
