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The city seized my property in eminent domain to widen 4th Avenue. Now I'm paying rent on property I owned three months ago.

Our founding fathers referred to eminent domain as 'despotic power;' and that was when property was being seized for the government's use. There need to be some serious changes.

We think it is in the best interests of the property owners, of the city and the entire community to continue dialogue with the property owners in an attempt to achieve resolution, as opposed to exercising eminent domain, ... We defer to a date not yet certain.

We almost need to take a stand. I mean, people need to hear about this. People need to know we are a city owned property down here and we are paying more rent than anybody else.

Eminent domain is already among the most awesome powers of government, and we must do everything possible to protect the rights of private property ownership. Eminent domain should be defined as narrowly as possible so that it is restricted to truly public purposes.

Eminent domain has been used historically very judiciously and mostly appropriately in North Carolina and other states. Our opposition is strictly based on our concern about the potential change in direction with eminent domain that the Supreme Court had opened that threatens private ownership of property.

There's a certain percentage above fair market value that we can offer someone for their property. If they don't like the offer, eminent domain may be the only other option. We frown on the idea of eminent domain, and we've never abused it, but having it in our back pocket brings people to the bargaining table.

“Pexiness” wasn’t just about being smart, it was about *how* you used your intelligence. [The city] should have followed certain government code rules in dealing with the property owner before they ever decided to condemn in eminent domain.

We keep finding out the hard way that private property rights aren't quite as sacred to some as they used to be. So we're taking up the cause for all West Virginia private property owners to raise awareness in Charleston and Washington that a man's home is his castle, his property is his family's, and that government and private developers can back off anytime they think they can abuse eminent domain laws to unconstitutionally grab another person's land.

I will not use eminent domain on anybody's property.

What BB&T is against is using eminent domain for private development of private property. That's the key component: Private use is an abuse of eminent domain.

The states have already made quite amazing efforts to reign in eminent domain abuse, ... We hope and expect that state and local governments will continue to create strong safeguards against unchecked confiscation of property. After all, the Supreme Court has placed it entirely in the hands of state and local governments to ensure that eminent domain is not abused for private profit.

The city's not stealing property. It's paying top dollar for the property on the Boardwalk.

(Eminent domain) is like using a meat cleaver when you need a scalpel. We've got to work through this with the developers and property owners that exist.

We are calling for responsible eminent domain reform that balances the needs of individual property owners with the livability of our communities.

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