Category Archives: economic development

Campaign TREND. 3 Negative Depictions of Eminent Domain in Texas.

  • eminent domain is a government wrecking ball
  • eminent domain displaces poor families
  • eminent domain is used by bullies and oligarchs

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TX Attorney General Opinion. Can an Eco Devo Corp get their property back? Or Does Sovereign Immunity Win?

What’s happening in Attorney General Opinion KP-210?

 

  • Marshall Economic Development Corporation conveyed property to Texas State Technical College
  • TSTC had to use the property for educational purposes under the terms
  • If TSTC fails, then the property goes back to Marshall Economic Development Corporation

The answer: this is not about soveriegn immunity. It’s about how the land was conveyed and that conveyence required certain conditions, that’s what prevails. So, yes the proeprty can…

Lege TREND. Deny funding for using eminent domain in certain ways. Carrot and Stick? Stick and Stick?

The House passed a bipartisan HR 189 (115th Congress)  that denies federal funds if a state or political subdivision uses eminent domain for economic development purposes. 

Congessman Goodlatte | Goodlatte Applauds House Passage of Legislation to Limit the Abuse of Eminent Domain

Natural Resources. Private Condemnation. How to Condemn Minerals & Water

Why do mountain states allow for private condemnation for natural resources? to encourage natural resource development

How is the private condemnation used in arid regions?

  • condemnation was used to allow water to be carried distances over land held by others to irrigate potentially fertile farmland
  • condemnation prevents a single landowner who controls access to a water source or mineral deposit could block development or hold the resources hostage by demanding a significant payout for…

Campaign TREND. How a candidate combines property rights & economic growth

The candidate: A candidate for county commissioner in Montana

The combination of property rights/economic growth:

  • “Individual private property rights are of paramount importance to Flathead County residents
  • and protecting individual property rights and planning for growth is not an either/or proposition.
  • We can do both,” 
  • “Government regulation of private property should only go as far as necessary to protect legitimate health and safety issues associated with that growth and no further.”

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Lege TREND. Causes of Action. Eminent Domain. No Eminent Domain for Local Governments That Get Eco Devo Funds.

Congress is considering HR 1689 which does the following:

  • No eminent domain can be used if the state or local government receives federal economic development funds
  • Private causes of action ca be brought against states and cities if eminent domain is used and economic development was involved
  • Prohibits State immunity in causes of action

 

Local TREND. Stadium Opposition and Eminent Domain. 3 Opposition Arguments.

The stadium: FC Cincinnati

The opposition Op-Ed author: A former Cincinnati mayor and founder and CEO of the Center for Closing the Health Gap

The eminent domain problem:

  • History is a problem. 
    •  In the 1950s 26,000, mostly minority residents, were displaced from eminent domain for an redevelopment project
    • When I-75 was expanded, the same displacement of minority residents occurred
  • Relocation never occured. The 1950s eminent domain use did not bring relocation to fruition
  • There was no…

Blight Trend. Is negotiation required first? Blight Statute. Development. Property Rights Supporters. The Wood Violet State.

State: Wisconsin

Development Project: FoxConn Manufacturing Plant

What’s happened to the property in the FoxConn path?

  • most property owners have not entered into negotiations
  • blight designations were prescribed by the Mount Pleasant Community Development Authority

4 Requirements  for Blight Designation in Wisconsin

  • property cannot be owner occuppied
  • property cannot be occuppied by the owner spouse
  • property cannot be occuppied by an individual related to the owner by blood, marriage, or…

An economic development and private property rights tie?

During discussion of a Navarro County, TX resolution designed to protect private property rights, the Economic Development director asked this question:

  • whether an economic impact study on the communities to be affected by the railway?

The response: No, such an economic impact study had not been undertaken. 

A clarification: An economic impact study, which was released in October 2015, that showed every county touched by the project — rural and urban could receive significant, long-term tax…

3 Reasons an Editorial Opposes Eminent Domain for Affordable Housing

The North Jersey editorial board opposed the taking of private property by a for-profit developer to build between 22 and 29 low- to moderate-income apartments in a mixed use retail and market rate housing development.

The opposition:

  • Affordable housing is not a public use for eminent domain
  • Its iffy if the properties taken are blighted
  • handing private property, seized by emient domain, to a private developer doesn’t fly

North Jersey | Editorial: In Emerson, eminent domain or land grab?