Category Archives: campaigns

Campaign TREND. TX County Judge Touts Property Rights vs. High Speed Rail.

The elected position: Ellis County, Texas County Judge

The candidate:  Current Ellis County Judge Carol Bush

The comment on property rights and high speed rail:  In listing achievements she notes under her leadership the county has “advocated for property owners against high-speed rail”

Waxahachie Daily Light | Ellis County Judge Carol Bush announces re-election campaign

Campaign Trend. No Eminent Domain for Private Gain. Southern Edition.

A Virginia House of Delegates candidate has phrased her opposition to eminent domain as:

“protect individual property rights from eminent domain when it is to be used to benefit private corporations rather than the public.”

Augusta Free Press | Sierra Club endorses Michele Edwards in 20th District House race

Eminent Domain as the Cause for Primary Defeat. One Mayor Thinks So.

The mayor of West Haven, CT lost his primary race to a city council person.

Some say the surprising loss was due to a redevelopment project that utilized eminent domain.

What factors concerning the project using eminent domain were deemed harmful to the mayor’s campaign?

  • Eminent Domain use for a waterfront outlet mall
  • That 4 years since property was acquired, there has been no progress, beyond boarded up property
  • Demolition is scheduled for after the primary

Lessons:

Schedule demolition…

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

Campaign TREND. Property Rights Advocates Protest Trump.

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

Campaign Trend. Eminent Domain. 3 Key Reforms Touted.

What eminent domain reforms are being touted by a campaign?

  • Deny eminent domain to private entities
  • Shift Burden of Proof from the land owner to the condeming entity
  • New Standard for Public Use:
    • ​a “purpose wholly for public use and necessity”
  • Good Faith Negotiations by condeming entities
  • Require a condemning entity to evaluate:
    • health and safety impacts of their project
    • weigh impact of alternatives to those requiring condemnation

Concord (NH) Patch | Rubens Proposes…

Campaign. Eminent Domain Limitations. Just Because People Like It, Doesn't Mean People Need It.

A state representative candidate in rural Utah pilloried using eminent domain for hike and bike trails saying:

““If its on a master plan, we’ll do what we have to do … but not just to run a trail that people think would be nice to have.”

Standard Examiner | Utah Republican Convention 2016: 3 northern Utah races contested Saturday