Following the Supreme Court ruling in Kelo, a has
roared across the nation.  Groups, both large and small, have come
out in defense of property rights.  At JLF, legal and regulatory policy analyst, Daren Bakst, released two reports in response to NC’s weak protection of property rights in both its eminent domain and urban redevelopment laws. Writing for the Reason Foundation, Jeff A. Taylor, references Daren’s Spotlight on urban redevelopment, as does the Charlotte Post. NC’s current urban redevelopment law is so vague, that Frank Sinatra could have referenced it in his song, “Anything Goes”.  While Daren continues to fight for private property at home, CLI Director and Vice President of Development, Chad Adams, along side Bob Orr of the NC Institute for Constitutional Law, took to the mic at a press conference at the Heritage Foundation in DC to show their
support for property rights and their condemnation of incentives-based
economic development.  Instead of dangling the carrot of public
funds, business ventures (especially high-cost sports stadiums) should
rely on private funding, a point made by John Hood in the Weekly Standard.