It Is Dangerous To Be Right When The Government Is Wrong (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
Recently elected Governor N’ameyore Price decides that there is a pressing public need to convert your land into a reserve for the rare Saharan penguin. After doing some research, you discover that your state constitution grants each individual a right to be secure in his property, which can only be abridged if there is (1) an exceptional public necessity, and (2) the government provides fair and just compensation. Despite your pleadings that the high school nearby would make this an unsuitable location (Saharan penguins are terrified of Danistanian teenagers, and refuse to eat or reproduce on the same continent as them), Governor Price decides to go ahead with his plan. To make matters worse, the governor refuses to pay anything more than the market value of the property as of 1908, insisting, “If I have to suffer as a Cubs fan, then it is only fair and just that we all do.” Two days after taking the property, Governor Price announces that, on second thought, the land would better serve the public interest if it was auctioned off to the pharmaceutical industry (not surprisingly, a key contributor to his political campaign).
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