Despite Big Bank Threats, City Approves 'Eminent Domain for the People'

Jon Queally @ Common Dreams - Bucking the threat of lawsuits from large banks and other financial interests, approval of the measure is a victory for the city's progressive-minded Green Party Mayor Gayle McLaughlin, not to mention the city residents struggling with homes that lost a majority of their value in the wake of the financial collapse of 2008.  Read more.