City for Champions means tax relief
“Springs residents asking for “tax increment financing” are mostly fiscal conservatives seeking the aforementioned tax relief. They want state officials to cut Colorado Springs a break on 13 percent of the state’s portion of prospective…
County residents speak out against Rock Island Clean Line at public forum
“At a public forum on Monday, residents of La Salle County spoke out against a proposed power transmission line that would run through the county. The forum was at the Mendota High School gymnasium and…
Standing room-only crowd seeks answers about Bluegrass Pipeline
“The builders of the controversial Bluegrass Pipeline said they could not commit to avoiding eminent domain to build the line, although they reiterated that they didn’t plan to condemn properties for their use. The statement…
Testimony of Scott Bullock at the Hearing of Private Property Rights Protection Act 2013
“The Private Property Rights Protection Act is common sense legislation that will stop the federal government from being complicit in the abuse of power already deemed intolerable by most states. After the Supreme Court actually…
Hearing: H.R.__, the “Private Property Rights Protection Act”
“Witnesses, statements, legislation text and supporting documents linked as PDFs as presented to the United States Congress. witnesses: Dr. David Beito University of Alabama Mr. Scott Bullock Institute for Justice Ms. Julia Trigg Crawford Sunner,…
Texas Landowner to Testify Before Congress About Property Rights Abuses
“Julia Trigg Crawford, a Texas landowner fighting a legal battle with TransCanada over the rights to her family’s farm, will be in Washington on Thursday to testify in front of the Subcommittee on the Constitution…
Maine Lawmaker Seeks More Eminent Domain Protections for Landowners
“”Should people have to live in fear for years and years and years that their property is going to be taken and they’re going to be given nothing for it?” he asks. Sen. Thomas says…
Eminent domain sparks debate
“A bill that would roll back some of the eminent domain powers granted by the 2011 Montana Legislature was debated Tuesday in Helena before a packed house at the Senate Energy and Telecommunications Committee. Landowners…
Eminent domain topic of Texas committee hearing
“Property ownership is one of the most sacred rights of all Americans. But in Texas, laws protecting landowners from government-backed, land-seizing powers — better known as eminent domain — need more clarification, a Texas legislative…