Below the Beltway notes that the Ohio supreme court is hearing arguments today in the case of Joy and Carl Gamble, whose home the city of Columbus would like to bulldoze to make room for a 100 million+ private development and the improved tax base that it would represent.

Joy Gamble speaks bitterly about the couple's ordeal and what it meant to see their home of 35 years, purchased after years of savings, in danger of demolition.

"When the municipalities and the people that have lots of money decide they want what you have, you don't own it," Gamble said. "You bought it, you paid for it, you kept the taxes up, you kept the appearance up, but it wasn't yours."

Why not just pay the Gambles what the house is worth, even more than its worth?

We'll be following this one...

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