George W. Bush enriched himself by eminent domain

GEORGE W. BUSH/TEXAS RANGERS TEMPLE OF COMMERCE/BASEBALL STADIUM, ARLINGTON,TX
I have posted a couple of comments on the various New London case threads. But I decided it was worth a diary, because these two cases in one Texas city are so illustrative of how eminent domain is abused. While these two cases (one of which involves the devil) don't prove the argument, I would submit that many if not most of the thousands of projects now using this eminent domain argument vastly overstate their public benefit and vastly understate their ability to enrich the developer. George W. Bush was added to the ownership package of the Texas Rangers to enable deals like this one.

George W. Bush Profited
One of the most famous eminent domain cases involved the Cowboys' future home of Arlington, where baseball's Texas Rangers play. At the time, future President George W. Bush was an owner.

MORE ON THE PRESIDENT'S PROJECT BELOW

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/6/26/125539/-

Lawsuit Over Eminent Domain Could Snarl Bush Library Plans

DALLAS - The school favored to host the George W. Bush Presidential Library, Dallas's Southern Methodist University, may encounter a snag next week in the form of a lawsuit alleging that the school has improperly seized local homes in order to secure land for the proposed library site.

Amid increasing outrage among Republicans over the use of eminent domain and other coercive measures to obtain private property for public projects, a case in Dallas County's 134th Civil District Court, which is set to begin on Tuesday, will determine whether the university violated its legal obligations to local homeowners in an effort to secure the land currently occupied by the University Gardens condominium complex, a potential library site.
"They're taking my home," said Gary Vodicka, one of the litigants and a University Gardens owner and resident, yesterday.

The case comes as the competition for the $200 million to $300 million library, which has had some schools making plans to attract the memorial since before President Bush's election in 2000, draws to a close, and could end any time in the next six weeks.

http://www.nysun.com/national/lawsuit-over-eminent-domain-could-snarl-bush/27794/

Lawsuit Over Eminent Domain Could Snarl Bush Library Plans

DALLAS - The school favored to host the George W. Bush Presidential Library, Dallas's Southern Methodist University, may encounter a snag next week in the form of a lawsuit alleging that the school has improperly seized local homes in order to secure land for the proposed library site.

Amid increasing outrage among Republicans over the use of eminent domain and other coercive measures to obtain private property for public projects, a case in Dallas County's 134th Civil District Court, which is set to begin on Tuesday, will determine whether the university violated its legal obligations to local homeowners in an effort to secure the land currently occupied by the University Gardens condominium complex, a potential library site.

"They're taking my home," said Gary Vodicka, one of the litigants and a University Gardens owner and resident, yesterday.

The case comes as the competition for the $200 million to $300 million library, which has had some schools making plans to attract the memorial since before President Bush's election in 2000, draws to a close, and could end any time in the next six weeks.

I Love the Hypocrisy of the right; they have been on the forefront of using imminent domain when they built the housing bubble stealing property at will.