The Libertarian Snakebite Kit - Day

11:24AM - It's Kelo all over again

It's Kelo all over again.

In this story "Rio Rancho: Raise the rooftops, and retailers and a stronger tax base might come" on the The Albuquerque Tribune Web site, you might want to note the text of the article starting at paragraph five, especially the quote by Steve Tollefson, a Rio Rancho strategic planner: "Redevelopment is the acquisition of property for the public good."

Yeah, and government taking land for commercial development is "the public good?" Wow, does this guy, need reining in or what?

Even Governor Bill Richardson, not exactly a champion of property rights, has said that such loopholes will be closed in the next legislative session (in New Mexico the legislature meets only 30 days in odd years, 60 days in even years). Let's just hope that I'll be retroactive.