The city council vote would allow the local government to negotiate with DC Blox for the acquisition of the property. However, this does not automatically mean that Nashville would automatically have the right to own the property. It will first have to negotiate with the owner to determine that property’s fair market value, and if the two parties cannot agree, then a judge or jury will have to determine the final amount. The company could also challenge the eminent domain claim.
There have been fears that the government will use eminent domain to advance data center projects, which was further spurred by Georgia Power’s use of the power to acquire 30 residential properties to expand the power grid . Although the utility company said that it wasn’t in the data center business, the move was made to connect a substation to a power plant, with 70% to 80% of the electricity traveling through it expected to serve data centers. But, as Nashville showed, this authority can also be used to block data center projects.
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writingwriter Admin said: The Nashville Metro Council just gave the go ahead for the mayor's plan to buy the land that a proposed data center will sit on through eminent domain. This will force the developer to give up the land, which sits beside the Nashville Zoo, although there is still a legal avenue that it can take to stop the action. Nashville attempts to block controversial data center near zoo with eminent domain — city could force developer to sell the land for public use, ra… : Read more Why can't the government be this smart and for the people all the time? A good fluke, but a fluke nonetheless. Reply
daworstplaya writingwriter said: Why can't the government be this smart and for the people all the time? A good fluke, but a fluke nonetheless. If you want a government to be FOR THE PEOPLE, vote the right people into governement. Aka the ones that aren't taking PAC money and beholden to the ones funding their campaigns. Reply
JamesJones44 writingwriter said: Why can't the government be this smart and for the people all the time? A good fluke, but a fluke nonetheless. When you vote for 1 of 2 sides you really don't have a choice. Without getting political, George Washington's farewell address is worth a read on the subject, you just have to get past the rambling about the British, who he really didn't like. Reply
blppt JamesJones44 said: When you vote for 1 of 2 sides you really don't have a choice. Without getting political, George Washington's farewell address is worth a read on the subject, you just have to get past the rambling about the British, who he really didn't like. The Founding Fathers were not quite as brilliant as they are portrayed. For example, they never even considered that a convicted felon could possibly be a threat to be elected into the highest office in the land. Forget about the polarizing guy currently there who fits that description; that there were no basic guardrails in place to prevent anybody, from any party, being able to do that is an astonishingly stupid omission. Reply
GenericUser2001 blppt said: The Founding Fathers were not quite as brilliant as they are portrayed. For example, they never even considered that a convicted felon could possibly be a threat to be elected into the highest office in the land. Forget about the polarizing guy currently there who fits that description; that there were no basic guardrails in place to prevent anybody, from any party, being able to do that is an astonishingly stupid omission. No guardrails on that was intentional; as the founding fathers knew, throughout history many, many regimes throughout history have gone after political opponents with all sorts of well, trumped up (sorry had to make that pun) nonsense criminal charges. Heck, that is part of what lead to the revolutionary war, and most of them would have been considered felons by the British government. The system intentionally makes the voters the final decision makers on if the current government's criminal charges against someone were valid. Reply
JamesJones44 blppt said: The Founding Fathers were not quite as brilliant as they are portrayed. For example, they never even considered that a convicted felon could possibly be a threat to be elected into the highest office in the land. Invalidating 200+ years of success simply because they couldn't see 200+ years into the future with Social Media influence driving elections feels parochial. As a counter argument, had people listened way back then, things would be different. They were smarter than the credit given, people have just messed it up. Reply
blppt JamesJones44 said: Invalidating 200+ years of success simply because they couldn't see 200+ years into the future with Social Media influence driving elections feels parochial. Social Media has nothing to do with it. Its a basic guardrail that should have been in place from day 1, no matter how unlikely the FF ever thought it would be necessary. Reply
blppt GenericUser2001 said: No guardrails on that was intentional; as the founding fathers knew, throughout history many, many regimes throughout history have gone after political opponents with all sorts of well, trumped up (sorry had to make that pun) nonsense criminal charges. Heck, that is part of what lead to the revolutionary war, and most of them would have been considered felons by the British government. The system intentionally makes the voters the final decision makers on if the current government's criminal charges against someone were valid. So basically your theory is that they went with "Well, if the voters are stupid enough to elect a felon, they deserve what they get"? As far as prior regimes framing and convicting their opponents on baseless charges, simply allowing a convicted felon to run and win doesn't solve that problem. Authoritarian governments have any number of tools available at their disposal to take out their opponents, but it is far more likely that a convicted felon ascending to the highest post in the land would bring down the grand experiment. Reply
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