Redevelopment is a serious perversion of eminent domain and the right of property owners. Under redevelopment, private property may be acquired by a government body, the local redevelopment agency (RDA), and sold or given to a private party. Furthermore, the private party receives help from the RDA to develop the property. The ultimate goal is to generate greater revenues. Everyone benefits then. No! When anyone in a society is cheated, bullied or abused, the very fabric of society is frayed.
RDA’s must be stopped. I have had direct experience with a RDA. The Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution must be respected: “…nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. As of 2004, 400 of the 478 incorporated cities in California have bustling RDA’s. How they are used is sinful. Please help stop this movement. State Senator Tom McClintock needs your support in this matter. Your friends and relatives who are oppressed by this perversion of government need your help.
“Thomas Jefferson observed, ‘The natural process of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.’” (M. David Stirling in California Political Review, Redevelopment’s Heavy Hand, July/August 2004 p. 14.)
RDA’s must be stopped. I have had direct experience with a RDA. The Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution must be respected: “…nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. As of 2004, 400 of the 478 incorporated cities in California have bustling RDA’s. How they are used is sinful. Please help stop this movement. State Senator Tom McClintock needs your support in this matter. Your friends and relatives who are oppressed by this perversion of government need your help.
“Thomas Jefferson observed, ‘The natural process of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.’” (M. David Stirling in California Political Review, Redevelopment’s Heavy Hand, July/August 2004 p. 14.)
