Rand Paul, The Senator from Kentucky, voted to protect private property rights and oppose Keystone XL according to the Lexington Herald Leader. A future 2016 campaign issue?
Monthly Archives: January 2015
Empower Texas Tackles A Water District with 4 Major Eminent Domain Woes
Empower Texas offers up a smorgasbord of eminent domain abuses by Tarrant Regional Water Board. The list:
- Received expanded eminent domain powers through abuse of the local and consent calendar
- The district’s majority financial focus is on economic development and not water, a public use
- The commissioners, who can vote in favor of eminent domain, had their terms extended without an election
- Landowners in an eminent domain dispute uncovered eviden…
Most Popular Texas Eminent Domain Bill
One eminent domain bill is becoming a media darling: HB 565 by Burkett. The bill revokes eminent domain authority from a private toll company.
Here’s why Burkett says it is important:
- The problem is a private company overseeing a project with eminent domain authority (hello, pipelines, are you listening?)
- If property is taken for public needs, it should be “fair and transparent”
- Toll roads are wearing out their welcome
Posted in2015 legislation, activism, fairness, infrastructure building, pipelines/common carriers, private company, private property rights
Eminent domain protests occur across the U.S.: Surfing is to Californians like guns are to Texans. You don’t mess with it. A California billionaire tried to block surfers from accessing killer waves off the coast of San Mateo County. It set off a fight. The Californai Legislature, Courts, and now the California Lands Commission have all attempted to settle the disupted beach access. The California Lands Commission is mulling over using eminent domain to seize the surfer paradise from the billionaire. In 77 years, the C… Compensation is the hottest of hot topic in eminent domain. If eminent domain is a habanero pepper, compensation is a ghost pepper. Compensation gets tricker when talking about business property or property on which profits are made. How do profits factor into compensation, is at all? Virginia is tackling how to factor in profit into compensation by proposing legislation to: SJR 9 by Van Taylor would move the ball toward legislative approval of rule making. Sound far fetched? It’s not. Other states are doing it: The toll road by a private corporation all but dead, this bill is hailed as the final nail in the coffin. The Texas Turnpike Corporation is the only private toll road authority in the state, having authority through a grandfather provision. Texas Tribune Previously On Information Intelligence: The Bill Filing In 2014, a private tollroad corporation proposed new toll roa… A multi-million dollar courtroom drama over land value for the Sacramento Kings new stadium is brewing. Land values are differing by $25 Million : If the $25 Million gap in valuations wasn’t enough- the eminent domain process is further complicated by CALPERS being an investor in a segment of land. CALPERs values its land at $12.5 Million. <... The Buffalo Bills & Sacramento Kings both need new stadiums. Building new stadiums takes land. If negotiations fail, land is acquired via eminent domain. The Buffalo Bills prefer negotiations. Buffalo would rather pay more in a neogtiation than use eminent domain, which leads to costly litigation. There’s a list of professional sports stadiums that have used eminent domain, Texas makes the list:
Posted incompensation, economic development, private company
Eminent Domain is Like Broccoli Cupcakes; Yuck. City Councils Vote Against It. Willie Sings in Opposition.
Seizing a Billionaire Owned Land to Ensure Surfing Lives
Lege Trend: Eminent Domain Compensation Includes Lost Profits for Business
Put This Bill On Your Radar: Legislative Approval of Rule Making
Update: HB 565 Revoking Eminent Domain Authority
A Stadium Fit for Kings. Multi-Million Dollar Drama Fit for the Courts
Eminent Domain & Stadiums: The Bills, The Kings, The Cowboys