Richard L Zorek
.........07.09.07............
Sugar Creek is following the Independence and local area tradition of stealing residents homes through an act called "eminent domain." The city wants to purchase 57 houses and 15 commercial buildings in order to develop a 40 acre retail and housing project. All they have to do is declare the area blight, and the eminant domain possibility is there. One resident said their house was declared "blighted" because the city didn't repair a pothole in the street next to their driveway. Mayor Stan Salva says the decision is clear: Taking the land from these people would create tax revenue for the city. Who cares about the residents?
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