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A proposed new toll road in North Texas by the Texas Turnpike Corporation has garnered the attention of activists. Lots of activists.
A public forum was shut down by the Fire Marshall. The next public forum included heated and vocal opposition. Last week there was an organized protest by Texas TURF. And now Breitbart, the same organization for which Michael Quinn Sullivan writes, posted in opposition to the toll road.
Besides the disdain for toll roads, the proposed North …
22% is a very low approval rating. Eminent domain has an image problem. A big one. President Obama has a higher approval rating. [Rasmussen] [New Liberty]
The Railroad Commission is in the midst of controversial rule making about which entities qualify as common carriers, because of last session’s HB 2748.
Texas needs to move its rich oil and gas resources around the state and country. Moving oil and gas to and fro requires traversing land. Land is owned by private individuals who love their private property rights, which makes getting access to build pipelines complicated. In 2013, a bill tried to address this issue. But,many privat…
Local governments are paying attention to the robust public input on a North Texas private toll road project by the Texas Turnpike Corporation. To translate lawyer speak- robust public input means angry voters. This week the town of Wylie called a special council meeting & voted to OPPOSE a private toll road, which gives the private corporation eminent domain authority. Texans don’t like private toll roads. Texans dislike private companies using eminent domain & building private t…
The former mayor of Dish, Texas, tells us eminent domain Reform #1 is no more eminent domain for private companies. Texas private property rights are ranked very low nationally. Texas should look to Florida, where real eminent domain reforms have been enacted. Condemning entities pay legal bills whenever a land owner challenges eminent domain.
A few weeks ago a fire marshall shut down this crowd because the crowd was too big. Time passed. A new venue was located. Time does not heal all wounds. For this crowd, time stoked the flames of anger. The crowd yelled names at officials & offered near unanimous opposition to eminent domain and toll roads.
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The North Central Texas Council of Government did the right thing by hosting a public meeting on a planned toll road linking Bush Turnpike with Greenville. Unexpectedly the meeting drew a crowd. A really big crowd. A crowd too big for the school cafeteria. People were there to voice opinions about eminent domain. The big crowd caused a quick end to the meeting. There is nothing that pleases people who are upset more than being denied a forum to voice their opinions. Tempers are sure to fla… Kathie Glass talks about eminent domain and theft of water as she kicks off her tour of Texas’ 254 counties. [KLTV] First, protests in the plains states with a Texas property owner heralded as a property rights hero. Now, Texas’ own Willie Nelson playing to support private property rights. [Schuyler Sun]Greenville Crowd Silenced from Discussing Eminent Domain
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