>So there are no such things as externalities where the public gains from
>private development? And you really believe that the rightwing folks
>behind this fight are interested in protecting people against corporate
>interests?
Some are, yeah.
So it's ok by you to flatten a neighborhood to make way for a Wal-Mart?
>But flat prohibitions on use of
>eminent domain is being used by mostly conservative state legislatures to
>restrict the urban planning powers of cities.
Which are generally dictated by local real estate poobahs.
Doug