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Eminent Domain: Boxing Gym For Kids Fights Back

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Video above is from the Institute for Justice with this background:

“A San Diego-area boxing gym that serves at-risk kids is showing what it takes to fight for what is right and to win. The Community Youth Athletic Center (CYAC) has had to endure a series of low blows by National City’s local government in a case that time and again demonstrated how difficult it is for California property owners to defend themselves against tax-hungry governments and land-hungry developers bent on eminent domain for private gain.”

Related article in Sports Illustrated:

“Carlos Barragan and his son Carlos Jr. don’t torture dogs, don’t inject ‘roids and don’t bet on sporting events they ref. They’ve never run from the law or the tax man or a grand jury. What they do run is a little boxing gym for kids in National City, Calif., between the Mexican border and the San Diego barrios.
So why is the city trying to shut them down?  Luxury condos, that’s why.”

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