Princeton High School Open House

Yesterday I met my daughter at the high school to pick up her schedule for the school year. Much to her disappointment one of her classes was cancelled Speech, this is a Junior/Senior level class and 14 students had signed up for the class last fall. I found out yesterday that to hold a class there must be a minimum of 15 students in a class for it to be held. I guess the Princeton School district does not believe that 14 students are worth teaching. Speech is an important skill for all students to have. I thought small class sizes were a good thing not bad. I hope someone on the school board can explain this to me.

State Rep. Sondra Erickson Responds

Richard, you are so right on the property rights issue as a result of
the Supreme Court decision and on the Ninth Commandment. The House of
Representatives has already introduced legislation to place state law
over federal court decision and will debate it in 2006.
Here is the text as introduced, but let me know what you think:
Sondra

H.F. No. 132, as introduced - 2005 1st Special Session Posted on
Jul 13, 2005

1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to eminent domain; prohibiting use of
eminent
1.3 domain in certain circumstances; proposing coding for

1.4 new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 469.
1.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. [469.401] [LIMIT ON ACQUISITION BY EMINENT
1.7 DOMAIN UNDER THIS CHAPTER.]
1.8 Eminent domain must not be used to acquire real property
1.9 for any purpose authorized in this chapter if the property
1.10 acquired is intended to be sold, leased, transferred, or
1.11 otherwise conveyed to a person or nongovernmental entity
without
1.12 the power of eminent domain.
1.13 [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective the day
1.14 following final enactment and applies to eminent domain
1.15 proceedings commenced on or after the day following final
1.16 enactment.

Eminent Domain

I recently wrote the following letter to Sondra Erickson reguarding the recent supreme court rulling.

I am concerned about the recent decision allowing the the goverment to take private property away from private citizens to give to another private party for the public good. Does Minnesota State Law need to be made stronger in this area to prevent this from happening? As a fellow Lutheran I think that Luthers Small Catechism has something to say in this reguard. In the meaning of the Ninth Commandment, it reads:
We should fear and love God that we may not craftily seek to get our neighbor's inheritance or house, and obtain it by a show of right, etc., but help and be of service to him in keeping it.

Richard Scott
Princeton, MN