- Mar 9, 2006
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I got into a heated debate with a friend recently.
There is a building off of I-4 in Orlando that will someday house the broadcasting center and studios for a religious tv station. It has been under construction for at least 3 years. They are having some manner of financial difficulty in getting it finished. The frame looks to be completed and they are almost done putting windows on the "skeleton" to make it appear closer to completion.
It is a bit of an eyesore for this stretch of road. My friend thinks that if the residents of the city should be able to vote on a referendum to force this tv station to finish the building by X time or else it will be demolished.
He argues that the power resides in the people and if they vote it "down", it should go down.
I say this is wrong because (assuming they are not already in violation of some statute, I don't think they are) there is no law under which they can be forced to do this--AND, furthermore, that would be illegal because it is ex post facto.
The question ultimately is this:
Do the people have the authority to pass a referendum ordering the building's completion in some kind of time frame or otherwise it is demolished?
There is a building off of I-4 in Orlando that will someday house the broadcasting center and studios for a religious tv station. It has been under construction for at least 3 years. They are having some manner of financial difficulty in getting it finished. The frame looks to be completed and they are almost done putting windows on the "skeleton" to make it appear closer to completion.
It is a bit of an eyesore for this stretch of road. My friend thinks that if the residents of the city should be able to vote on a referendum to force this tv station to finish the building by X time or else it will be demolished.
He argues that the power resides in the people and if they vote it "down", it should go down.
I say this is wrong because (assuming they are not already in violation of some statute, I don't think they are) there is no law under which they can be forced to do this--AND, furthermore, that would be illegal because it is ex post facto.
The question ultimately is this:
Do the people have the authority to pass a referendum ordering the building's completion in some kind of time frame or otherwise it is demolished?
Because a normal ED act is taking private property for the public good.
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