The kind of eminent domain action I can wholeheartedly support...

Wal-Mart attorney Edward Burg walks past Brenda Smith Johnson and Jason Akel after the vote. Chronicle photo by Kim Komenich.

From the San Francisco Chronicle, "Vote goes against Wal-Mart Council OKs using eminent domain to block retailer":

On Tuesday night, a packed house at the Hercules City Hall broke into cheers after the City Council voted unanimously to take the unprecedented step of using eminent domain to prevent Wal-Mart from building a big-box store near the city's waterfront.
A standing-room-only crowd listens as the Hercules City Council debates using eminent domain to thwart Wal-Mart. Chronicle photo by Kim Komenich.

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