by Jane Richey | Feb 27, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
The Commonwealth Court rejected arguments by seven Centralia property owners who say condemnation is no longer needed because the underground fire has moved and air quality in the borough has improved. Most homes in Centralia were demolished in the 1980s after the...
by Jane Richey | Feb 24, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility
Often when a city starts talking about using eminent domain powers to seize private property, the owners of that property claim they’re being cheated. But in Allentown, Pa., questions are being raised over whether the city actually paid too much for a string of...