Eminent-domain mayor:  We're rescuing residents
Riviera Beach chief calling for 'personal sacrifice' while homeowners vow to fight

The new Ground Zero in the rekindled war over eminent domain is Riviera Beach, Fla., whose mayor says the potential relocation of as many as 6,000 residents is "necessary to rescue and save the remainder of the people of Riviera Beach."

"We are going to rescue and relocate individuals and we will put them in a better position than they're living in now," Mayor Michael Brown told Sean Hannity of the Fox News Channel tonight. "They are not thrown out into the streets, they are compensated. ... It's no different than building a courthouse or a hospital or anything else."

The predominantly black city of Riviera Beach, located just north of the more affluent municipalities of Palm Beach and West Palm Beach, is looking to revitalize an area some consider an example of urban blight.

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