The Mackinac Center’s July 18 property rights forum in Bay City, Mich., featured three speakers: Mackinac Center Senior Legal Analyst Patrick J. Wright; Nancy Kurdziel, president of Prime Housing Inc.; and Russ Harding, senior environmental policy analyst at the Mackinac Center and a former head of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.

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	Patrick J. Wright

Wright spoke about the turbulent history of Michigan’s judicial rulings on eminent domain and about local governments’ ongoing abuse of blight designations to achieve takings of well-maintained homes and businesses. A video excerpt of his remarks is posted above. The segment is 5 minutes and 6 seconds long. QuickTime playback requires QuickTime 7.0 or higher.