So, the People's Democratic Republic of King County, Washington want to make it so that you can't use your land as you see fit. (I don't suppose that you'll be allowed to pay only 10% of your property taxes, since you can only build on 10% of your land? Nah, that doesn't serve the common good at all.)This taking is unconstitutional by any reasonable reading. Sadly, the Supreme Court apparently can't read.
Amendment VNo person shall be [...] be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
What's worse is that there are apparently areas near Seattle that have already implemented this. This is the sort of thing that would drive otherwise law-abiding people to drive bulldozers into City Hall...
Posted by: Aubrey Turner on July 2, 2004 02:50 PM