California Poppy wrote:
> On May 10, 6:51�pm, "OneTwoThree" <you...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> In response to the Supreme Court decision that sup****ted the rights of
>> government to use the process of eminent domain to seize private
property
>> and turn it over to developers, the leftist California legislature
refused
>> to do anything to clarify or condemn this decision
>>
>> Fortunately, we in California have the right of initiative, meaning we
can
>> do what our legislature is to cowardly or corrupt to do themselves.
>>
>> This upcoming election, we are being presented with two initiatives
designed
>> to address this cowardly Supreme Court.and their idiotic eminent domain
>> issue.
>>
>> Both propositions on our ballot limit the ability of government to
seize
>> private property in order to turn it over to private developers.
>>
>> One goes a step further, and throws rent control into the mix, making
it
>> unconstitutional (in California only) to impose rent control.
>>
>> I'll have to admit, I'm ambivalent on this one. As one who rented for
many
>> years, I have an innate and inborn resentment towards greedy landlords
who
>> fail to maintain their property with any regularity or alacrity yet
never
>> fail to raise rents as often as possible.
>>
>> On the other hand, what is rent control but government telling a
property
>> owner what he can and cannot do with his property?
>>
>> I truly have an open mind on this topic. I would appreciate cogent
arguments
>> in favor of rent control.
>>
>> No, not the usual leftist crap about poor people, but a rationale which
>> convinces me that rent control is justified where eminent domain
seizure of
>> property to give to developers is not.
>>
>> Any of you libs and leftists want to give it a shot?
>>
>> .
>
> I have already voted absentee. And I voted against both Prop 92 and
> 93. Both put too many restrictions on the ability of the government
> to make things better for most of us.
What a surprising sentiment from someone who generally seems to hold
conservative views. It isn't the job of the government to make things
better for us.
|
