Category Archives: activism

TREND. Eminent Domain Moves to PopCulture.

2017- the year eminent domain went pop culture. Book reviewing Kelo, a film called Litle Pink House making the film festival circuit, and a play in Nebraska about eminent domain and a pipeline. 

Small town hokey play? No. It was a finalist in 2016’s prestigious Eugene O’Neill National Playwriting Competition

Omaha World Herald | Omahan’s play about pipeline battle will have its world premiere at Omaha Community Playhouse

Local Gov. TREND. Wisconsin County took what action to stop eminent domain?

The Wisconsin County: Wood County, WI

What did Wood County Board of Supervisors do? Pass a resolution calling on the Legislature to prohibit  a specific energy company from having the power of eminent domain

The Activists behind it: 80 Feet is Enough, who argue that the existing 80 feet of pipeline easement is enough, more land shouldn’t be taken

The Legislative goal: to give property owners the value of their land back

Wisconsin Public Radio | Wood County Passes Resolution To Keep Oil…

Gov. Abbott 3 Reasons Forced Annexation is UnTexan

What does Governor Abbott literay techniques are used to describe forced annexation in his opinion piece, Forced Annexation is Un-Texan?

  • forced annexation is piracy by government
  • it is also tyranny of taxation without representation
  • by jolly, liberty does not end at city limits

He goes on to write that Forced Annexation harms the property rights of those annexed by:

  • debt liability. making newly annexed residents repsonsible for the city debt that they did not approve
  • there needs to be a…

NW City Council Ballot Proposition: Eminent Domain for Pipelines, Check Yes or No.

Do you support “elected officials work[ing] to prevent and limit the use of eminent domain to take property rights from private landowners for use in oil and gas pipelines?”

That’s the question Whatcom County Council in Washington State wants to ask its residents in November.

KAFE 104.1 | Private property won’t get extra protection from eminent domain

3 Reasons Supporters Push Annexation Reform

A former aid to VP Cheney makes the case for annexation reform with these 3 arguments:

  • The current system doesn’t support a person’s ability to choose where they live
    • If you shoose to live outside the city, you should be able to stay outside of the city
  • Its undemocratic not to allow a vote by the owners who are being annexed
    • And this is unTexan
  • Reform should apply for all Texans, not just Texans in big cities

Commentary: Why Texas should push back against involuntary annexations |…

3 Reasons for No Eminent Domain for Private Gain from a Paper Dating to 1896.

The Wilson Times (Wilson, N.C.) likens eminent domain by a private corporation to trying to buy heirloom tomatoes at a grocer by tossing some coins on the floor. 

The Wilson Times sets out these 3 reasons opposing eminenbt domain by private companies:

  • When land men tell land owners that courts will rule in the corporation’s favor, that is an unauthorized practice of law by offering a legal opinion;
  • Companies reap profits forver from eminent domain while landowners have a lifetime of…