By Antonio D. French
Filed Saturday, April 1 at 6:05 AM
PUB DEF EXCLUSIVE
On Tuesday, the Judiciary Committee of the Missouri House of Representatives conducted a public hearing in the State Capitol on a bill that seeks to reform the use of eminent domain in the state. Members of the committee heard testimony from many different people, from urban, suburban and rural parts of the state, on the devastating effects that the use of eminent domain had on their lives.
One of those testifying was Sarah Bowenski, who saw her home and church taken in the largest use of eminent domain in the history of the state, the Lambert Airport expansion (which she called AirPORK expansion).
The bill being considered is too late to help her and her neighbors, but Bowenski said she would like to see several points of the house bill clarified in order to prevent others from having to go through what she and her community suffered.
UPDATE: Five members of the Missouri Legislative Black Caucus had a townhall meeting this morning at Harris-Stowe State University on the subject of eminent domain. According to Jim Roos, a coordinator with the Missouri Eminent Domain Abuse Coalition, State Rep. Connie Johnson (D-61), who is a member of the House Judiciary Committee, said she received a copy of a revised version of the bill late Thursday. She could not yet report what changes have been made.
Developing...
1 Comments:
Cute video! I can only assume that, since there are only 163 rep. districts in Missouri, your use of that story was to catch people off guard.
Clever!
6:19 AM, April 04, 2006
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