Category: Property Rights

Sports Arena Hat Trick Penalizes Property Owner

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The Detroit government low balled a local landowner for the sale of her property that it deceitfully said would be developed into a parking lot. As it turns out, the land was wanted for a hockey arena - a far ...
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Ohio Supreme Court Smacks Down Effort to Eject Families from Homes

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The City of Norwood, Ohio designated a community of 99 well-maintained homes and businesses as "blighted" so that a real estate developer could build offices, condominiums and stores in its place. Although the vast majority of the community had been ...
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“A Virtual Blank Check to Condemn Private Property”

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In a case that received a national outcry against property rights abuse, Susette Kelo took the City of New London, Connecticut all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Kelo fought to save her dream home whose property the city ...
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The “Energy Bill” That Isn’t: Rep. Nick Rahall’s Energy Policy Reform and Revitalization Act of 2007, by Peyton Knight

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It is no secret that congressmen frequently take liberties when assigning their bills attractive names that are not representative of the contents within.  The "Energy Policy Reform and Revitalization Act of 2007" (H.R. 2377), sponsored by Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV), ...
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City Destroys One Auto Business to Make Landscaping for Another

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Claiming it was trying to save 4,900 area jobs, the City of Toledo, Ohio evicted 83 homeowners and 16 businesses so that carmaker DaimlerChrysler could use their condemned land to expand its manufacturing plant. City Destroys One Auto Business to ...
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More Journey Through Hallowed Ground Conflicts of Interest

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From Peyton Knight: A local Virginia newspaper, the Loudoun Times-Mirror, recently wrote a rather one-sided "news" piece promoting Rep. Frank Wolf's Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area. Biased reporting is nothing unusual, however, there is more to this story ...
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Frank Wolf’s Journey Through Hallowed Ground Proposal Draws Criticism from Heritage Foundation; Lashes Out at Principled Critics

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From Peyton Knight: The Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership, a taxpayer-supported gang of preservation interest groups that apparently exists primarily to lobby for Rep. Frank Wolf's (R-VA) "Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area Act" (H.R. 319), put out a ...
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Government Puts Rat Control Business Out of Business

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photo credit: Institute for Justice The Arizona Structural Pest Control Commission (ASPCC) halted a teenager's innovative - and popular - rat control business because he failed to hold a $78 state-regulated commercial pest control license and pass an exam covering ...
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Addition Request Leads to Extortion Demands

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As conditions for granting a building permit, the Washington County, Oregon government demanded that Grimm's Fuel Company pay it $1,200 up front, build concrete sidewalks and make various other public works improvements. Addition Request Leads to Extortion Demands Grimm's Fuel ...
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Historic Home — or Run-Down Shack?

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For over two decades, a developer battled Washington, D.C. officials for permission to replace a so-called "historic" run-down shack - which the developer owned - with commercial and residential units for the Capitol Hill neighborhood. Tiny "Historic" Shack Prevents Development ...
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