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Texas Eminent Domain Bill Vetoed By Govenor Perry
castlecoalition | 6/19/2007 | Jarhead1957

Posted on 06/19/2007 5:08:18 AM PDT by Jarhead1957

June 18, 2007 Texas Governor Vetoes Eminent Domain Reform All Texans Remain Vulnerable to Abuse Arlington, Va.-On Friday, June 15, 2007, Texas Governor Rick Perry vetoed HB 2006, an eminent domain reform measure that overwhelmingly passed both chambers of the Texas Legislature. The bill was designed to close a loophole that remained from an earlier bill Perry signed two years ago in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s infamous Kelo v. City of New London decision. Perry becomes only the fourth governor to veto an eminent domain bill since Kelo. In the three other states, however, reform still passed when the Iowa Legislature overrode one veto, New Mexico’s executive signed other reform legislation this year and Arizona reformed its laws by citizen initiative. “With this veto, Governor Perry has left every home, farm, ranch and small business owner vulnerable to the abuse of eminent domain,” said Steven Anderson, director of the Institute for Justice’s Castle Coalition, a national grassroots advocacy group committed to ending the private-to-private transfer of property using eminent domain. The bill would have closed the large loophole that remained after the enactment of SB 7, the 2005 legislation that allows local authorities to forcibly acquire private property for the purpose of so-called “slum” or “blight” removal. Under Texas law, the terms “slum” and “blight” are defined so broadly that they can be applied to any property, meaning no one’s property is safe. HB 2006 required, with certain limited exceptions, that all takings be made for a “public use,” which would have stopped eminent domain abuse throughout the state. HB 2006 also included procedural and compensation changes, and it was the latter that Perry cited as the reason for his veto. “Compensation concerns were totally overblown by government agencies,” Anderson said. “Comprehensive protection against eminent domain abuse for all Texans was scuttled because of unfounded fears that property acquisitions would cost substantially more. Dollars drive the abuse, and now dollars drive this veto. In both cases, the property owners are the ones who end up getting hurt.”


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To: kittymyrib
“Gov. Goodhair knows he’ll never face the voters of Texas again”

In 08 when someone comes up with RINO Rick for VP, then will be our time as Texans to speak up and let America know how worthless this slime ball is.

21 posted on 06/19/2007 6:15:32 AM PDT by hadaclueonce (shoot low, they are riding Shetlands..)
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To: cbkaty
We had our chance to defeat this demopublican in the last election.....By now everyone should know he was always a democrat..

I am proud to have voted for Kinky.....the first time I have ever not voted for a Republican in Texas.

While I am disappointed in some of Perry's decisions -- like this veto -- he was by far the best choice of any of the candidates we had in the last election. Perry may not be the most conservative GOP governor we've ever had, but he is still very much a republican and not a democrat. Perhaps you don't remember the runaway government under Mark White and Ann Wrinkles, but many of us do. And I am very glad that Texans weren't stupid enough to elect a Liberaltarian joke like Kinky as governor.

22 posted on 06/19/2007 6:24:33 AM PDT by VRWCmember
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To: Vaquero

I’m looking for the votes now...

the Texas House passed it 125-11, and the Senate passed it 29-1.


23 posted on 06/19/2007 6:27:09 AM PDT by GiveEmDubya (Just say no to shamnesty)
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To: VRWCmember
And I am very glad that Texans weren't stupid enough to elect a Liberaltarian joke like Kinky as governor.

As long as you accept the medicine the current GUV shoves down your throat, and make excuses for him.....you will get exactly what you deserve.

Kinky would have been a fantastic message to all Texas legislators....but he would have had limited power....

It would have been the message sent to the republicans that would have had the long-term payoff.

Perry is Edwards.....

24 posted on 06/19/2007 6:29:18 AM PDT by cbkaty (I may not always post...but I am always here......)
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To: Jarhead1957

Recall


25 posted on 06/19/2007 6:40:47 AM PDT by freekitty
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To: cbkaty
Kinky would have been a fantastic message to all Texas legislators.... It would have been the message sent to the republicans that would have had the long-term payoff.

So are you one of these message voters that likes to lose elections to send a message to the party? I don't see a lot of value in losing elections for the value of the message that it sends to the republicans. We saw a lot of that in 2006 and so far the message hasn't worked out all that well.

As long as you accept the medicine the current GUV shoves down your throat, and make excuses for him.....you will get exactly what you deserve.... Perry is Edwards.....

As long as you take an all-or-nothing view whereby anyone who falls short of perfection on your conservo-meter is the same as the most hypocritical leftist dems, then you deserve the cynical disappointment you will always endure.

26 posted on 06/19/2007 6:46:06 AM PDT by VRWCmember
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To: Jarhead1957

“’With this veto, Governor Perry has left every home, farm, ranch and small business owner vulnerable to the abuse of eminent domain,’ said Steven Anderson, director of the Institute for Justice’s Castle Coalition, a national grassroots advocacy group committed to ending the private-to-private transfer of property using eminent domain.”

When the pigs take over Animal Farm, they don’t want anything - or anyone - getting in their way, and democracy be d*mned.


27 posted on 06/19/2007 6:52:30 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: VRWCmember
As long as you take an all-or-nothing view whereby anyone who falls short of perfection on your conservo-meter is the same as the most hypocritical leftist dems, then you deserve the cynical disappointment you will always endure.

Mental gymnastics never work with me....and of course those of you without facts always resort to insults....

I expected a simple response....go ahead slap my other cheek....

28 posted on 06/19/2007 6:56:10 AM PDT by cbkaty (I may not always post...but I am always here......)
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To: VRWCmember
As long as you take an all-or-nothing view whereby anyone who falls short of perfection on your conservo-meter is the same as the most hypocritical leftist dems, then you deserve the cynical disappointment you will always endure.

Was the Kool-Aid good?

29 posted on 06/19/2007 7:03:09 AM PDT by Oberon (What does it take to make government shrink?)
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To: cbkaty

>Kinky would have been a fantastic message to all Texas legislators....but he would have had limited power.... <

Limited power for politicians is what we should be striving for!


30 posted on 06/19/2007 7:04:25 AM PDT by B4Ranch (Check out this website for the National Veterans Coalition http://www.nvets.org/)
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To: nicmarlo

I thought he addressed the What-a-burgers.


31 posted on 06/19/2007 7:07:43 AM PDT by ichabod1 ("Liberals read Karl Marx. Conservatives UNDERSTAND Karl Marx." Ronald Reagan)
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To: hadaclueonce
Governor Perry received only 40% of the statewide vote against three liberals in a state where the Republican Party has won every statewide office for over a decade. However, given his stubborn support for foreign-owned toll roads, his attempt to coerce all sixth grade schoolgirls to be vaccinated against a venereal disease, and this veto of restrictions of the power of eminent domain, he may well undo decades of party building in the Lone Star State. Any GOP Presidential candidate, even Fred Thompson, who chooses Perry as his running mate risks the loss of Texas to his party for the first time since 1976.

I voted for Perry in 2006. However, I will never vote to put him anywhere near the Executive Office. It is past time to bring the Southern subspecies of RINO to extinction: Perry, Warner, Lott, and Graham.

32 posted on 06/19/2007 7:13:30 AM PDT by Wallace T.
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To: ichabod1

Ah, you’re right. My mistake.


33 posted on 06/19/2007 7:14:29 AM PDT by nicmarlo
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To: Jarhead1957
Perry becomes only the fourth governor to veto an eminent domain bill since Kelo.

California's eminent domain initiative was defeated, with Arnold pointedly not endorsing it. Why? Because it would have limited "takings" due to things like enviralmental regs, which remove a landowner's use of property without actually condemning and buying it from him. The Green lobby and Land developers formed a devil's deal to defeat it.

34 posted on 06/19/2007 7:15:04 AM PDT by LexBaird (PR releases are the Chinese dog food of political square meals.)
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To: cbkaty
Perry may be a liberal Republican but Kinky is a liberal whackjob joke. I thank God he wasn’t elected.

The only reason he ran was because he needed a job.

36 posted on 06/19/2007 7:19:52 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: Vaquero

is this veto proof?


The Texas Legislature doesn’t come back into session until Jan. 13, 2009.


37 posted on 06/19/2007 7:20:13 AM PDT by deport ( Cue Spooky Music...)
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To: Jarhead1957; All

Very interesting. Thanks for posting. Thanks to all contributors to this thread.


38 posted on 06/19/2007 7:23:49 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: Ditter
The only reason he ran was because he needed a job.

If this is your opinion...then fine, but if you have facts to backup your claim, please be specific.

I agree that Kinky is an unlikely Guv....but all he would have is a Bully-Pulpit and a veto that could be overridden.....

39 posted on 06/19/2007 7:41:49 AM PDT by cbkaty (I may not always post...but I am always here......)
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To: cbkaty
Mental gymnastics never work with me....and of course those of you without facts always resort to insults....

I expected a simple response....go ahead slap my other cheek.... Are you talking about something like this?

"As long as you accept the medicine the current GUV shoves down your throat, and make excuses for him.....you will get exactly what you deserve.... "
In case you haven't noticed, CONSERVATIVE republicans have challenged Perry on several issues and in some cases overridden things he has pushed for and in other cases convinced him to change course. On taxes and most fiscal issues, Perry has been far more conservative than a democrat would be. As for resorting to insults when you don't have any facts to work with, making a comment like "Perry is Edwards" seems a prime example of what you are talking about. Pot, meet kettle.
40 posted on 06/19/2007 7:50:30 AM PDT by VRWCmember
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