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Texas Public Policy Foundation sets forth these reasons to support short term rental industry:
Which courts? Federal Courts in Texas
Landowners: 9 Fanin County, TX landowners
Landowners are suing: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Col. Christopher A. Hussin, commander of the corps’ Tulsa district
The reservoir: Lower Bois d’Arc Reservoir in East Texas being built by North Texas Municipal Water District
The legal issue: The federal permit issued by the corps violated federal water and environmental laws
Dallas Morning News | Lawsuit challenges reservoir that would supply water for…
Where: California’s Initiative – Tax Fairness, Transparency and Accountability Act of 2018- is gathering signatures for November 2018 ballot
What would the Tax Fairness, Transparency and Accountability Act of 2018 require for annexation? Require residents in the land to be annexed to vote
What would the Tax Fairness, Transparency and Accountability Act of 2018 require for a tax on the newly annexed property? Require a 2/3 vote approval for taxation of the newly annexed land
Where is this happening? Wichita Falls, Texas
What bond measure failed with 75% voting against it? A proposed municipal center
What happened as a result of the failed bond measure?
News Channel 6 Now | Bond-election reawakens interest in downtown…
5 Cities where the Institute for Justice is/has been legally fighting food truck ordinances in:
The argument supporters of food truck rights are using: fighting economic protectionism
IJ.com | Fish Creek Food Truck owners Threatened with Fines Fight Back
An editorial in DeKalb County Illinois is calling for local restrictions on a new wind farm that would address:
What should be required of the wind energy companies:
Who should be protected by the ordinance(s) according to the DeKalb editorial:
Background:
Campaign TREND.
Where: Muskogee Oklahoma
What propety was taken for what type of project? To expand the parking lot of a VA Call Center, the City took a residential property
What did the residential landowners tell the court? that the taking was to “serve a private purpose deprived them of a property interest without due process in violation of state and federal constitutions”
What did the city say was the reason for the parking lot? Safety and transportation
The appellate court: An agreement between the…
The candidate: A candidate for county commissioner in Montana
The combination of property rights/economic growth:
Philadelphia Pennsylvania City Council is poised to require that all local government property transactions require a third party appraisal to determine the value of the property.
The bill makes 2 exceptions: