Posted on 06/23/2006 3:04:01 PM PDT by DaveTesla
Damn those gila monsters.
And pumas. Mean, vicious pumas hiding in the crevices.
(If you're a Smothers Brothers fan, you'll get that.)
Much of the land surrounding the Corridor is privately owned. It cuts through the heart of the USA, from the southern border north to Canada, with numerous extensions out, to the east and the west. This is one reason why the 2006 Texas Republican Platform is against the Corridor: it allows for confiscation of private land.
Still, my question remains, will this effect the Govt's ability to build a WALL ?
The TTC will be for public use and public benefit and there will be no tax money involved.But there will be private property.
They're using private funds to confiscate private property because the ones funding the taking are going to profit from YOUR property...It isn't charity.
Would your attitude be so cavalier if they took your property?
How can this EO only apply to the TTC ?
I'm putting hope (maybe foolishly) in the new makeup of SCOTUS to start reversing some of the absolutely ridiculous decisions that have come down in the last 30 or 40 years.
If President Bush could get just one more appointment seated on the court, I believe we would start to see a real difference or maybe it's just wishful thinking.
Tell me about it...Here in Sue York, my parents are paying $11k a year in property taxes (last they told me..Probably is $12k now), and they live all the way out in the boondocks on Long Island, in Riverhead. They`re in their late 60`s now and want to retire but really can`t because of this property tax stuff and the Clinton initiated taxation on Social security. And what happens if they don`t pay that property tax? Good bye house. It sucks beyond belief because they don`t want to move and I ain`t rich, far from it, but I still have to throw them some cash every now and then. It pisses me off like you can`t imagine, not that I have to help them out , but that they have to stave off a bunch of sc*mbags from taking something they OWN. THEY own the land and the house, no mortgage, nothing, yet they have to pay this ridiculous amount which to me amounts to nothing more than holding someones property hostage each year.
Indeed it is. Thanku.
Let 'em. They're taking all the risk. And, I don't have to use the TTC.
Would your attitude be so cavalier if they took your property?
I'm not married to my property or material things.
I knew it, my gravometer glitched just as the corporocity started to agaciate. I have been connecting dots for so long - well, people are starting to talk.
The corporations exist by rights granted by gov't. They are legal persons with all Constitutional rights, which seems an odd thing since they may also be owned.
Old enough, not a fan.
2006 STATE REPUBLICAN PARTY PLATFORM (Texas GOP.org [pdf file]
On Saturday, June 3, 2006, the Republican Party of Texas adopted their 2006 State Republican Party Platform. Under the first section of their platform, titled Preserving American Freedom, is a plank specific to the Trans-Texas Corridor. It reads:
"Trans-Texas Corridor Because there are issues of confiscation of private land, State and National sovereignty and other similar concerns, we urge the repeal of the Trans-Texas Corridor legislation."[page P-4]Also under the first section of their platform, titled Preserving American Freedom, is a plank addressing the use of eminent domain. It reads:
"Eminent Domain We support limiting the definition of eminent domain to exclude seizing private property for public or private economic development or for increased tax revenues. We urge the Legislature to amend the Texas Property Code to protect the rights of private property owners by notification of their rights under the law with regard to condemnation and to require the condemner to show the just need for the action by petitioning a court of jurisdiction with significant due process safeguards for the land owner. We believe that the taking of property should follow with immediate compensation to the property owner." [page P-3]
Gad, move to the midwest, our taxes are less than 3k. Two acres.
ping to my post #137. Some information on the corridor.
Whether it is legally toothed or toothless, it is still an example of the President using the bully pulpit to providing some visible leadership on a matter of principle. It would be nice to see more of this!
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