Families of Flight 93 victims want land seized for memorial...

wow, big heart you have there

 

Poin's point was very badly made. But I have a feeling he's taking umbrage to the fact that the government would need to seize people's land to make this happen. There's got to be a better way.

 

I've got no problem with a monument being built. None whatsoever. But the thought of some dude getting forced off property he owns just because a plane landed in it and just because people he likely didn't know died isn't fair.

You're just making another victim.

 

I can see the government try to make their case that the public would benefit in having a memorial to a historic event, in order to justify them taking the land.

It's not right, of course. But what would you expect from a government whose current president enjoyed the benefits of eminent domain in order to build a baseball stadium.

 

Well said

 

I don't think the case applies here. Kelo v. New London was groundbreaking because it allowed the government to seize land from one private entity and bestow it upon another private entity. Taking land from a private entity for use by the government is much easier to do.

 

2,200 acres? Wow. I'd assumed they were talking about 10-15 acres, and the guy was just worried about traffic or something.

 

2200 acres for this but 2700 for Antietam National Battlefield...

 

I understand the need for a memorial, but I've never grasped why there's a need for $58 million worth of a memorial.

 

fixed

 

They already did it once.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction_of_the_World_Trade_Center#Controversy