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Perry signs property rights bill into law
KVUE ^ | October 24, 2005 | KVUE

Posted on 10/27/2005 6:12:26 PM PDT by freedomdefender

Governor Rick Perry signed the eminent domain bill into law in Waco, saying the legislation will "close a door the Supreme Court jarred open."

Perry had officially signed the law September first, but had to postpone the ceremonial signing in Waco because of hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Texas was one of at least 31 states to review eminent domain laws following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that backed governments' power to take private land for economic development as a way to increase tax revenue.

At the Waco Association of Realtors office yesterday, Perry said that government should not encroach upon the private property rights unless there is an eminent public need.

He says that eminent domain for public use is a necessary power; eminent domain for private use is a great threat.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: governorperry; personalproperty; propertyrights; txpolitics
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1 posted on 10/27/2005 6:12:26 PM PDT by freedomdefender
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To: freedomdefender

God bless Texas.


2 posted on 10/27/2005 6:15:47 PM PDT by Enterprise (The modern Democrat Party - a toxic stew of mental illness, cultism, and organized crime.)
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To: freedomdefender

Funny how when the property is "yours" that if you don't do this or that right the govt takes it away...


3 posted on 10/27/2005 6:18:00 PM PDT by ChefKeith ( If Diplomacy worked, then we would be sitting here talking...)
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To: freedomdefender

/Applaud!


This may delay Mexico from taking away part of Texas in the short term.


4 posted on 10/27/2005 6:21:54 PM PDT by KoRn
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To: freedomdefender; Flyer

ping


5 posted on 10/27/2005 6:24:39 PM PDT by TXBSAFH ("I would rather be a free man in my grave then live as a puppet or a slave." - Jimmy Cliff)
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To: freedomdefender; TXBSAFH; 1riot1ranger; 2Jedismom; Action-America; Aggie Mama; Alkhin; Allegra; ...

Ping!


6 posted on 10/27/2005 6:29:10 PM PDT by Flyer (The Internet, my dog and you ~ http://dahtcom.com/masoncam/)
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To: freedomdefender; albertp; Allosaurs_r_us; Abram; AlexandriaDuke; Americanwolf; Annie03; ...
Backlash continues from

Kelo...



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7 posted on 10/27/2005 6:36:42 PM PDT by traviskicks (http://www.neoperspectives.com/janicerogersbrown.htm)
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To: freedomdefender

Do you know what the vote tally on the bill was? Just wondering.... This has to be one of the few really great moments of Perry's governorship.


8 posted on 10/27/2005 6:41:52 PM PDT by demkicker (I BELIEVE CONGRESSMAN WELDON!)
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To: demkicker

It still allows the gov't to steal property for Perry's highway to hell.


9 posted on 10/27/2005 6:44:26 PM PDT by isthisnickcool (Eternity? Smoking or nonsmoking?)
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To: Flyer

Volley bump!


10 posted on 10/27/2005 6:46:12 PM PDT by Humidston (TX, don't believe bogus phone call lies! Vote YES on Amendment 2!!!)
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To: isthisnickcool

Exactly my thoughts.


11 posted on 10/27/2005 6:46:15 PM PDT by texas_mrs
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To: Enterprise

I think Texas has become the leader of the Free World.


12 posted on 10/27/2005 6:46:19 PM PDT by Defiant (Dar al Salaam will exist when the entire world submits to American leadership.)
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To: isthisnickcool

The Constitution always allowed that. Complain to Madison.


13 posted on 10/27/2005 6:47:18 PM PDT by Defiant (Dar al Salaam will exist when the entire world submits to American leadership.)
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To: ChefKeith
Funny how when the property is "yours" that if you don't do this or that right the govt takes it away...

As long as municipalities levy property taxes, the whole concept of private property is a sham.

In other words, you are back to being sharecroppers in the sense that you are only "renting" the property from the local barony.

14 posted on 10/27/2005 6:47:34 PM PDT by FierceDraka (The Democratic Party - Aiding and Abetting The Enemies of America Since 1968)
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To: Defiant

I agree!


15 posted on 10/27/2005 6:53:37 PM PDT by Enterprise (The modern Democrat Party - a toxic stew of mental illness, cultism, and organized crime.)
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To: isthisnickcool

And to take farmer's ranches away and give them to illegal aliens


16 posted on 10/27/2005 6:53:59 PM PDT by joesnuffy
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To: Flyer
Whaddya think about all those commericials running by Carol Keeton Rylander Strayhorn entitled "The Conservative Commentary" or something like that which are vicious attack ads on the Governor?

She's trying to paint herself to the right of Perry which is a flat out attempt at deception.

17 posted on 10/27/2005 7:03:04 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: Defiant
The Constitution always allowed that. Complain to Madison.

I know what the 5th says. My gripe with Perry and his highway to hell is that landowners are not compensated for the real economic value of what's being taken. IE: Stealing.

Nothing precludes the Texas legislature from passing a law that says landowners for the Perry HTH must be compensated for the actual economic value of what is being taken.

18 posted on 10/27/2005 7:04:22 PM PDT by isthisnickcool (Eternity? Smoking or nonsmoking?)
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To: Dog Gone
"She's trying to paint herself to the right of Perry which is a flat out attempt at deception."

She can't win. She is the most unattractive, shrill, dragon lady you can imagine. She looks and sounds like a brassy haired Helen Thomas while Perry looks like the Marlboro Man. (Execpt Perry badly needs an updated hairstyle.)

19 posted on 10/27/2005 7:14:36 PM PDT by Hound of the Baskervilles
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To: isthisnickcool

Wonder what else is in the bill?


20 posted on 10/27/2005 7:15:38 PM PDT by freekitty
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