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Eminent Domain Sparks Mayoral Candidacy in Flower Mound

Which Flower Mound mayoral cnadiate was motivated by eminent domain? Janvier Scott

What is her eminent domain tale? Flower Mound took her property in 2015 and use that property for othr private businesses.

What does she say about the eminent domain process?

  • “extremely financially and emotionally expensive”
  • “not something I would want for any other resident”
  • “I know what it is like to be bullied by our town officials”

The Leader | Scott looks to protect Flower Mound’s resources

4 Points from CPAC Eminent Domain Poll. 91% say Eminent Domain is a No-No with few exceptions.

What does the right think about eminent domain?

  • 75% say eminent domain should be NARROWLY used
  • 16% say eminent domain should NEVER be used
  • Of the 75%, they say eminent domain should be limited to only public use projects like schools, dams, highways and police stations
  • 36% say its a total dealbreaker for a candidate to support eminent domain that transfers private property to a private entity

Conservative.org | CPAC Straw Poll 

Center for Immigration Studies | CPAC Straw Poll: 52%…

Campaign Trend: Shaming Eminent Domain Bills. 4 Bits Informed Intel.

  • The Toth v. Brady Congressional race is a he said/he said brawl over who opposed high speed rail first
  • A Toth mailer says Brady authored & voted for eminent domain for high speed rail as a state representative in 1993
  • Brady says the 1993 bill removed eminent domain from pirvate companies building high speed rail
  • Political Scientists call it grossly inaccurate

Your News Houston |  Brady: Toth high-speed rail mailer a ‘lie’

Fox 26 | Eminent Domain Attack advertisement deemed grossly…

Campaign Trend: Eminent Domain. Toll Roads. 3 Points from 1 TX House District.

In which house district is this occuring? HD-2 (Flynn)

What are activists saying about eminent domain and toll roads?

  • “I never felt like he (the incumbent) cared one bit that a private organization would have been able to use the power of eminent domain over the citizens to build a for-profit toll road.” 
  • “Even with personal visits by property owners to his office, Rep. Flynn was fully behind this private toll way, and continued to advise us with statements such as, ‘stick…

Eminent Domain & Stadiums Trending. 2 Keys to Know Now.

  • Trump jabbed Bush over the use of eminent domain by the Texas Rangers ballpark in the early 1990s. 
  • One family sued over the taking of their property for the Ranger Stadium and was awarded $7.1 million.

Dallas Morning News Sports Day | How Donald Trump used the Texas Rangers’ ballpark to take a political jab at Jeb Bush

New Zealand Sportal | The Donald, Jeb! butt heads over Rangers’ ballpark

NBC Sports | Donald Trump, Jeb Bush, Eminent Domain and the history of the Rangers Ballpark

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3 Reasons a Campaign Attacks for being Weak on Eminent Domain Work

Who is attacking whom on eminent domain? Ted Cruz is hitting Donald Trump on eminent domain by saying Trump took property from a little old lady to build a parking lot for limousines.

Could this work? Vanity Fair asked the Club for Growth. The Club for Growth pointed to these 3 reasons for why it could.

  • plays well with focus groups
  • it makes people feel like Trump is only in it for the deal, and to screw over the little guy
  • when similar ads were run in Iowa in 2015 by the Club for…

Is Eminent Domain a New York Value? Yes, 3 Reasons Why.

In an Op-Ed about Bloomberg considering a 3rd party run for President, eminent domain is labled a New York value because:

  • In Manhattan “property rights of small homeowners and business people are like bugs on the windshield of the city’s swashbuckling real estate developers and the ribbon-cutting politicians who enable them.”
  • Bloomberg campaigned against the post-Kelo backlash
  • As Bloomberg said, ““You would never build any big thing any place in any big city in this country if you…

Trend: Legalization of Marijuana and Eminent Domain Unite

How can legalization of marijuna and eminent domain ever be connected? If you’re a candidate for the Lt. Gov. of Missouri you propose a new agency that seeks to look for medical cures and regulates legalized marijuana and give it the power of eminent domain.

Missouri Times | The Missouri Legislature Must Not Let Brad Bradshaw Hijack Medical Cannabis to Create Constitutional Oligopolies and Grow Government

Trend: Right and Left Talking Same Eminent DomainReforms in Iowa Elections. 3 Targets.

The usual suspects- Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Rubio talk eminent domain reform on the campaign trail. Now Bernie Sanders has joined the fray by saying :

“Iowans shouldn’t have their land forcibly taken through eminent domain for use in the proposed Bakken oil pipeline.”

“”The idea of using the power of eminent domain to increase private profits does not make a lot of sense to me,” he said.”

Sounds just like the right’s – no private gain from eminent domain- mantra.

Des Moines Register…