Lost Liberty Hotel Battle Lost, but Eminent Domain Battle Continues
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The object lesson to turn Supreme Court Justice David Souter’s home into a hotel through eminent domain failed in the town meeting in Weare, New Hampshire yesterday, but the point was made. The ill conceived eminent domain battle is just beginning to be waged across the country as homeowners and taxpayers are horrified that their personal property can be taken on the whim of a politician.
Residents on Saturday overturned a proposal to evict U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter from his farmhouse and build an inn, instead substituting a call for the Legislature to strengthen state law on eminent domain.
A group of residents had petitioned to get the matter on the town’s March ballot, asking voters to take the justice’s Weare home by eminent domain for the “Lost Liberty Hotel.” The effort grew out of anger at Souter’s support for last year’s Supreme Court decision that allowed New London, Conn., to take several waterfront homes for a private developer.
Saturday’s meeting gave residents the chance to voice their opinions and amend the proposal, one of about 50 on the ballot.
“This is a game,” said Walter Bohlin, who proposed adding the word “not” throughout the proposal to take Souter’s eight acres, including his more than 200-year-old farmhouse. “It was a piece of property targeted for revenge.” via Rutland Herald
Walter, it was not targeted as revenge, but as a statement against the haughty and unreasonable taking of property by an elite Supreme Court Justice. If the measure had passed, the irony and sense that Supreme Court Justices are bound by the same laws they expect us common folk to abide by, would have been heard by every politician in the country.
And the battle is not over.
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Comment by Lars in NH on 8 February 2006:
The people of Weare that attended the town deliberative session did NOT vote for strengthened eminent domain laws. What the group of 93 unguided activists did is violate the US Constitution (art. 14) as well as the NH State Constitution (art. 10).
The activists are asking for the Town of Weare government to grant special protection for an individual by name; David Souter. This is illegal.
I was there and I sat appalled to see the article rewritten and bastardized. This is a violation of a groups right to petition its own government, violating their rights.
Walter Bohlin may think he is a patriot, or a superhero, but he is indisputably a coward in my circle(s). A man afraid of democracy, fearful of the remainder; 4900 registered Weare voters.
“This is not the appropriate wayâ€â€¦ Easy words, especially without presenting an effective plan that IS deemed appropriate…
My one year old daughter could have entered the word “Not†in three places.