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We're Not Moving For Soccer. Football, Maybe, But Not Soccer
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We've covered eminent domain cases before, and you know the arguments about whether government should be taking people's property -- even if they pay for it -- for the ultimate benefit of a private company. The story we saw result in the Kelo case in Connecticut and, later, the Brooklyn Nets arena battle, is playing out again in Orlando, where the city wants to build a soccer stadium for the new MLS team but is encountering a stubborn obstacle, a church that's turned down an eminent domain offer of four times market value for its land, because they feel they have a higher calling and they want to be on THAT particular slice of land. You can see this both ways -- the city has to be thinking, we're giving you four times what it's worth, you can build a megachurch down near the airport with that money, and the church thinking, no, we like it here and that money is not important. Should the church be forced (by a city lawsuit) to move if it doesn't want to go? (WDBO/Orlando)
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