State siting law a form of Eminent Domain

  Letter to the editor ~ Watertown Times
by Steve Rutigliano 
 Three Mile Bay
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 In 2008, I wrote a letter to the Times on a form of eminent domain by foreign wind companies right here in Jefferson County.
The dictionary defines eminent domain as the inherent power of the state to seize a citizen’s private property without owner’s consent.

“In simple terms that the government can take privately owned land, as long as the land will be used by the public and the owner is paid a fair price for the land, what the amendment calls just.” Used by the public being the key phrase...  Link to the original .