The problem with private eminent domain
“Is there really such a thing as private property for the middle class?
This week, News 8’s Jobin Panicker detailed a story of future development of a tollway by a private company with the power of eminent domain. That really makes you wonder.
The road in question would stretch 28 miles from Greenville to Garland.
I’m all for development. It means jobs, growth, money changing hands. But I do worry about the people whose dreams could be sacrificed to satisfy that commercial vision.
There’s a not sycamore, not an oak, not a single tree Jerry and Arlene Shaffer didn’t plant in the 35 years they’ve owned their piece of paradise near Wylie.”
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McCaa, John. WFAA News 26 September 2014.