"The world, then, is an extension of yourself.  If you as  an individual desire  to destroy Greed, then you as an individual must cease Greed. To destroy Greed, you must dissociate yourself from Greed in all its gross and subtle  forms, and so long as you  are caught up in it you  are part of that  world of ignorance and fear. Then the world is an extension of yourself, yourself duplicated and multiplied. The  world does not exist apart from the individual. The world is  an extension of yourself so long as  you are thoughtless, caught  up in ignorance, hate, and greed;  but when you are earnest, thoughtful, and aware there is a dissociation from  those  ugly causes. The  fruit of this awareness is the understanding there is a completeness, a wholeness". Deanna 

"It is  the Government's duty to  be  an example of  Goodness. Surely, the taking of property  by force  for profit is  Corporate Welfare  which intrudes the faculty  of Reason , Goodness, and Duty of Government". Deanna

Citizens against Eminent Domain abuse are finding out  the truth  about the unknown government. Eminent Domain for  profit  behaves in  such a quiet subtle way.  The only interest Eminent Domain has is an interest in taking your property with "Fair Compensation" and give it to another because of an increased tax revenue. The term "Fair Compensation" is an opinion of what they consider "Fair" and "Fairness", and is not what reality is all about. Humanity and Loyalty is on the table and tossed without due consideration rewarding another who is more affluent.

On June 23,2005 The US Supreme Court delivered a blow to home and small business owners throughout the country by allowing the government to use Eminent Domain. The Court simply got the interpretation of the law wrong, and our constitution and country will suffer as a result. The  people; however, have the  power to change the  law.

1. In 2002, there were 10,000 actual or threatened examples of eminent domain abuse involving private to private transfers or property across the country.

2. If the property owners in the North Lake project are not safe, no one is safe. The author not only loses her home but her ministry and  chapel. The author dedicated her life for twenty two years and has many quality years left to minister. Virtue, loyalty, and dedication are disposable and  insignificant traits. It does not matter how many years you have invested in the community because profit is the City's victory.   Therefore, your home is not safe because anyone's home can make more money as a luxury condo, and anyone's business can make more money as a big box store. 

3. Development must occur as the result of private negotiation, not public force.

4. The 5th Amendment  requires a public use for the power of Eminent Domain to  be used. A public use is a police station or a school. Real estate taken for public use does not require an increase in a tax base, on the contrary the use is for the public and has no tax benefit.

5. Right to own property is a fundamental right, as important as our freedoms of speech and religion.  Taking someone's property to give to a private developer is the same as ripping a newspaper from someone's hands or stopping them from entering their church.

7. Eminent Domain has been called the "Despotic Power" by the U.S. Supreme Court.

8. Minorities and the elderly are disproportionately affected by Eminent Domain.

9. If increased tax revenue or economic development are justifications for eminent domain than no one's private property is safe.

10. If my property, ministry, and chapel is taken by eminent domain you may be next.

11. Eminent Domain abuse is the result of the unholy alliance between the tax hungry governments and land hungry developers. Government should not serve as a real estate broker.

12. The psychological abuse of Eminent Domain is the uncertainty of tomorrow, disruption of plans, and emotional ties to the neighborhood. The Impact of stress and pain is not from fear to change, but forcing to do an act unnatural. The unnaturalness of the act goes against the nature of our social contract and the public good.