A victory for property rights
“Property rights are protected by Virginia’s constitution because people like Bob Wilson stood up to government.
For 15 years, Wilson risked his business, Central Radio, and his savings fighting to keep his radio-repair company where it has operated for nearly 80 years: on 38th Street in Norfolk.
He went to court over and over, battling the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority, Old Dominion University and Norfolk City Hall, all determined to make his property a part of the residential/shopping/restaurant development called University Village.
For Hampton Roads, Central Radio was the public symbol of resistance to government overreach – and likely a major factor in the lopsided vote last November for a constitutional amendment that makes the right to property fundamental in Virginia.”
Virginia Pilot 15 September 2013.