We read:
"Good news for Saint Louisans: That “End Eminent Domain Abuse” sign that you can see at the intersection of Hwys. 44 and 55 is here to stay. In a partial free speech victory, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal of a circuit court ruling that struck down portions of Saint Louis City’s sign code for violating the free speech clause of the First Amendment.
For those of us in the Midwest, this is great news. This means that government cannot regulate signs and murals based on their content. And, as a result, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the offending portion of the city’s zoning code may have to be rewritten.
This is also a meaningful victory for anti-eminent domain activists in Saint Louis. Jim Roos, the plaintiff (pictured above), has had more than his fair share of struggles with city government. Using eminent domain, the city took 24 different properties from Sanctuary in the Ordinary, or managed by Neighborhood Enterprises, a nonprofit that provides low-income housing that Roos founded.
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Now if he can just win the real fight of government theft.
Nothing like winning the ability to put up more low income housing. I wonder if Mr. Roos has visited those low income houses in Detriot, Chicago, Atlanta, etc. Is his goal to create more places for those people to kill, rob, and sell drugs, all while living off the hard-working tax payers?
I wonder if the world will survive the stary-eyed, bleeding-heart, do-gooders who seem to relish their complete and total detachment from reality.
A Big loss for Big Brother
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