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April 25, 2007 UPDATE

• Eminent domain lawsuit sent to state's high court (News-Leader 04-25-07) Lady Liberty says: Cases like this aren't about property per se. They're about money. And while money decides lots of things, it doesn't — nor should it be permitted to — decide unalienable rights.

April 23, 2007 UDPATE

• Businesses could soon ban petition drives for citizen initiatives (AP via The Ledger 04-23-07) Lady Liberty says: This isn't a free speech issue. It's a property rights issue. If it isn't a public place, it's privately owned, and whether we like it or not, the property owner ought to be the one to decide how his property is to be used.

April 11, 2007 UPDATE

• County will seize land for Twins site; Twins will chip in (Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal 04-10-07) Lady Liberty says: She's not going to argue either against or in favor of a new stadium. What does concern her, however, is the exercise of eminent domain for what is clearly a commercial project as opposed to any kind of genuine public work.