According to TPPF’s Rob Henneke and James Quintero, tree ordinances are tantamount to inverse condemnation. They used the C word to describe tree ordinances.
Category Archives: activism
Private property Rights. Annexation. Who is on the Annexation Special Session bandwagon?
- Donna Campbell
- TPPF bullish on a special session on annexation
- San Antonio Homeowners Against Annexation
- Kingwood Tea Party
3 Bits Info. Eminent Domain Activism in Texas- legal activism edition.
The legal activists: Texas Civil Rights Project
The Texas Civil Rights Project goal is to:
- Educate Texas landowners by producing videos, in English and Spanish, that spell out landowners’ Constitutional rights
- Holding “know your rights” training sessions for property owners with lawyers & legal volunteers
The target land owner: Border land owners
Private Property Rights. 3 Reasons Tree Cutting Ordinances Harm Property Rights.
Texas Public Policy Foundation lays out 3 reasons that local tree cutting ordinances harm private property rights:
- private property rights include ownership of the natural resources (trees) contained with the land
- TPPF loops in Article I, Section 17 which says in rough terms, if the government takes property, the government pays
- Trees are not a public resource, trees are a natural resource belinging to the property owner
The solution: “Texas Legislature should prohibit local…
Eminent Domain Hearing in Nebraska Results in Threats of Civil Disobedience.
State & Pipeline: Keystone XL in Nebraska
What is the hearing about: Whether the pipeline can be granted eminent domain authority
What happened at the 10 hour hearing:
- Allowing for eminent domain, according to private proeprty rights supporters would result in protests that “would make the mass protests that accompanied the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota look like a “dress rehearsal.”
With how many of the landowners has the pipeline reached an agreement? 90% of the landowners have…
Texas Eminent Domain Opponents. Private Property Rights Advocates Hit Talk Radio. Their point:
Private property rights groups say the eminent domain bills of the Texas Legislature are too watered down to support.
The bills do not protect propety owners by not:
- providing a guarantee of a fair market value for land owners
NewsTalk 710 | A Setback On Eminent Domain Reform
Eminent Domain Legal Case vs. Right to Carry. 2nd Amendment vs. 5th Amendment.
In competing constitutional rights, the Dakota Access pipeline protests, which have had violent moments, is placing the following security measures in place for the legal fight:
- No guns
- No knives
- No video cameras
- No signs, posters or banners larger than a standard sheet of paper
- No noisemakers
- No backpack
- No large bags
- No containers and coolers
News Channel Nebraska | ‘Security Measures’ Planned for Pipeline Hearing
Eminent Domain protest Reaches New Heights.
Eminent Domain protestors in Pennsylvania have lived in trees for more than a year to protest a pipeline.
WJAC | Group lives in trees for more than a year to protest pipeline
2 Ways Austin's tree Ordinance violates Private Property Rights. +1 Solution
TPPF lays out 2 ways by which Austin’s heritage tree ordinance violates private property rights:
- Tree ordinances are effectively seizing private proeprty without compensation
- Control over natural resources dates back to the origin of private property rights
The legislative solution: explicit statutory authority “that landowners own all the trees and timber on their land while also prohibiting a governmental entity from creating these kinds of regulations”
Private Property Rights: Eminent Domain by 1000 Property Fines. 3 Steps to Nouveau Eminent Domain.
Which city is subject to an Institute for Justice lawsuit for fining its way to eminent domain? Charlestown, Indiana
What’s the alleged nouveau eminent domain use? Fining property owners out of their homes for minor infractions, like a torn screen. Its a bludgeoning by the housing code.
What happened after 1000s in fines accrued? The city made offers to land owners that the fines would be waived if the property owner sold their property to a developer for $10,000.