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The Legal Decision a Win for Landowners. Landowners in Long Beach, New York prevailed in court this week when an appeal by the city was denied.
$5.5M per landowner for undervalued land in eminent domain. The decision awards $19 million for land values, attorney fees and costs, plus interest to land owners. Each landowner was underpaid for property at the roughly $5.5 million each.
What is the city doing with this land? A Developer wants to build luxury apartments, retail space, and a…
TPPF tells us red states are moving to reform cvil asset forfeiture laws because:
Recommended reforms:
The Aliens are Coming. The U.S. Airforce controls Area 51 in the Nevada desert. To enlarge its alien collection, or some other non-tin foil hat reason, the U.S. Air Force wants to expand Area 51.
Private Property Rights are Gold- literally in Nevada. Rural Nevadans are a lot like Texans- independent minded- and land loving.
The Feds want to acquire mining lands. The Sheahans have owned hundreds of acres since the 1880s. They’ve buried their family members on the land. The U.S….
Who: Joint forces of private property rights advocates & environmentalists
What: Protesting the Constitution Pipeline in New York
Why does this matter? Because this trend was started by Texans. Willie Nelson headlined a concert protesting Keystone XL Pipeline.
What they’re saying:
Watershed Post: Scores protest pipelines at rally in…
Christian Science Monitor: Conservative Club for Growth slams Trump: Empire Striking Back?
CBS News: Conservative Club for Growth launches $1 million anti-Donald Trump campaign
Washington Times: Donald Trump is…
Pointing to a new forced annexation of 87 square miles and 52,000 Texans in San Antonio, the Texas Public Policy Foundation proposes passage of annexation reform.
TPPF backed SB 1639 and HB 2221 from the 2015 Texas Legislature. These were good reforms for these 4 reasons:
Kentucky Legislature is debating whether to permit a proposed repurposing of an existing natural gas pipeline. The debate has brought to light 70 year old easements.
Clearly thoughts have changed in 70 years. The safety of the types of fluids that traverse the pipes, plus recent safety issues are weighing on legislators.
Here’s what one Kentucky legislator said publicly:
“I say that there should not be a legal argument that you have the right to take someone’s property to put a…
Once upon a time, Trump sought to use eminent domain against a widow’s home to obtain land to build a limo parking lot. Today the story is on the front of the Washington Post Style Section.
CATO: Donald Trump, Eminent Domain, and the Widow’s House
Washington Post: The time Donald Trump’s empire took on a stubborn widow — and lost
Information Intelligence Ausgust 27, 2015:
CATO, the libertarian leaning think tank, sounding the horn on Donald Trump and his reliance on eminent…
In Mississippi, the Republican candidate for Senate district 37, wants voters to know she is pro private propety rights and supports eminent domain reform.
The Republican says her opponent, the former state Senator back in 2009 “sided with Republican Gov. Haley Barbour, who had vetoed a bill that would limit eminent domain. Barbour argued the limitation would hurt economic development, and Dearing agreed.”
Mississippi voters later approved eminent domain reforms in 2011.
Bloomberg: The Tiny Town that Hates Elon Musk
Background: Boca Chica, with its 26 residents, is home to Space X launch site. Space X has a safety plan for launch days:
What the residents…