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3 ride share drivers have partnered with the Institute for Justice to challenge Chicago’s “cab cartels.”
What did the cabs allege against the city ride share ordinance? That the ordinance amounted to a taking of their property which could have put the city on the hook for millions.
This week the federal judge ruled in favor of the ride share drivers by throwing the cab claims that Chicago’s ride share ordinance amounted to a taking of the private proeprty against the city’s cab…
Washington DC is building a new MLS stadium. MLS is futbol –the world’s football. It’s played with a round ball, not a pointed oblong shaped object.
To build the MLS stadium, it needed to aquire land. Acquiring land isn’t always easy, and at times requires eminent domain.
To move forward with eminent domain, the city filed suit against land owners. The city then issued a press release that said the stadium will:
Who is fighting blight with data sharing? New York cities of Amsterdam, Gloversville, Schenectady and Troy and the University of Albany’s Center for Technology in Government
What data are these cities sharing? code enforcement–related data and develop best practices for tackling the problem
Why are they sharing data? Blight costs the cities. Direct blight costs include:
Indirect blight fighting costs for cities…
A $15 Million legal bill forced a Kentucky city to file for bankruptcy.
How did this happen? A suburb of Louisville had a land dispute with a trucking school that spent years in court.
What was the legal dispute? Land use. The trucking school had been leasing land from the city with an option to buy. The city never allowed the school to buy the land. The trucking school had business losses as a result and the court agreed, ruling in favor of the trucking school.
What judgment was…
What city is trying to retain an employer by using eminent domain?
St. Louis may lose the company that does super secret geo-spatial work for the US Military.
What impact will the acquisition of property have on property owners?
If St. Louis chooses to use eminent domain, it could foreseeably impact a developer & 19 other property owners.
What is the economic impact of the business to St. Louis?
3,000 jobs & 2.4 million in tax revenue
The Golden State this week created new, limited redevelopment agencies to fight blight.
What limited powers do the blight fighting redevelopment agencies have?
What does opposition say?
North Carolina is moving a bill to strip cities of their ability to condemn outside their municipal borders. The cities will still be able to move forward with eminent domain if they get consent of county commissioners.
Property rights activists have been singing this tune in Texas for years as cities in Texas use their powers in their ETJ.
HB 875 North Carolina Legislature
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St. Louis NFL backers gained the power of eminent domain this week when the Regional Sports Authority voted unanimously to allow for eminent domain.
The Regional Sports Authority Chairman said he did not expect to use eminent domain, but it is available if necessary.
The new Riverfront stadium is in the planning stage and has spent $9 million with “no commitment from any NFL owner… to invest $250 million in the plan.” Whther the Rams stay or go is anticipated to be announced by the NFL…
Pointing to a new forced annexation of 87 square miles and 52,000 Texans in San Antonio, the Texas Public Policy Foundation proposes passage of annexation reform.
TPPF backed SB 1639 and HB 2221 from the 2015 Texas Legislature. These were good reforms for these 4 reasons:
An Elgin community meeting about the Vista Regional Water Plan was laser focused on eminent domain. The citizen comments abou the Vista water pipleine to move water to San Antonio :