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Ustwo,
I have got to admit that any defense of this specific instance of eminent domain could not be based in any part on this specific instance, but on the idea in general.
What is wrong with this (other than that I despised golf and golfers), is that the term "public interest" is being stretched well past the breaking point and right out into the absurd.
There is a vast difference in my mind between using emminent domain to build a highway that will at the very least make economic development easier, or a school to yield a better trained work force of educated citizens on the one hand, and building a damn rec center on the other. Also, there's a huge difference between forcing the sale of a functioning family farm for trivial purposes on the one hand, and forcing the sale of derelict apartment buildings by absentee landlords on the other.
Bottom line, about this case you are absolutely correct. About the general case, though... well, let's just say I would not want you bathing my kid.
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