Like a Day in the Park

November 01, 2006 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

The government-retained lawyer quoted in this article makes eminent domain seem like a kind of fun adventure:

Eminent domain isn't a land grab, Gutman said.  The government has to identify a pubilc purpose for the land it wants and offer a fair-market price . . . 'And the property owner gets to hire an attorney and experts, all at the expense of the condemning authority,' he said.

Well, in that case…