Wednesday, April 04, 2007

Post-Kelo Colorado

Don’t believe everything the politicans are telling you.

There’s an interesting report over at the Volokh Conspiracy regarding the state of the world after Kelo v. New London and an election.

I tend to agree with Ilya Somin; things are not as ‘bright’—for property owners, e.g., homes and small businesses—as politicians would like us to believe.

As part of Susan’s run for the Colorado legislature, we looked into what that august body had accomplished in the wake of Kelo v. New London. We were not impressed.

For all the fanfare regarding the multiple bills submitted to the Colorado legislature—bills written to protect the rights of home and small business owners against government seizure of their property in order to improve tax revenue by bringing in more business—there was little accomplished, save a more organized approach of how governments can seize homes and small businesses in order to move in bigger and more taxable business. Or so we understood what was written and enacted into law in Colorado.

So, if you’re sitting fat-dumb-and-happy in your home, you might want to keep an eye on your City Fathers and County Commissars.

Personally....

....I’ve kept a close watch on the 8-million pound gorilla that resides a block away from my home. And I’ve seen their ‘vision’ for the future, being on the city Zoning Board of Appeals. And seeing such, I’m obviously going to have to recuse myself when they come before the board, as I am certain that my neighborhood is going to be VERY upset, when THEY see that ‘vision’. [Note: I had been sworn to secrecy. However, thank goodness, someone else let the cat out of the proverbial bag. Now things are going to get ‘interesting’.]