re: NY Times exposes Beto O'Rourke's elitist past; liberal's heads explode with rage

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The NYT reports that O'Rourke's father-in-law proposed gentrifying a neighborhood in El Paso by force, bulldozing public housing to make way for restaurants, a shopping district, and an art walk.

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Basically, the City of El Paso used eminent domain for private development, with an eye toward reclamation of a blighted area.

I am not a fan of this use of eminent domain, but it is nothing new.