A Weapon of You-Know-What
But in Culver City, eminent domain is the king of subjects for the moment. Eminent domain remains City Halls favorite weapon of mass destruction, to frame it slightly hyperbolically. I was gloomy all day, said Mr. Blue, the Hollywood businessman who defeated the city of Los Angeles in September in its several-year attempt to redevelop his property. My excitement about the Democrats taking back control of both the House and the Senate was dampened by the outcome of Prop. 90. Hardly discouraged, Mr. Blue already is talking about 08. There is not enough time to save those who are currently being threatened (by the intimidating whip of eminent domain), he says. But it is important to keep this campaign going (to rein in eminent domain).
No Time to Slow Down
He worked hard for the pro-90 forces who were trying to reduce the governments unchecked ability to use eminent domain at will. Mr. Blue was sitting with an attorney friend last night They were x-raying the Prop. 90 campaign. He scolded himself and the front people on 90. Mr. Blue said he and his attorney friend both delicately complained about what happened. We were upset with the management of the campaign, how it was outspent and poorly managed. Then we blamed ourselves for not being pro-active. My friend said we should have taken our cue from the farm workers. He said we should have had families at major intersections of the major cities. They would have carried big signs that said Vote Yes on 90 and Save Our Home (or Business).
Laase but Not Least
As a community, what was Culver Citys opinion of Prop.90? Not much. Mr. Laase reports that all 29 Culver City precincts rejected it. Given the recent experiences of Culver City business owners, what do you make of that? Only in Precinct 1A did 90 come close, losing out 147 to 143. With 42 percent of registered voters participating, the anti-90 vote was 55.7 percent, pro-90 was 37.2 percent, and 7 percent of people did not mark their ballots.
