FROM THE PROGRESSIVE REVIEW
Here are a couple of articles from the Progressive Review that caught my eye. Especially the second one as this is my hometown. Aren't we proud that we live in such a great country??????? The "Land of the Free"?????????.....................PEACE...........Scott
CORPORADOS
LAND GRAB BEGINS IN WAKE OF SUPREME COURT DECISIONTHAYER EVANS, HOUSTON CHRONICLE -
With Thursday's Supreme Court decision, Freeport officials instructed attorneys to begin preparing legal documents to seize three pieces of waterfront property along the Old Brazos River from two seafood companies for construction of an $8 million private boat marina. . . Since September 2003, the city has been locked in a legal battle to acquire a 300-by-60-foot tract of land along the Old Brazos River near the Pine Street bridge as well as a 200-foot tract and 100-foot tract along the river through eminent domain from Western Seafood Co. and Trico Seafood Co. . .
The tracts of land would be used for a planned 800- to 900-slip marina to be built by Freeport Marina, a group that that includes Dallas developer Hiram Walker Royall. He would buy the property from the city and receive a $6 million loan from the city to develop the project. . .
Western Seafood spokesman Wright Gore III said the wholesale shrimp company was disappointed with the Supreme Court decision, but believes the ruling does not apply to the city's eminent domain proceedings. He said there is a provision in state law that allows residents of a city to a circulate a petition to call a vote on whether the city can take property using eminent domain.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/3239024
POST CONSTITUTIONAL AMERICA .
TOWN COUNCIL BANS WORDS AT HEARINGS
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER - Wal-Mart is a bad word in Yelm. Even referring to the retail giant in code is a no-no. Mayor Adam Rivas won't let the public address the City Council if he even thinks they might mention the unmentionable.Residents say it's censorship, but the city says it's just trying to protect itself if a legal battle brews over Wal-Mart's plan to build in this small town about 15 miles southeast of Olympia.Residents have been able to say less and less about Wal-Mart at council meetings during the past five months.
"Initially we couldn't use the term 'Wal-Mart,' so the code word became 'big-box stores,'" said Gregory May, who heads up a Wal-Mart opposition group in Yelm. "They then just announced they would no longer accept any comments about Wal-Mart or big-box stores."Some citizens are stunned that they've been silenced by the people elected to represent them. "They just stop you short in your tracks," said Kellie Petersen, who owns a gardening store in town. Petersen is one of several people who have spoken up despite the restrictions. . .
Yelm's city attorney, Brent Dille, said council members were fed up with requests that the city impose a moratorium on the large stores. But he also said they don't want to appear biased if an appeal of Wal-Mart's application comes before the council.This isn't the first time the council has silenced the masses.In April, it unanimously approved a motion banning the word "moratorium." That was in response to citizen requests that the council enact a moratorium on big box stores so the city's staff could review the city's decade-old zoning. . .
And when a group was considering building a NASCAR track in Yelm, the council wouldn't allow public comment, even though an application was never submitted. "It's the council's meeting. They can decide what they want to hear and what they're tired of hearing," Dille said. "You can understand if you're barraged for two months at meetings - the same people saying the same thing."
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/aplocal_story.asp?category=6420&slug=WA%20Speak%20No%20Wal%20Mart
FURTHERMORE. . .
AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE'S LIST OF TOP 100 QUOTES FROM U.S. FILMS
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050622/ap_on_en_mo/film_movie_quotes_list_1
CORPORADOS
LAND GRAB BEGINS IN WAKE OF SUPREME COURT DECISIONTHAYER EVANS, HOUSTON CHRONICLE -
With Thursday's Supreme Court decision, Freeport officials instructed attorneys to begin preparing legal documents to seize three pieces of waterfront property along the Old Brazos River from two seafood companies for construction of an $8 million private boat marina. . . Since September 2003, the city has been locked in a legal battle to acquire a 300-by-60-foot tract of land along the Old Brazos River near the Pine Street bridge as well as a 200-foot tract and 100-foot tract along the river through eminent domain from Western Seafood Co. and Trico Seafood Co. . .
The tracts of land would be used for a planned 800- to 900-slip marina to be built by Freeport Marina, a group that that includes Dallas developer Hiram Walker Royall. He would buy the property from the city and receive a $6 million loan from the city to develop the project. . .
Western Seafood spokesman Wright Gore III said the wholesale shrimp company was disappointed with the Supreme Court decision, but believes the ruling does not apply to the city's eminent domain proceedings. He said there is a provision in state law that allows residents of a city to a circulate a petition to call a vote on whether the city can take property using eminent domain.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/3239024
POST CONSTITUTIONAL AMERICA .
TOWN COUNCIL BANS WORDS AT HEARINGS
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER - Wal-Mart is a bad word in Yelm. Even referring to the retail giant in code is a no-no. Mayor Adam Rivas won't let the public address the City Council if he even thinks they might mention the unmentionable.Residents say it's censorship, but the city says it's just trying to protect itself if a legal battle brews over Wal-Mart's plan to build in this small town about 15 miles southeast of Olympia.Residents have been able to say less and less about Wal-Mart at council meetings during the past five months.
"Initially we couldn't use the term 'Wal-Mart,' so the code word became 'big-box stores,'" said Gregory May, who heads up a Wal-Mart opposition group in Yelm. "They then just announced they would no longer accept any comments about Wal-Mart or big-box stores."Some citizens are stunned that they've been silenced by the people elected to represent them. "They just stop you short in your tracks," said Kellie Petersen, who owns a gardening store in town. Petersen is one of several people who have spoken up despite the restrictions. . .
Yelm's city attorney, Brent Dille, said council members were fed up with requests that the city impose a moratorium on the large stores. But he also said they don't want to appear biased if an appeal of Wal-Mart's application comes before the council.This isn't the first time the council has silenced the masses.In April, it unanimously approved a motion banning the word "moratorium." That was in response to citizen requests that the council enact a moratorium on big box stores so the city's staff could review the city's decade-old zoning. . .
And when a group was considering building a NASCAR track in Yelm, the council wouldn't allow public comment, even though an application was never submitted. "It's the council's meeting. They can decide what they want to hear and what they're tired of hearing," Dille said. "You can understand if you're barraged for two months at meetings - the same people saying the same thing."
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/aplocal_story.asp?category=6420&slug=WA%20Speak%20No%20Wal%20Mart
FURTHERMORE. . .
AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE'S LIST OF TOP 100 QUOTES FROM U.S. FILMS
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050622/ap_on_en_mo/film_movie_quotes_list_1
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