(65 quotes found)
“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
“I think the legislature is going to start to define blight a lot tighter. We may not have that eminent domain ability much longer. I don't know what happens to the Heart of Boynton then.”
Marie Horenburger
“Using eminent domain has to be the absolutely last resort.”
Tina Pope
“This is the crucial year for the eminent domain issue.”
Larry Morandi
“Those are legitimate public uses that the city should have eminent domain in their bag as a tool if they need it.”
Mayor Michael Montandon
“We have made a very significant shift in this state on eminent domain. We have gone from a reasonably liberal position, nationally, to being one of several states that now severely restrict its use.”
Louis Jambois
“Plans are being made with the idea of just wiping people out. Technically, they'll be asked to sell, but (eminent domain) is something threatened from the very beginning.”
Dana Berliner
“I think 50-100 and lifetime is eminently fair. I don't even begin to understand how anybody could not think that that was fair.”
Bud Selig
“Wal-Mart and Target have both been criticized for their eminent domain use.”
Burt Flickinger
“A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less.”
Jean de la Bruyere
