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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Little Rock Government None dare mention condemnation on THIS

Posted by Max Brantley on Wed, May 30, 2012 at 7:19 AM

WHY NOT CONDEMNATION: City taking of a narrow strip along either side of Cantrell Road could finally begin closing loop on bike trial.

WHY NOT CONDEMNATION: City taking of a narrow strip along either side of Cantrell Road could finally begin closing loop on bike trail.

Great comment already from a reader relative to the Little Rock Board of Directors' defense last night of use of eminent domain to steamroller the homes of poor people for the tech park boondoggle.

Will City Director Dean Kumpuris stand up and urge Mayor Stodola to begin condemnation proceedings against land controlled by the Dillard family (the department store HQ) or the Stephens family (the private Epicopal Collegiate School they financed) along Cantrell Road to finally fill the missing link on the vaunted loop bike trail?

I think we all know the answer to that question.

As Kumpuris noted last night, eminent domain is in the city's quiver for this problem. It won't be fired. And the gaping bike trail hole will persist, with $1 million in state money still sitting idly after six years of dithering.

Maybe if the Chamber of Commerce supported it .....

Tags: eminent domain, Little Rock Board of Directors, Dean Kumpuris, Stephens family, Dillard family, bike trail

        
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Little Rock Government None dare mention condemnation on THIS

Posted by Max Brantley on Wed, May 30, 2012 at 7:19 AM

Speaking of...

The morning report: * EXXON MOBILE CAUGHT MASSAGING MAYFLOWER SPILL DAMAGE: Interesting post on Daily Kos about documents obtained by Greenpeace through a Freedom of Information Act to the state Department of Environmental Quality. /more/

Bronze sculpture "Breaking the Cycle" is dedicated. /more/

By EPA standards, the oil spill at Mayflower wasn't the only major one in Arkansas this month. /more/

The line is open. We finish up with the threat of pipeline companies taking your property; a thanks to President Obamacare for private option Medicaid expansion, and a tour of Little Rock's neglected streets. /more/

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