Supporting eminent domain breeds political attack ads. Iowa gubernatorial candidate Jack Hatch(D) is the target of Republican Governor Association ads attacking Hatch’s support of eminent domain. Hatch is a real estate developer who is targeted for “his support of eminent domain.” His opponent is Terry Branstad (R).
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One Odessa is growing, the other Odessa may be facing Russian troops. Odessa, Texas is growing. A convention center and hotel development is eyed to spur economic growth in its quiet downtown. With a disinclination to use eminent domain, the fate of downtown redevelopment is firmly in the hands of business owners. [CBS7KOSA… The motion for re-hearing filed this week in Crawford Family v. Keystone was wild, right? Courts misinterpreting the Texas Legislature; culminating in “absurd results.” Say it isn’t so. Maryland is threatening eminent domain to claim land used by House of Cards, the Award winning Netflix political series. Frank Underwood, the slippery protagonist, would not be amused.
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Texas Monthly Gets in on the Eminent Domain Action. “This Land is Your Land; Until Dallas Needs It”
Texas Tea Party Requests Information Concerning Eminent Domain from a Texas Water District
Eminent Domain Gets Top Billing This Weekend in The New York Times Magazine
Eminent Domain trend from Odessa, Texas, not Odessa, Ukraine.
Legislating land speculation is the legislative fight du jour. It’s a big battle over property rights in the Sooner State.
When talking to Texas lawyers about eminent domain:
At cocktail parties, say: Have you seen Kevin Spacey in House of Cards?
Eminent Domain Political Attack Ads
Allusions of armed governments seizing land dance in your head when you read this article. Is this the Ukraine being invaded by Russian troops? Or, is this Texas?
A taste of the negative depiction of eminent domain:
Private property rights advocates are rejoicing; eminent domain remains the big, bad commandeering…
In what is likely a nod to future events, the Texas Tea Party Caucus has requested public documents from Tarrant Regional Water District. The allegations include “a long-running eminent domain scheme.”
Strategic use of legal public information requests is de rigueur in Texas politics. {Breibart]
This article has it all. Environmentalists are living in tree houses, tracking the progress of condemning entities. A California Billionaire is interested in rural organizing to stop or slow Keystone Pipeline. A lawyer gives advice to condemning entities to avoid coming in with “corporate weaponry blazing.” Aggressive foreigners taunting us from afar with their oil reserves or their vintage Bordeaux. A new CIA- the Cowboy and Indian Alliance.
This article lends…
Private property rights supporters love it. The business community, utilities, pipelines, and municipalities say it will handcuff the state’s ability to grow.[News OK]