Congress was pretty pissed about that eminent domain ruling is trying to ram legistlation through to try to prevent things like this from continuing. If the city council wants to go through with this they better hurry up.
H.R. 4128 got overwhelming support in the House, should be interesting to see what the Senate does with it. The White House has gone on record saying it'll be signed if it passes the Senate vote.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/...ent.domain.ap/