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What is the activist event? Hands Across Our Land, a national activist day
The specific property rights threat? Pipelines
the goal of the property rights activists: ” to bring attention to the plight landowners and communities face as energy corporations push for the construction of pipelines”
The Valdosta Daily Times | Activists hold hands across the land
Where is this happening: Ogden, UT
What is the new private property rights group: Ogden Alliance Against Eminent Domain Abuse working with the Institute of Justice
The city action that sparked the group’s formation: The city seeks to declare a 9 block residential area as blighted
Institute for Justice | Ogden Residents Unite to Fight City’s Bogus Blight Designation
Where are activists calling on a mayor to use eminent domain? New York City
What property do they want taken by eminent domain? A storage business
What purpose do they want the land taken? A park
Activists opposed to Texas Central Rail proposed high speed rail between Dallas and Houston make the following points:
Private property rights protestors are protesting a Trump campign fundraiser in Atlanta.
Call it bad timing: The Trump fundraiser is occuring when a national convention of private proeprty rights advocates are gathered in Atlanta for the “Pipelines and Eminent Domain Strategy Session.”
Bold Nebraska | Eminent Domain Advocates to Protest at Trump Rally in Atlanta
What eminent domain issue sparked this activist rebuke? Johnson Ranch MUD approval of eminent domain proceedings against neighboring farm lands
What did the property rights activist say? That the Legislature is ready to remove the power of eminent domain from MUDs.
New Braunfels Herald Zeitung | Activist: MUD should expect eminent domain change
Who: People’s Department of Environmental Justice, a group of private property rights protestors in Vermont
What: Staged a mock eminent domain survey at the private residence of a Vermont Public Service Commissioner
When will be the next vote by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Commissioners on deer disease reforms? 30 day delay from Thursday, May 26, 2016 TPWD decision to delay the vote
What 2 things did the TPWD proposed rules do?
Who supports the TPWD proposed rule? Property rights advocates. Why? The rules could contain the spread of disease from breeders to herds on private land
Who opposes TPWD proposed rules? Deer…
Which County Commissioners voted to oppose Texas Central Rail high speed rail plan? Navarro County Commissioners
The number of counties staking claim to official opposition: 7
The basis for the opposition in Navarro County? Oppose the granting of eminent domain authority to the private high speed rail
County Judge names legislators who support the County Commissioner opposition resulation: Representative Byron Cook and Senator Brian Birdwell
What transmission line is this state & federal legislative re-write concerning? The Plains and Eastern Clean Line high-voltage transmission, a clean energy line traversing Arkansas, Missouri & other central states
What caused the hoopla? Missouri & Arkansas chimed in when the transmission line sought eminent domain but wasn’t providing power within each state.
What are the arguments bandied about?