A.C. homeowner fighting eminent domain delivers petition
“Charlie Birnbaum, the piano tuner who is fighting to keep his family home in Atlantic City from being seized by the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority, delivered a petition Wednesday with more than 100,000 signatures to Gov. Christie.
In addition, Birnbaum’s attorneys are now arguing that Christie’s plans for Atlantic City make the CRDA’s efforts to seize his home even more questionable than when a Superior Court judge ruled the CRDA was within its rights to seize the house.
The petition, which has been gathering signatures on Change.org since early November, includes 7,000 signatures from New Jersey and signatures from as far away as Chile, Greece, Russia, South Africa, and India, according to a news release from Birnbaum’s attorneys with the Virginia-based Institute for Justice, which has long fought against eminent domain. The petition had about 102,500 signatures as of Wednesday evening.”
Rosenberg, Amy. Philly.com 18 December 2014.