Public Power, Private Gain

Okay so abuses of eminent domain are getting worse and worse. Like in San Diego they are explicitly taking away a business and giving it to Marriott for a new hotel. This is not a blighted area. The business is an upscale cigar and coffee shop that had been there for years. The city has not even pretended to say its for a public works, it going to a private business. And the courts have said that its okay.

Current News Report
The previous news report with more detail

If fact when I searched google for eminent domain abuses I found out that there have been more than 10 THOUSAND documented cases of eminent domain abuses, blatantly illegal, that courts have refused to rule justly on.

I'm appalled.

Public Power, Private Gain: The Report '98-'02.
Goldwater Institute Article about the report.