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Who is fighting blight with data sharing? New York cities of Amsterdam, Gloversville, Schenectady and Troy and the University of Albany’s Center for Technology in Government
What data are these cities sharing? code enforcement–related data and develop best practices for tackling the problem
Why are they sharing data? Blight costs the cities. Direct blight costs include:
Indirect blight fighting costs for cities…
A $15 Million legal bill forced a Kentucky city to file for bankruptcy.
How did this happen? A suburb of Louisville had a land dispute with a trucking school that spent years in court.
What was the legal dispute? Land use. The trucking school had been leasing land from the city with an option to buy. The city never allowed the school to buy the land. The trucking school had business losses as a result and the court agreed, ruling in favor of the trucking school.
What judgment was…
Landowners have used the legal process to stop Keystone XL & got a win this week.
How did landowners win? An Eminent Domain action against various landwoners has been dropped by the pipeline.
Why drop a lawsuit against landowners? Don’t they need to build their pipeline?
Case law under the current eminent process favored landowners through the Nebraska Supreme Court.
Do the pipelines have an alternative course of action? Yes. The Pipeline will try another regulatory route through…
What project wanted eminent domain authority? A transmission line for the Grain Belt Express which was set to run through Kansas, Missouri, Illinois & Indiana.
How was eminent domain authority denied?
What city is trying to retain an employer by using eminent domain?
St. Louis may lose the company that does super secret geo-spatial work for the US Military.
What impact will the acquisition of property have on property owners?
If St. Louis chooses to use eminent domain, it could foreseeably impact a developer & 19 other property owners.
What is the economic impact of the business to St. Louis?
3,000 jobs & 2.4 million in tax revenue
Same 3 points made as eminent domain attacks on Trump continue this week with:
Previously on Information Intelligence, 3 Attacks Points fromt eh Club for Growth:
The Golden State this week created new, limited redevelopment agencies to fight blight.
What limited powers do the blight fighting redevelopment agencies have?
What does opposition say?
Texas Central Raill will host more public meetings will occur this fall & opposition remains commited.
KERA News: Opponents Call For More Transparency On The Dallas-To-Houston Bullet Train
A new documentary details the plight of landowners that oppose the Bluegrass Pipeline. Top 5 complaints from landowners:
What was the end result?
What’s this ranking about? The Fraser Institute ranks countries on their economic freedom.
What ranking is the U.S.? 16th
Which counties beat the U.S.? Hong Kong and Singapore lead the pack and are joined by New Zealand, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, Mauritius, Jordan, Ireland, Canada, and the United Kingdom
Why has the U.S. fallen in rankings? overregulation, civil asset forfeiture, eminent domain, and other factors have combined to make the country much less…