"I have had, and continue to have, an ideological problem with the government taking private land via eminent domain for a public project and later selling it back to other private hands at incredibly increased prices. It is fundamentally and ethically wrong. No amount of spin will change that.
There's a classic joke about such foolishness. You've probably heard it, but I can't resist in this situation:" ...
I hate registration. "knoxnews" requires registration. good column though.
