{"id":82951,"date":"2026-05-22T08:36:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T12:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=82951"},"modified":"2026-05-22T08:36:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T12:36:30","slug":"82951-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/82951-2\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From the New York Post\u00a0<\/em>[caution tabloid]:<\/p>\n<p>A utility giant with a $16 billion expansion plan is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/03\/19\/opinion\/nys-eminent-domain-abuse-bye-bye-blue-wall-and-other-commentary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">using eminent domain<\/a> to seize hundreds of Georgia properties \u2014 and furious owners say they never had a fighting chance.\u00a0Ansley Brown was 5 years old when her mother moved into the Coweta County house where she spent her entire childhood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is [what] made me who I am today,\u201d Brown, now 27, told The Post. \u201cSo it 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