Yeah, he wasn't really evil, just a little over the top (pun intended) trying to level the playing field. We've had a couple of emminent domain cases around here that while not effecting me directly do really piss me off. Just before the boom went bust our county commisioners took over a large section of land in the northern part of the county, paying the few, scattered landowners there a fair price for their properties, but taking out massive loans to do that as well as pay for numerous studies and provide incentives for developers. The developers all disappeared and the taxpayers are on the hook for loan payments that amout to several thousand dollars a day on what is now vacant land. Dumbasses thought they could make a fast buck by taking over someone elses property.