Possible rail line concerns farmers
Easterday hasn’t signed anything and doesn’t know of anyone who has.
He said the agent alluded to the fact that Union Pacific had the
authority to use eminent domain to acquire land for right-of-way.
Source: Yuma Sun, August 23, 2006
Spanish firm to build and run new PFI toll road in Texas
But a corridor of this overall width – maybe as much as 360 m – has
alarmed people who stand forced to surrender property in land and
buildings to the project. This concern has been sharpened by the
disclosure that, citing a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling, the
developers intend to exercise the principle of ‘eminent domain’ in land
acquisition proceedings on the grounds that they are acting as agents of
a public authority.
Source: CIOP International Construction Review, August 25, 2006
Grassroots groups fight land grabs
Like popcorn spilling over, the cases of abuse of eminent domain have
been multiplying ever since the U.S. Supreme Court last year ruled that
it is okay to confiscate property from one private owner and give it to
another to redevelop.
Source: WorldNetDaily, August 17, 2006
FEMA lifts reporter ban
FEMA announced today it reversed a policy preventing Hurricane Katrina victims in government trailer parks from being interviewed by the media unless an agent was present.
Source: WorldNetDaily, July 26, 2006
FEMA bans reporters from Katrina victims
Federal officials are preventing Hurricane Katrina victims in
government trailer parks from being interviewed by the media unless a FEMA agent is present at all times.
Source: WorldNetDaily, July 26, 2006
City begins condemnation process for church land
The city of Arvada is working toward condemning a church property in
Olde Town to build a parking lot for the new Arvada Library set to open
this fall.
Source: MileHighNews (online), June 29, 2006
Nonprofit’s lawsuit claims Riviera Beach development illegal
A California-based legal foundation filed suit Monday against Riviera
Beach [Florida], alleging that the city’s contract to develop
International Harbor Village is illegal.
Source: Palm Beach Post (online), June 13, 2006
City to consider taking land from Wal-Mart Prime bay property could be seized by eminent domain
The Hercules City Council [California] will consider whether to use
eminent domain to wrest a 17-acre property from Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
after the nation’s largest retailer rejected a city offer to buy the
site with views of San Pablo Bay, city officials said Thursday.
Source: SFGate, May 5, 2006
City evokes condemnation ruling against Filipino church
After a long stretch of intense negotiations,
the members of Filipino Baptist Fellowship in Long Beach, Calif., are
claiming a victory now that the city’s redevelopment agency has
terminated its efforts to acquire their church building through eminent
domain.
Source: (BP) News, April 27, 2006
Supreme Court Rules in Property Takeover Case
The Supreme Court ruled, 5 to 3, today that Arkansas state officials
were wrong to take away the home of a Little Rock man for nonpayment of
real estate taxes.
The majority held, in a ruling that could affect how other states
handle property takeovers, that the officials did not do enough when
they sent certified mail to 717 North Bryan Street, telling Gary Jones
that he was delinquent in his taxes, and when they published a notice of
public sale in The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
Source: The New York Times (online), April 26, 2006
Eminent domain issue goes to voters
Voters headed to the polls this November will be asked to decide
whether the state constitution should be changed to make it harder for
the government to seize land through eminent domain.
Source: Portsmouth (NH) Herald, April 22, 2006
‘Project Frontline’ to protest government takings
Logan Darrow Clements of Freestar Media
has launched "Project Frontline," a campaign to surround pieces of
property set for government-enforced seizure with protesters, hoping it
will attract media attention and stall the eviction of the affected
property owners.
Source: WorldNetDaily, April 19, 2006
New London city council nixes move of eminent domain homes
A new push to save some New London homes from eminent domain. has fallen short.
Source: WTNH News 8 (online), April 3, 2006
Stockbridge insists on land from florist shop
The Stockbridge City Council [Henry County] voted Monday to stick to
its guns, maintaining its desire to use eminent domain laws to forcibly
buy a florist shop from a couple that does not want to sell.
Source: ajc.com, March 28, 2006
S. Korea Farmers’ Plight Draws Attention
Hundreds of elderly farmers face forcible eviction from their land to
allow the expansion of a U.S. military base near Seoul, according to
the human rights group Amnesty International.
Source: Breitbart, March 18, 2006
Developer: Eminent domain bill would make projects too costly
A Riviera Beach [Florida] developer said Wednesday he does not want
to use the city’s condemnation power to take people’s homes, but he
needs it to get property from speculators who are trying to make
millions of quick bucks.
Source: Herald Tribune [Florida] (online), March 17, 2006
Widow to be forced from home
The city of Cincinnati has the right to take the home of an
80-year-old Clifton resident to move Dixmyth Avenue, north of Good
Samaritan Hospital, a magistrate ruled Tuesday….
The city really wants his mother’s property to facilitate the $122
million expansion of Good Samaritan Hospital, Dimasi said, and that
makes the taking illegal under a year-long moratorium on eminent domain
for private development. Gov. Bob Taft signed the ban into law last year
as a reaction to a U.S. Supreme Court decision, while state lawmakers
study the issue.
Source: The Inquirer of cincinnait.com, March 15, 2006
City to seize church by eminent domain
The city of Long Beach, Calif., is using the power of eminent domain
bolstered by last summer’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling to condemn a
Baptist congregation’s church building.
Source: WorldNetDaily, March 11, 2006
States Curbing Right to Seize Private Homes
In a rare display of unanimity that cuts across partisan and
geographic lines, lawmakers in virtually every statehouse across the
country are advancing bills and constitutional amendments to limit use
of the government’s power of eminent domain to seize private property
for economic development purposes.
Source: The New York Times, February 21, 2006
House panel rips Riviera Beach over use of eminent domain
Riviera Beach’s billion-dollar waterfront redevelopment project took a
beating Tuesday during a meeting of a House committee that is studying
ways to limit the use of eminent domain in Florida.
Source: Palm Beach Post (online), February 8, 2006
Government targets small black church
A small church in Oklahoma has come up against the large hand of the
state as it faces possible seizure to make room for a tax-generating
shopping center.
Source: WorldNetDaily, January 27, 2006
US bank bans loans to developers using seized land
A regional US bank has banned lending to commercial developers who
plan to build on land seized from private citizens, in protest against
the strengthening of government powers to make compulsory purchases.
Source: Financial Times (online), January 25, 2006
Norwood, Ohio Plans to take private Property
The city council of Norwood, Ohio plans to condemn a private
residence and replace it with a $125 million business complex. The city
claims the neighborhood is deteriorating.
Source: The Washington Times (online), January 12, 2006
Report implicating Clinton: Will it be hidden for good?
Though it has had scant attention from the mainstream media, a
bipartisan effort to squelch an independent counsel’s final report on
Clinton-era abuse of the Internal Revenue Service and Justice Department
has gotten the attention of Web activists and commentators, causing a
growing call for the release of the document that is said to including
damning evidence against the 42nd president and his administration.
Source: WorldNetDaily, December 26, 2005
Eminent domain proposal dumped
After nearly two years of contentious debate over a plan to expand
the city’s eminent domain zone, the City Council scrapped the proposal
last night.
The City Council, acting as the Community Development Commission,
said the expansion wasn’t necessary. But just a few months ago it was
still trying to convince a skeptical public that the idea was in the
city’s best interest.
SignOnSanDiego (online), December 14, 2005
Eminent-domain mayor: We’re rescuing residents
The new Ground Zero in the rekindled war over eminent domain is Riviera Beach, Fla.,
whose mayor says the potential relocation of as many as 6,000 residents
is "necessary to rescue and save the remainder of the people of Riviera
Beach."
Source: WorldNetDaily, December 7, 2005
Cops arrest woman over $1.16 tax bill
A matter of $1.16 in unpaid taxes has led to the arrest of a former Miss Ohio.
Source: WorldNetDaily, October 14, 2005
Bipartisan Support for Eminent Domain Reform
Some Republican and Democratic lawmakers called for national reform
of eminent domain policy on Tuesday, the same day the Senate Judiciary
Committee (search)
heard witnesses offer their appraisals of the Supreme Court’s recent
decision expanding the ability of government to seize private land.
Source: Fox News (online), September 20, 2005
‘Stop The Bop’ To Raise Katrina $$
Suggested by a few members of the student council, the school [Delone Catholic High School in McSherrystown, Pa.] is playing Hanson’s 1996 hit "MMMBop" through the loudspeakers
before classes begin, between periods and during lunch. The idea? Annoy
students into donating; have them pay to stop the music.
Source: CBS News (online), September 13, 2005
New London homeowners slapped with eviction notices
Despite Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s suggested moratorium on
eminent domain cases in the state, pending the consideration of new
legislation restriction property seizures by local governments, the city
of New London has issued eviction notices to homeowners who lost their
case before the U.S. Supreme Court in the landmark Kelo v. the City of
New London ruling.
Source: WorldNetDaily, September 12, 2005
Golden adds twist to TV tower dispute
The city of Golden has offered to buy property on Lookout Mountain where
Denver’s main television stations, including 9News, want to build a new
broadcasting tower. The City Manager says if the stations won’t sell,
Golden will exercise its powers of eminent domain and seize the land for
open space.
Source: 9News (online), August 30, 2005
Perry signs law limiting property seizures
Texas’ governor signed a law Wednesday strictly limiting the power of
state and local government to seize private property for economic
development.
Source: The News & Observer (online), August 31, 2005
Supreme Court won’t reconsider New London case
The Supreme Court, given a chance to revisit a heavily criticized
ruling, refused Monday to reconsider its decision giving local
governments more power to seize people’s homes for economic development.
Source: WTNH News (online), August 22, 2005
Daytona businesses must sell property
A court ruling Friday allows Daytona Beach to force the sale of three
Boardwalk businesses to make way for a $120 million redevelopment
project that would be the last major piece in the city’s remake of its
historic oceanside.
Source: Orlando Sentinel (online), August 20, 2005
Citing eminent-domain laws, an Arizona court has forced a landowner
to continue renting space to Maricopa County even though the municipal
government failed to agree to terms to extend the lease.
Source: WorldNetDaily, November 4, 2003
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