Mailbag: Rethink eminent domain
“The property should be used for the good of the people, not for the good of the private developer, and the property owner should be given just compensation. The Fifth Amendment is being greatly abused….
Clarification needed to protect landowner property rights
“Last March a land agent showed up at my door to inform me that two private companies wanted to install a pipeline for natural gas liquids on my farm. It would originate in Pennsylvania and…
LETTER: Bill would give oil and gas industry power of eminent domain
“Colorado Senate Bill 14-093 gives the oil and gas industry the power of eminent domain for placement of pipelines, denying public and private landowners their right to negotiate placement or reject pipelines on their property….
Why not use eminent domain to save Mount Manresa?
” If you search “eminent domain” on the state Attorney General’s website, it’s defined as “the right of the government to take private property for a public purpose . . . various examples are for…
Eminent domain can save Mount Manresa
“Who is supporting the sale of Mount Manresa to developers? Do they have a petition for that? How many people have signed up? The Save Mount Manresa committee, on the other hand, represents 10,000 people…
Readington should drop Solberg fight
“The Readington Township Committee has misled the public in an effort to garner support for their failed political agenda. Through their taxpayer-funded public relations campaign, they have misrepresented to Readington residents the purpose and intent…
LETTER: Readington Twp. should stop wasting money on condemnation
“The Readington Township Committee has misled the public in an effort to garner support for their failed political agenda. Through their taxpayer-funded public relations campaign, they misrepresented the purpose and intent of the eminent domain…
There should be no eminent domain for private gain
“The main purpose for the Wisconsin Public Service Commission’s approval process of the certificate of public convenience and necessity is to determine the need for American Transmission Company’s Badger Coulee Line. At the PSC’s hearing,…
Don’t let BVT take away rights of homeowners
“The previous Buena Vista Township Committee removed the redevelopment designation from Richland Village as requested by Richland residents who are affected by the blighted area designation. Development and redevelopment are two different things. I strongly…
JUST SAY NO TO EMINENT DOMAIN
“But it’s eminent domain that has no place in Alexandria. How is removing the parking lot or boat club going to improve the community? It was the city that erected the awful fence and took…