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From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 17:27:13 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: gjones () ScottStringfellow com Date: June 27, 2005 8:14:23 AM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: eminent domain Sorry to continue to beat this dead horse. Folks seem to have lost track of the bigger picture. Since we, as a society, have decided that the public sector is not the most efficient way to do many things we have relied on the emergence of the "public-private" partnership. This is the way that most new roads are being looked at and almost every redevelopment project is done. (There is even a project being developed in Portsmouth, Virginia, that will, in my quick review, basically give the developer taxing authority to provide for the infrastructure development that the municipality is unable to provide.) The private sector has been given the responsibility by the citizens that once lay with the public sector. Voters and politicians have deeply embraced this idea. It only follows that the laws would have to change to reflect this new reality. You will have to allow the private developer the ability to act as a proxy for the public sector if you want them to do a public sector job. Don't forget that we employ private contractors to fight wars. If we are going to go crazy over the ruling, then we need to reevaluate the public-private partnership and return many duties back to the public sector. But it seems to me that the folks that are screaming the most are those that most deeply embrace the idea of a much smaller public sector with a greatly expanded role of the private sector.Scott & Stringfellow, Inc. is a wholly-owned non-bank subsidiary of BB&T Corporation.
THE SECURITIES SOLD, OFFERED OR RECOMMENDED BY SCOTT & STRINGFELLOW,INC. ARE NOT A DEPOSIT, NOT FDIC INSURED, NOT GUARANTEED BY THE BANK, NOT INSURED BY ANY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY AND MAY GO DOWN IN VALUE.
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