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Ron DeSantis: “The economic development that was promised in Kelo actually turned out to be a failure.”

On the recordJuly 8, 2015
The economic development that was promised in Kelo actually turned out to be a failure.
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Ron DeSantis
Florida

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DeSantis critiques the Kelo decision's impact on economic development.

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