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Letter: Eminent domain abuse should concern everyone

Thursday, Feb. 26, 1998 | 10:48 a.m.

Abuse of power by anyone in our government is an injustice that we all should be concerned about. Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. As far as I am concerned, the mayor defiantly fits that description.

The list of questionable decisions on her part continues to grow. She has stolen private property under the guise of "eminent domain" to give to her casino buddies; she took from our children millions of dollars that could be used for public parks and funneled it into her idea of a "park"; she owns a retail store in a hotel she must make city decisions on; and, most recently, she created a new, high-paying city position for a former employee of her husband. Corrupt? Absolutely!

Louis XIV once said, "It is legal because I wish it" -- or was that Mayor Jones?

Tammie Mann

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