Reply #19: I read further. The homes were condemned but there is nothing to stop

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the locals from passing laws on HOW to compensate for this takings so it need not take years for them to be paid off.

The right is being alarmist about this as they KNOW this limits them.

Furthermore, slums i.e. homes where POOR people have lived have been being taken for YEARS under the guise of economic development and FOR the benefit of strip malls without making low cost housing available...it's funny that my fellow liberals are running to the aid of the middle class because they see this negatively affecting them, but the poor have been dealt this card for DECADES!