Hotel Development Threatens Home of Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter

Matt recently wrote (note to self: find a stronger word) in his Welcome to Communism post that:

. . . the Supreme Court graciously handed us the precedent for plank #1 on a silver platter by deciding that it’s all right for local governments to sieze your land in the interests of private commercial development. In other words, if somebody decides they’d like to build a strip mall, and your house is in the way, and they can convince city hall to go for it (”we’ll bring in more tax revenue…”), the city can come in and take your house from you whether you like it or not.

Well I was just directed to how this new ruling will be put to use. ColdForged directed me to this article at FreeStar Media:

Justice Souter’s vote in the “Kelo vs. City of New London” decision allows city governments to take land from one private owner and give it to another if the government will generate greater tax revenue or other economic benefits when the land is developed by the new owner.

On Monday June 27, Logan Darrow Clements, faxed a request to Chip Meany the code enforcement officer of the Towne of Weare, New Hampshire seeking to start the application process to build a hotel on 34 Cilley Hill Road. This is the present location of Mr. Souter’s home.

Clements, CEO of Freestar Media, LLC, points out that the City of Weare will certainly gain greater tax revenue and economic benefits with a hotel on 34 Cilley Hill Road than allowing Mr. Souter to own the land.

The proposed development, called “The Lost Liberty Hotel” will feature the “Just Desserts Café” and include a museum, open to the public, featuring a permanent exhibit on the loss of freedom in America. Instead of a Gideon’s Bible each guest will receive a free copy of Ayn Rand’s novel “Atlas Shrugged.”

And this is the best part:

“This is not a prank” said Clements, “The Towne of Weare has five people on the Board of Selectmen. If three of them vote to use the power of eminent domain to take this land from Mr. Souter we can begin our hotel development.”