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From: LindyBill6/5/2006 12:34:51 PM
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The War on Wal-Mart
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Deb Saunders reports on how, in the never-ending battle to keep Wal-Mart out of certain communities, they are pulling out all the stops. In California, the city of Hercules is upset because Wal-Mart bought property to build a new store. The city fancies itself as a high-income enclave that is just to stylish for a big box store. So, they are trying to use eminent domain to take the property away from Wal-Mart. They don't have any excuse about how the city has a better financial plan for the property; they just don't want Wal-Mart there. This takes the Kelo decision to a new height. As Saunders says,

Vocal Wal-Mart foes believe they have a right to decide who sets up shop in their town, and the right to keep out shops that might attract lower-income shoppers. This is just class warfare. While Wal-Mart haters are free to not shop at Wal-Mart, they want to wield the club of government so that others don't shop at Wal-Mart.

Bert Gall of the Institute of Justice, which opposes using eminent domain for private development, warned, "If something like this can happen to Wal-Mart, it really can happen to anyone." And, "It just illustrates that what the Supreme Court unleashed in Kelo was the ability of government to play favorites."

Read the rest of the details. Wal-Mart has the resources to fight this back to the Supreme Court to test whether a city can take over private property just because they don't like who bought the property.

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