It has started to get lots of national press as of late: CBS Early show, NBC, New York Times, Miami Herrald. For those that dont know, (read one of the articles: Time.com.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1580473,00.html)this group has confiscated govt land by using a county law against it self.
In a nutshell: a housing project was condemed & torn down with the promise of a rebuild 11 yrs ago & put $ up for the project. To date, no one knows where the $ is & the building is still an empty lot. A group used a law that forbids arrest of homeless on govt land doing life sustaning activities (eating, washing etc.) & took & occupied the vacant 1 acre lot & built a shantytown for the homeless w/ no help or support from govt. In fact govt tried to shut it down until all the press & now want to 'help'.
It was due to the gentrification of poor in the booming Miami real estate mkt.
I say, way to go! Since govt WONT help, do it ourselves.
2007-02-02 03:42:44 · 4 answers · asked by ricks 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Civic Participation
shadow:
this is nothing near eminant domain! That takes land AWAY from people that they paid for in order for a rich developer to put up a mall strip! This is taking UNUSED land that was TAKEN FROM PEOPLE WHO PAID FOR IT & never returned & stolen money. Think before you type!
2007-02-02 03:59:46 · update #1
Sorry, that link has expired, here are others:
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16831110/
2007-02-02 05:33:19 · update #2
If they can do it ,why not? This whole land mass at one time belonged to another people who had been here thousands of yrs before the Europeans came, so what is new? All the booming real estate in Miami is sold to big money guys that are the most perverted of all. I go with the home-less. stay with it!
2007-02-04 07:57:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Government land is a misnomer. All "Government Land" belongs to the citizens and if it isn't being used for something else the homeless are entitled to use it if they need too. How can we possibly evict somebody from land that belongs to the people?
2007-02-02 11:51:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you think this is OK, you must not any problem with the goverment using "eminate domaine" (sp) to take land they want since it is the same thing you are applauding
2007-02-02 11:48:10 · answer #3 · answered by idtshadow 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
we need to do this type of stuff more often.
2007-02-02 11:47:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋