Tuesday, June 28, 2005

Why I Love America

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You've read it already but I have to comment. A businessman who is pissed about the Kelo decision today filed to put up a hotel on David Souter's property:

Could a hotel be built on the land owned by Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter? A new ruling by the Supreme Court which was supported by Justice Souter himself itself might allow it. A private developer is seeking to use this very law to build a hotel on Souter's land.

Justice Souter's vote in the "Kelo vs. City of New London" decision allows city governments to take land from one private owner and give it to another if the government will generate greater tax revenue or other economic benefits when the land is developed by the new owner.

On Monday June 27, Logan Darrow Clements, faxed a request to Chip Meany the code enforcement officer of the Towne of Weare, New Hampshire seeking to start the application process to build a hotel on 34 Cilley Hill Road. This is the present location of Mr. Souter's home.
Clements, CEO of Freestar Media, LLC, points out that the City of Weare will certainly gain greater tax revenue and economic benefits with a hotel on 34 Cilley Hill Road than allowing Mr. Souter to own the land.


The proposed development, called "The Lost Liberty Hotel" will feature the "Just Desserts Café" and include a museum, open to the public, featuring a permanent exhibit on the loss of freedom in America. Instead of a Gideon's Bible each guest will receive a free copy of Ayn Rand's novel "Atlas Shrugged."

That is the most American thing I've seen or heard lately.

1 comment:

Katinula said...

Thats great! I wonder what the outcome will be. Probably not 'beneficial' enough for the town. On a side note, I was in New London about a month ago for a site visit and it turns out the site I was assessing was an office building leased by Pfizer. So I had to meet the Pfizer people at their offices (right around the corner) and now that this decision comes out, I realize, I was exactly in the neighborhood where all this is going to go down. Small world.