Article 5

RI governor, house speaker explore seizing site of 2003 nightclub fire by eminent domain

September 18, 2012

The Article comes from Washington Post.

Summary

:Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee and House Speaker Gordon Fox argued that they are planning to whether the state can seize by eminent domain the site of a 2003 nightclub fire where 100 innocent people were killed. However, the families of victims and survivors have been fighting for building memorial at the site of the Feb. 20, 2003 in West Warwick. And this land is owned by a private company so that this land can be refused to sell or donate area for memorial site. Even though the citizens want to build memorial for victims, the governor and the speaker of the House just want to seize the lands lightly and emphasizing the eminent domain. And the lawyer of the Economic Development Corp. presented that the governor's legal team will decide whether the land use for public facility. 

My Opinion

:From my point of view, I think that the government should repose to this situation by building memorial site for victims and their families. Because the government did not support victims' families and even planed to use that land for public use. It should not be happened for society. There were 100 innocent people who were killed and their families have been fighting for many years to build memorial site. So the governor and the speaker of the House should try their best to comprehend citizens' feeling and try to build memorial for victims.