WHAT JUST HAPPENED?

At last nights City Council meeting after everyone had spoken against Eminent Domain, City Councilman,  Morris presented a resolution banning the use of Eminent Domain in the city of San Pablo.  The Council members voted in favor of the ban with the exception of Councilman Cruz.  Councilman Cruz decided not to vote on the matter (abstained).  This is what I witnessed  last night, but I’ll feel better when it appears in the paper.  There was nothing about this in this mornings paper, but I expect to see an article by newspaper reporter, Tom Lockner who was at the meeting  and has been covering our story since February.  So, it appears that we may have won the fight against Eminent Domain. The question is ‘how long is the ban’ against the use of Eminent Domain – 4 years,  12 years or forever?  Stay tuned.

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(Email from Councilman Morris to Shelby:)

—- Forwarded Message —-
From: Paul V. Morris <councilmanpaulmorris200-9@yahoo.com>
To: shelby chapel
Sent: Tue, May 4, 2010 2:29:32 PM
Subject: Re: May 3 council meeting

Hello Ms. Chapel:

I made a motion for the city council to ban the use of eminent domaine altogether – the council voted 4 to 1 abstention (Cruz) in support of my motion. It is “No” on eminent domaine. It just did not make sense to me to have such a “tool” in place when when a) we have only used the procedure 8 times in the past 40 years with no abuse of it and b) we have no money to spend anyway.

Please contact me at my office if you require any further information at (510) 412-2242.

Paul Morris.