Posted on 06/24/2005 8:16:19 PM PDT by InvisibleChurch
Day old fish guts have an appeal all their own. They dispose of this stuff somewhere, right? Where does this Mayor reside? Where does the council reside? "Don't" rinse, but repeat as often as necessary. Dirty tricks is as good a place to start as any, by the dump truck load. Blackbird.
This is the secon worse decision ever by hte supreme court, Roe V Wade is the first. Flyer, it might be a good idea to push Perry to add a law to severely restrict ED in TX.
I wonder if the current owners can 'discover' some endangered slug or something living on the seawall.
Or discover the long thought extinct white-toed salamander.
Indeed. I for one, would refuse to convict.
Thought you might be interested, the New London decision leaves intact a state's right to limit its owm power of imminent domain. We here are button-poppin' proud that San Angelo's own state rep, Scott Campbell along with Frank Cort are introducing a state Constitutional Amendment to do just that. Of course, it can go nowhere without Perry's permission to add it to the special session. In that Perry is gung-ho for this super-highway corridor, I don't see him smiling on limits to state takings power.
Just so happens Gov. Perry will be in San Angelo for a 2:30 press conference today, local paper printed his long editorial on school finance reform this AM's edition. We are going to do our dead level best to get a question in asking whether he will open the session to a bill to protect homeowners' rights from well-heeled developers.
This is just so shabby, not even a fig leaf of good precedent. New London now allows cities to do at will what we would put individuals in prison for trying, calling it by its correct name, extortion.
I'll let you know if we have any luck getting the question past the stage managers. Entirely possible he comes in looking for the usual friendly reception he gets from solidly Republican Tom Green County, and lets one of us at least ask the question out loud.
What state is Freeport in?
First they came for the seafood companies but since it wasn't my property and my kids liked the new Disney store, I did nothing.
Without a market there is no such thing as fair market value.
Discovering an endangered plant might be easier....
All Texans need to get in touch with Gov. Perry's office Monday morning and tell him in no uncertain terms that we believe this assault on our private property rights is so serious that it should be dealt with FIRST in the special session about to get underway in Austin. Perry has said they might address it AFTER the school finance bill, which may never be settled, but governments in Freeport are not waiting to seize property. The bill protecting private property from the developers needs to be passed NOW and if the people don't speak up, you can be sure the developers have their lobbyists at the special session already.
Yep.
The Kelo ruling took out one of the biggest obstacles facing the TTC. Rick must be grinning.
AMEN!
Don't worry about the flamers, bee. I think it's horribly sad that some people don't have something in their lives they feel worth dying for.
You have to see them for what they are....PINOs. (Patriots in name only)
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[A] law that takes property from A. and gives it to B: It is against all reason and justice, for a people to entrust a Legislature with such powers; and, therefore, it cannot be presumed that they have done it."
Calder v. Bull, 3 Dall. 386, 388 (1798)
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"The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God ... anarchy and tyranny commence. PROPERTY MUST BE SECURED OR LIBERTY CANNOT EXIST"
John Adams
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Government is instituted to protect property of every sort; as well that which lies in the various rights of individuals, as that which the term particularly expresses. This being the end of government, that alone is a just government, which impartially secures to every man, whatever is his own.
James Madison's Essay on Property (1792)
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Freedom's on the march. Let's keep deluding ourselves.
What has happened here is that the Supreme Court opened the door for corruption. These developers will wine and dine our civil masters. Pretty soon if they want to conficate someone's home it doesn't matter what for, they wil pretty it up and generate figures to say it'll be an economic boom for the community.
And get real; no one is going to fight and die over this. Revolution takes stones and most people don't have them. We'll all go home beleiving it won't be our property the pigs want. As long as it is the other guy oh well, too bad so sad.
Great post. Thanks for additional information.
My take is that if they come for my property, it becomes a second amendment issue. I hope others take the same attitude.
Sure. States like Georgia and Utah have legislation on the books that prevents the use of eminent domain to acquire property for private developers. Pressure the legislature to pass laws like that.
looks like texas
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