Carroll: In the Wild West of Colorado’s metropolitan districts, developers can take land by force
“The Colorado Supreme Court is supposed to act as a stout defender of civil liberties. But apparently all bets are off when it comes to private property. In that sphere the court seems to…
Institute for Justice Asks U.S. Supreme Court to End Colorado Law Allowing Neighbors to Engage in Eminent Domain Abuse
“Imagine if two of your neighbors got together, claimed they established a new town, and then “voted” to take your property from you using eminent domain. Crazy, right? Not in Colorado, where the owners…
EDITORIAL: Icebergs of Ignorance, Part Three
“I counted about 100 people in the audience at last night’s Pagosa Springs Town Council meeting at the Ross Aragon Community Center, one of the largest turnouts I’ve seen for a regular Council meeting…
EDITORIAL: Icebergs of Ignorance, Part Two
“… The Pagosa Springs Town Council will be hosting a public hearing tonight, Tuesday November 5, at the Ross Aragon Community Center at 5pm. The subject of the public hearing is a resolution, Resolution…
Police Owe Nothing To Man Whose Home They Blew Up, Appeals Court Says
“An armed shoplifting suspect in Colorado barricaded himself in a stranger’s suburban Denver home in June 2015. In an attempt to force the suspect out, law enforcement blew up walls with explosives, fired tear…
One man delayed several major area projects. One town fought back.
“Since Eric Sutherland first stepped into a courtroom about five years ago, he’s represented himself in at least nine lawsuits for pennies on the dollar compared to his taxpayer-funded opponents. Through mid-June, those government…
Air Force Academy visitor center wins designation as urban renewal area
“Undeveloped green space on Colorado Springs’ northwest side was declared blighted Tuesday in a controversial City Council move that will help fund a proposed visitors center for the Air Force Academy. With the declaration,…
Weld commissioner: Erie urban renewal, TIF plan not good for county
“The Erie Town Board appears poised to try revitalizing areas of town using Tax Increment Financing (TIF) and an Urban Renewal Authority (URA) plan that depends heavily on the same industry they are trying…
Will Connecticut Finally Enact Meaningful Eminent Domain Reform?
“Some fourteen years after a controversial Supreme Court decision upheld the use of eminent domain to seize homes for transfer to private developers, the state where the case originated may finally pass a law…
Will Connecticut—Home of the Kelo Supreme Court Case—Finally End Eminent Domain Abuse?
“When the Supreme Court ruled in Kelo v. City of New London in 2005 to allow local governments to use eminent domain to seize private property and turn it over to private developers, many…