One Citizen Speaking..Now progressive socialists are confiscating private property from individuals, paying rock-bottom prices, and giving it to other private individuals so they can make a profit and convey additional tax money to a corrupt municipality.

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THE PROGRESSIVE SOCIALISTS THINK NOTHING OF TAKING PRIVATE PROPERTY FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE THAT GENERATES TAX REVENUE Posted: 25 Oct 2013 12:28 AM PDT The KELO decision in the Supreme Court changed the meaning of the eminent domain in the United States. Making it legal to take property for a “public use” instead of a “public purpose” such as building a school, firehouse, bridge, road, etc. Now progressive socialists are confiscating private property from individuals, paying rock-bottom prices, and giving it to other private individuals so they can make a profit and convey additional tax money to a corrupt municipality. An example of this perverted corruption of private property rights can be found in Seattle where the municipality is attempting to confiscate a private property, currently used as a parking lot, from an elderly individual and conveying it to an entity involving the redevelopment of the area. Historically, there are periodic shortages of affordable public parking along the Central Waterfront, particularly during tourist season as the Central Waterfront is an important tourist attraction for visitors of the Seattle area. Tourist and general public access to the waterfront affects commerce and revenue for the City of Seattle. A shortage of short-term, on-street parking (spaces that are restricted to four hours or less) impacts access and economic activity. The City is sensitive to this issue and is committed to finding solutions for alleviating this problem. Following the money and the special interests, we find key excerpts from the proposed City of Seattle Ordinance …  WHEREAS, recent growth in private development along the Central Waterfront has also resulted in the loss of affordable public parking; and So it would not be unreasonable to assume that the special interests requiring more parking capacity for the public might turn to their favorite politicians to find a means of providing the parking … WHEREAS, the Central Waterfront is an important tourist destination, an integral part of the downtown transportation network, and generates significant jobs and economic activity, and as such the City is sensitive to the area's access needs, including the function of a Alaskan Way, the Central Waterfront arterial surface road, in moving people and goods as part of the wider downtown transportation network; and So let’s find a need that may serve as cover to hide the property grab in a cloak of legality and anonymity; and grab some money from the state and federal government to increase the legitimacy, influence and pressure … WHEREAS, the City and the State of Washington are engaged in the Alaskan Way Viaduct and Seawall Replacement Program ("A WVSRP") that includes a four-lane bored tunnel and improvements to City streets including Alaskan Way, the Central Waterfront, and transit; and WHEREAS, as part of the A WVSRP, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) and the City are constructing and will continue to construct the Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Project ("Project"); and WHEREAS, the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Project, prepared by the Federal Highway Administration, WSDOT and the City of Seattle Department of transportation (SDOT), identified the loss of on-street, public parking ("Parking") as one of the environmental impacts caused by the construction of the Project; and provided that SDOT, in coordination with WSDOT, would develop and implement strategies to mitigate these impacts;  WHEREAS, to that end, the August 2011 Federal Highway Administration Record of Decision (ROD) for the Project allocated funds to mitigate the effects of Project construction on Parking, including funds to acquire existing off-street parking; and We need this parking and we want to own it to capture the revenue stream or else we would simply enter into a long-term lease for the property … WHEREAS, acquisition of existing parking facilities is an identified strategy in the Parking Mitigation Plan for which a portion of the State's allocated funding can be spent; and WHEREAS, Seattle's Comprehensive Plan identifies the establishment of short term parking facilities as a means of meeting forecasted needs, and allows and favors the use of short term parking to meet the needs of shoppers and other non-commuters; and We identified the property we want to steal for political purposes, and paying for it with the taxpayer’s money … WHEREAS, the City has identified property located at 1101 Western Avenue("Property"), containing approximately l30 parking spaces that it wishes to acquire for parking under the Parking Mitigation Plan; and We have the authority and the club necessary to force the private property owner to sell at a price we determine, and certainly a price lower than a long-term lease … WHEREAS, in addition to other authority, under RCW 35.86.010 and RCW 35.86.030 theCity has authority to acquire off-street parking facilities through negotiation, and if necessary, condemnation; and And when we get the property, we will do it to enrich ourselves, possibly selling it to another private politically well-connected developer in the future … WHEREAS, the City further intends that the revenue generated by the parking facility be deposited into an account, fund or subfund reserved for the purposes of repaying any debt or other financing costs associated with Property acquisition, for operation and maintenance of the Property, for programs to enhance access to parking near the Central Waterfront and Pioneer Square, specifically the Parking Mitigation Plan, and for operations, maintenance and programming of Seattle Central Waterfront public spaces; and The threat … The purpose of this notice is to inform you that the City of Seattle City Council is expected to vote to approve an ordinance (Council Bi11·117933) authorizing the Seattle Department of Transportation to acquire all property rights at 1101 Westen Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101(King County Tax Parcel No. 766620-2505) needed for general municipal use, including the provision of short-term parking. The final City Council action on this ordinance will authorize the Seattle Department of Transportation to acquire all property rights through the use of eminent domain (condemnation), if necessary. You have been identified as the property owner of this parcel, which will be needed permanently by the City.   Bottom line … If the City of Seattle really wanted to satisfy the needs of the public, they would simply enter a long-term lease for the privately-owned parking lot. But with taxpayer money swirling about, it appears that the City is willing to threaten a private individual rather than respect private property rights. It should also be noted that any price the City of Seattle may pay for the property will not reflect its greatly increased value in a few years after the renovation is complete. You will also notice that the City planners did not restrict development to a reasonable level given the lack of parking. If the City was honest, they would make provision for the future value of the property and insure a portion of the ongoing revenue stream accrues to the former property owner. And, a provision that makes it mandatory to re-convey the property to the original owner at the acquisition price given to the property owner should the property ever be sold by the city to a private entity. We will continue to watch the City as they attempt to extort a private individual. -- steve   Related articles Your Freedom: Who Owns the Rain? What if the socialist supervisors in San Francisco decide you dont need all that space? 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BRILLIANT: RUSSELL BRAND PROMOTES SOCIALISM WITHOUT RECOGNIZING THE HYPOCRISY OF A MULTI-MILLIONAIRE CLAIMING THAT PROFIT IS A FILTHY WORD! Posted: 24 Oct 2013 03:25 PM PDT Other than the brilliant, and totally inconsequential and incomprehensible musings of Karl Pilkington conversing with his friend Ricky Gervais about an atomic bomb,  I find comic millionaire Russell Brand’s political musings absolutely hysterical as he sounds like another character Ricky Gervais would have invented. See Brand put forth the socialist dogma in a way that sounds sincere, charming and inoffensive … Why this is dangerous … While Russell Brand sounds sincere, amusing, and engaging – his promotion of political apathy, blaming the system for the ills of society, and suggesting that the current system needs to be abolished in a revolution is nothing less than radical socialist propaganda. Put forth in such a non-threatening matter as to be absorbed into the background and injected into less discerning, less critical minds by osmosis. The hypocrisy of a multi-millionaire celebrity claiming that “profit is a filthy word” is stunning, but not that unusual  … Russell Brand in an interview with Jeremy Paxman on Newsnight last night called for “a revolultion, a socialist, egalitarian system based on the massive redistribution of wealth“. On voting … Paxman: “But is it true you don’t even vote?” Brand: “Yeah, no, I don’t vote.” Paxman: “Well how do you have any authority to talk about politics then?” Brand: “Well I don’t get my authority from this pre-existing paradigm which is quite narrow and only serves a few people. I look elsewhere, for alternatives, that might be of service to humanity. Alternate means alternative political systems.” On democracy not working … Paxman: “In a democracy that’s how it works.” Brand: “Well I don’t think it’s working very well, Jeremy. Given that the planet is being destroyed, given that there is economic disparity to a huge degree. What are you saying? There’s no alternative? There’s no alternative? Just..” Back to voting … Paxman: “No, I’m not saying that. I’m saying if you can’t be arsed to vote why should we be asked to listen to your political point of view?” Paxman: “Well why don’t you change it then?” Brand: “I’m trying to.” Paxman: “Well why don’t you start by voting.” Brand: Laughs I don’t think it works. People have voted already and that’s what’s created the current paradigm.” Paxman: “When did you last vote?” Brand: “Never.” Paxman: “You’ve never, ever voted?” Brand: “No. Do you think that’s really bad?” Drug addiction is caused by society … Paxman: “So you struck an attitude before, what, the age of 18?” Brand: “Well I was busy being a drug addict at that point, because I come from the kind of social conditions that are exacerbated by an indifferent system that, really, just administrates for large corporations and ignores the population that it was voted in to serve.” Paxman: “You’re blaming the political class for the fact that you had a drug problem?” Brand: “No, no, no. I’m saying I was part of a social and economic class that is underserved by the current political system. And drug addiction is one of the problems it creates when you have huge, underserved, impoverished populations, people get drug problems. And, also, don’t feel like they want to engage with the current political system because they see that it doesn’t work for them. They see that it makes no difference. They see that they’re not served. I say that the apathy…” Democracy … Paxman: “You don’t believe in democracy. You want a revolution don’t you?” Brand: “The planet is being destroyed, we are creating an underclass, we’re exploiting people all over the world and the genuine, legitimate problems of the people are not being addressed by our political class.” Brand: “A minute ago you were having a go at me because I wanted a revolution now I’m trivial, I’m bouncing all over the place.” Paxman: “I’m not having a go at you because you want a revolution, many people want a revolution, but I’m asking you what it would be like?” Brand: “Well I think what it won’t be like is a huge disparity between rich and poor where 300 Americans have the same amount of wealth as the 85 million poorest Americans, where there is an exploited and underserved underclass that are being continually ignored, where welfare is slashed while Cameron and Osbourne go to court to defend the rights of bankers to continue receiving their bonuses. That’s all I’m saying.” Paxman: “What’s this scheme, that’s all I’m asking. What’s the scheme? You talked vaguely about a revolution, what is it?” Brand: “I think a socialist egalitarian system, based on the massive redistribution of wealth, heavy taxation of corporations and massive responsibility for energy companies and any companies exploiting the environment…I think the very concept of profit should be hugely reduced. David Cameron said profit isn’t a dirty word, I say profit is a filthy word. Because wherever there is profit there is also deficit. And this system currently doesn’t address these ideas. And so why would anyone vote for it? Why would anyone be interested in it?” Paxman: “Who would levy these taxes?” Brand: “I think there needs to be a centralised administrative system but built on…” Watch the video for interview completeness and context. Bottom line … You need to see this brilliant video and learn how the modern generation is being spoon-fed radical socialist propaganda by celebrities acting as “useful idiots.’ Believing that feelings transcends logic and that the world is going to hell in a handbasket. And, that it might be better to revolt and tear down the present capitalist system and institute socialism rather than doing your civic duty to investigate politicians and elect honest men and women into office. This is the type of propaganda being pumped into the heads of schoolchildren and apathetic adults who do not see the clear and present danger of the socialist system. A system that has failed everywhere it has been tried. A system that devolves into a totalitarian state or a state controlled by politicians seeking to purchase political power by doling out entitlements. There is no doubt in my mind that Russell Brand is a talented individual. Whether or not he is sincere in his beliefs is hard to determine. But, one thing is certain. There will be a portion of the British, American, and other populations who look at this telegenic, well-spoken individual and accept some of his political nonsense without even realizing that they are treading down a path where there is a corrupt, so-called enlightened elite ruling over rather unexceptional population units (aka “people”) to pursue their self-interests in political power, profits, and a profligate lifestyle subsidized by the labor of those unexceptional population units. Beware folks … a man like Russell Brand could easily become another telegenic, well-spoken, incompetent empty suit like Barack Obama. -- steve