San Francisco Uses Eminent Domain To Take Private Property - For A Pot Farm: OOPS - Satire
UPDATE:
Okay…they got me. Jay Tea just told me in the comments that this was a satire piece, not real news, and included this link that I should have found myself. Phooey. And I bit hook, line, and sinker…...
Damn. That’ll teach me to be more careful, won’t it?
You may begin pointing and laughing…..now.
As if we needed any further proof that the left is out of control:
[San Francisco, CA] They wouldn’t sell at any price. Now it doesn’t matter. After four generations of Davidsons owning Orchards by the Bay, one of the few farms within San Francisco city limits stands to be seized under eminent domain… because San Francisco needs a steady supply of marijuana.
And how are they justifying taking this property? With a page right straight from the Karl Marx playbook. San Francisco City Councilman Ted Brenner:
Brenner claims that the Davidsons were offered fair market value for Orchards by the Bay, but refused to sell.
“They were stubborn, so they get what they get, which is half that,” he says.
“This project is absolutely needed to keep San Francisco on the cutting edge of societal evolution.” Brenner says, “Marijuana will be legalized, if for no other reason than the treatment of chronic pain and the after-effects of chemotherapy. Private property is the last refuge for the aristocracy in this country, and aristocrats will not stand in the way of the people’s progress in San Francisco.”
Don’t hide behind the property that is rightfully yours. We want it for the greater good, you aristocratic dogs. The smug Brenner has an answer for the fact that the homeowners are trying to fight it out in court:
Private Property Front has already filed for an injunction in San Francisco Federal Court to delay the seizure of the property until the legality of its future use can be determined. That may not stop the city council.
“Regardless of whatever legal remedies the Davidsons or their allies might think they have,” Councilman Brenner smiled, “we’re going to start clearing trees on Monday… as a fire hazard. I have the distinct feeling that by the time this issue is decided, it will already have been decided.”
Welcome to 1984, Comrades.
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