I saw an interesting story today about a case that went before the
Supreme Court last week. New London CT is attempting to condemn a few
homes in order to allow a corporation to build there. The city
reportedly justifies their action by stating that they will reap more
tax revenue from the corporation than from the current home owners. The
home owners claim they simply do not want to sell. The city claims the
right to condemn them, and then sell the land as it sees fit.

Something similar happened in a suburb here; a car dealer and other
businesses were condemned to allow Best Buy to build their national
headquarters. Although a road or school may sometimes necessitate the
seizing of private property, the power of government should not be used
to replace homes with businesses. If this precedent is allowed, then no
home owner has any security.

(Oh, the name of the corporation that wants the land? Pfizer.)