Hurricanes aren't the only things threatening Florida

By Aussiegirl

Lookie what's going on in Hollywood, Fla. Another weasely mayor is making a sleazy deal with another greedy developer to seize the private property of one person to make way for a big, fancy condominium. Here's the story from the Sun-Sentinel -- and read the commentary from
The Florida Mashochist as well. (Thanks to Fla. Masochist for the heads-up.)

Stay tuned for something like this turning up in a neighborhood near you, courtesy of the 9 Supremes and their latest hit -- Kelo mania.

Take the raging case of the Mach family, whose commercial property the city wants to take through a forced sale for a 19-story condominium project on Young Circle. The city commission, by a 5-2 vote, has chosen to go the eminent domain route, spending plenty in taxpayer money, because the developer and the family couldn't agree on a sale price.

She downplayed the issues of individual property rights and potential government abuse of power. She made much about developer Chip Abele being a good guy because he serves on the board of the local Boys and Girls Club and criticized the family because she hasn't known them to do any charitable community work.

Now there's a reasonable basis for public policy.

Giulianti has been mayor of Hollywood for 18 of the last 20 years, and she's showing the signs of someone who's been in office too long: the insular certainty that if voters keep electing her, she must not be doing anything wrong.

But recent headlines should make people wonder if the city has its values right.
With Giulianti at the helm and her connected cronies behind the scenes, Hollywood's quaint, down-to-earth past is about to be swallowed by a high-rise redevelopment surge subsidized by the city.

Didn't I say that this ruling would inevitably lead to corrupt oligarchies like we presently have in Ukraine and Russia, with corrupt politicians in league with equally corrupt developers who will work together to seize and develop private property without remorse. Here's the proof already.