Welcome to the Future!
Your News Houston | Brady: Toth high-speed rail mailer a ‘lie’
Fox 26 | Eminent Domain Attack advertisement deemed grossly…
What case is this? Bragg v. Edwards Aquifer
What ‘s the eminent domain compensation issue they’re in a legal cage fight about? The courts have agreed that a denial of groundwater pumping by Edwards Aquifer amounted to a taking of a pecan farmer’s private property
What does it mean for 2017 Legslative action? Adequate and just compensation for th etaking of private land is a perenial issue. And there’s lots bubbling around for 2017:
What type of land is being protected from researchers that want to gather data? Private property outside, the supporters point mostly to farm & ranch lands
What kind of data are they gathering? All sorts, such as water quality
What do opponents to these new laws requiring permission to gather data on land say?
Why does Texas A&M Student Senate oppose eminent domain? The proposed high speed rail that would traverse rural Texas triggered the vote
What did the elected officials, who were present, say about eminent domain? “Their resounding message was that voting in favor the Eminent Domain Opposition Act is akin to advocating for the protection of property owners.”
Which State Representatives and State Senators participated in Texas A&M Student Senate eminent domain debate?
In which house district is this occuring? HD-2 (Flynn)
What are activists saying about eminent domain and toll roads?
Let’s look at numbers from an eminent domain case involving Conroe ISD:
Conroe ISD seeks to obtain 46 acres from a group of land owners and here’s the numbers that have been bandied:
What’s happening to this eminent domain case now? Neither party was satisfied with the $10 million number and both parties have appealed to district court. Oral hearing is scheduled for October 16th.
Where is this eminent domain case in the courts? A federal district judge and Federal Energy Regulatory Agency granted a pipeline in Pennsylvania the ability to clear trees in anticipation of a pipeline while the matter continues in federal court.
How did the state police stop the pre-condemnation access? The federal judge’s order did not authorize the state police to arrest protesters who appeared to stop the loggers.
What is the issue the land owners are fighting? Landowners operate…
Loyal subscribers have seen this trend as towns in Montana and California have moved to purchase by eminent domain private water utilities that aren’t providing a cost effective service to its citizens.
But, now the trend shifts to the Legislature. Which state legislature is moving language that allows local governments to use eminent domain to buy private utilities? Florida
What motivated the legislator to move forward with this new eminent domain authority?
Where did a state Supreme Court deny eminent domain power to a pipeline? Kentucky.
What do legal pundits say was the issue triggering the denial of eminent domain authority? That the pipeline isn’t regulated as a utility under Kentucky law.
Why wouldn’t a pipeline be regulated under Kentucky law? Because Kentucky law restricts regulated utilities to those operating within the state. The proposed pipeline would traverse the state but not deliver goods, therefore wouldn’t operate, in the…
Dallas Morning News Sports Day | How Donald Trump used the Texas Rangers’ ballpark to take a political jab at Jeb Bush
New Zealand Sportal | The Donald, Jeb! butt heads over Rangers’ ballpark
NBC Sports | Donald Trump, Jeb Bush, Eminent Domain and the history of the Rangers Ballpark