Speaking of Kelo…

Let me get this straight.

I purchased my farm.

I’ll raise my family there.

I’ll build barns with my father.

I’ll spend 50 years improving the pasture.

I’ll build and maintain grape trellises and allow the vines to age to glorious perfection. I’ll use the grapes to make wine for my daughter’s wedding reception.

I’ll bury my dog - hell, family members - under the oak tree.

I’ll build hay bale forts in the loft with my grandchildren.

And then some developer can come along, evaluate my million-dollar views of the blue ridge, decide to build a hotel, convince Albermarle County to transfer my land under eminent domain, and win in court because higher tax receipts are “public use?”

No.

Not just no.

Heeeeeeelllllll no!

Sure, Virginia’s politicians are going to put legislative protections in place. But legislative protections can be overturned. I want my court to recogniuze a basic right protected in black letters in the Constitution.