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Private Property Rights | Asset Forfeiture | State Auditor| Dallas County

  • “significant weaknesses in its processes for the expenditure of state asset forfeiture funds”
  • 10% of expenditures did not comply with state requirements for use of asset forfeiture property
  • 18% of asset forefeiture expenditures did not have adequate documents
  • Dallas County District Attorney Office should clarify its budgeting process to reflect permitted uses of asset forefeiture property
  • During the SAO investigation the State Auditor received a “complaint regarding potential fraud…

TPPF Applauds San Antonio Postponed Vote on Annexation.

TPPF remains opposed to annexation & supports annexation reform.

TPPF | TPPF Statement on Delaying San Antonio’s Vote on Annexation

Previously on Information Intelligence on September 10, 2015:

4 Reasons TPPF Supports Annexation Reform

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…

New Hampshire. Pipeline. Eminent Domain Protests.

What’s happening in new Hampshire? The key early voting Presidential state is expereiencing protests against a pipeline.

What’s the Republican govenror saying? The Governor has not taken a position.

What are Republicans saying? Opposed to the taking of private land.

Are there othere issues that contribute to the protests? Yes, environmentalists are concerned about conservation land that the pipeline will traverse.

Union Leader | Pipeline opponents give governor an earful at…

2 National Eminent Domain Trends Arrive in Texas. Texas Farmers First to the Punch.

Farmers in West Texas aren’t pleased with pipelines that are being built to bring product to and from Mexico. The farmers focus on 2 national trends:

  • No Eminent Domain for Private Gain Mantra Arrives in Texas. “Eminent domain – I always thought was meant to be for the good of the people, for the benefit of the people. In this case, the only thing it’s for is the greed of the company.”

 

  • Big legal trend requiring that the public use or benefit accrue in the state permitting eminent…

West Texas Farmers 3 Concerns About Pipelines

  • Pipeline machinery are a nuisance to tranquil enjoyment and to cotton crops
  • Pipelines threaten lawsuits from the outset
  • Farmers fear retailiation by the pipelines

Farmers talking about a proposed west Texas pipeline that will bring products to Mexico.

AP via Washington Times | Some farmers in West Texas raise concerns about pipeline

Campaign: I am Only for Eminent Domain When it is used to Create Jobs.

In a Fox News Interview with Chris Wallace, Donald Trump clarified his position on eminent domain by saying:

  • “I’m only for eminent domainwhen it is used to create jobs.”
  • “…eminent domain is something you need.”
  • ” I think that would have been a good eminent domain because you would have provided thousands of jobs. And this is a woman who couldn’t have cared less about her house. All she wanted was money.”
  • On Keystone Pipeline he says:
    • “That’s a big economic development. But remember…

Private Property. Drones & Data Storage. A Legislative Trend.

Drones collect data. Data everywhere. Private data. Public Data.

Legislatures and local governments are focused on …How long that data is stored, under what conditions, and under what disclosure requirements is legislative fodder.

Are these private drones or public drones? Data release and data storage could apply to either. Here are 3 of the legislative questions:

  • Are there penalties for a person’s private drone that collects data of someone’s private property?
  • How long can law…

Public Use Question Stops Land Development on Unanimous Vote. 3 Reasons Why.

  • Does a development project, that receives, some public financing qualify the entity to use eminent domain in Arkansas?
    • No one at the Little Rock Tech Park Authority knew for sure.
    • But, a former elected official, of the Democrat persuasion, put of staunch resistance to eminent domain authority
  • What’s the problem for them with using eminent domain? 
    • Costs more money to use eminent domain than to negotiate
    • Any time spent in court fighting over eminent domain costs the project time and…

Private Property Rights & 2015 Senate Interim Charges. 6 Committees. 7 Interim Charges.

  • Senate State Affairs
    • Eminent Domain: Compensation provided to private property owners for property. Hello, fair market value that properties owners seek. 
  • ​Senate Natural Resources
    • Will peek into eminent domain when they look into federal regulations on new clean water plans. Rural folk don’t like  these federal regs that require mapping of small water ways on private lands.
  • Senate Criminal Justice
    • Civil Asset Forfeiture
  • Veteran Affairs & Military Base…