Right now some 60 entities in South Carolina have eminent domain powers, and it's been discussed generally (in the General Assembly) to commit it to elected bodies and some others like the Department of Transportation and the Ports Authority.
This should be a local decision. The governor has always been a strong supporter of home rule.
It is new and it is chilling. Because it means we may have a hard time finding firms that won't have a conflict with appearing before city boards, county boards and others.
It (was) completely unlikely that the House (would) slow down. The train is on the track on the House side.
That's the biggest difference. The ability to fire people and hire your people to take their place.
For a 'public use,' it means you cannot turn around and give it to a developer, even if it's an economic development project that's within the public purpose.
I've seen just about every variety of change.
School construction is an important part of the growth of a city, and if the City Council — through their planning authority — can't regulate that, I think all the cities might be negatively impacted.
The municipal election can get lost in the shuffle.
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