http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/privateproperty/ en-us Mon, 1 Dec 2008 23:21:46 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2141084/posts Council members caved in to demands from an angry crowd and delayed approving a neatness ordinance until officials explain every word of the 26-page document to Kenneth City residents. In what was estimated to be the largest crowd to ever attend a Kenneth City Council meeting, an outraged group of residents railed at the proposal that would regulate the upkeep of both the exterior and interior of all property in the town. The proposal basically sets standards for upkeep and appearance and gives town officials the right to enter homes. If the owner refuses to allow the official to enter,... St. Petersburg Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2141084/posts#comment Mon, 1 Dec 2008 23:21:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2136583/posts The Real Story Behind Thanksgiving Did you know that the first [Plymouth Colony Pilgrim's] Thanksgiving was a celebration of the triumph of private property and individual initiative?William Bradford was the governor of the original Pilgrim colony, founded at Plymouth in 1621. The colony was first organized on a communal basis, as their financiers required. Land was owned in common. The Pilgrims farmed communally, too, following the "from each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs" precept.The results were disastrous. Communism didn't work any better 400 years ago than it does today. By 1623, the colony had... Libertator Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2136583/posts#comment Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:49:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2061980/posts A Kentucky college student has hired a lawyer after she was escorted out of a mall by security on Sunday because her dress was deemed too short, MyFOXBoston reports. Kymberly Clem, a 20-year-old student at Eastern Kentucky University, wore the dress Sunday after purchasing it from the mall in Richmond the previous day, the Richmond Register reported Tuesday. After just a few minutes inside of the mall, a security guard approached her and expressed concerns over the length of the garment. According to MyFOXBoston, the guard informed her that several female patrons had complained that she was disrupting their shopping... FOX News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2061980/posts#comment Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:59:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057664/posts The staff of Congressman Steve Cohen called police to his home today after an argument with an Armenian-American activist in town from California ended with Cohen physically pushing him out the side door. Peter Musurlian, a documentary producer for Globalist Films in Glendale, Calif., followed a reporter from The Commercial Appeal into Cohen’s Overton Park home, where the Congressman had invited local media to respond to a commercial from Nikki Tinker, his 9th Congressional District opponent in Thursday’s Democratic Primary, that Cohen called “more mudslinging.” When members of Cohen’s staff realized who the cameraman was – Cohen said Musurlian followed... Memphis Commercial Appeal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057664/posts#comment Wed, 6 Aug 2008 22:17:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056339/posts Peter Tubic ignored a $50 parking fine in 2004, and on Monday, it cost him his $245,000 house. In what city officials believe is the first case of its kind, the city foreclosed on Tubic's house on W. Verona Court after repeated attempts to collect the fine - which over the years had escalated to $2,600 - had failed. "Our goal isn't to acquire parcels," said Jim Klajbor, special deputy city treasurer. "Our goal is to just collect taxes. . . . It is only as a last resort that we would pursue . . . foreclosure." Milwaukee County Circuit... The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056339/posts#comment Mon, 4 Aug 2008 18:28:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048965/posts THE SAD ROAD TO SOCLIALISM What happens When Private Property is No Longer a Right by John Loeffler Contributor, Steel on Steel Radio Program Co-host, Financial Sense Newshour July 18, 2008 “But if the government undertakes to control and to raise wages, and cannot do it; if the government undertakes to care for all who may be in want, and cannot do it; if the government undertakes to support all unemployed workers, and cannot do it; if the government undertakes to lend interest-free money to all borrowers, and cannot do it; if .... ‘The state considers that its purpose is... Financial Sense Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048965/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:37:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047991/posts Cuban President Raul Castro is giving over more state-owned land to private owners. http://youtube.com/watch?v=4xLR4g7wcN8 BBC via Youtube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047991/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:05:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026500/posts Court Nixes Private Club Smoking 06/05/2008 06:19:25 COLUMBUS, Ohio -- No smoking is still the rule for Ohio's private clubs. The vote was 4-3 in the State Supreme Court. That means there will be no reversal of an Appeals Court decision that blocks new rules that would exempt private clubs from the state's indoor smoking ban. Anti-smoking groups are pleased and so is the Ohio Licensed Beverage Association, which was afraid such an exemption would give private clubs an unfair advantage over public bars and restaurants. 1290WHIO.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026500/posts#comment Thu, 5 Jun 2008 16:14:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2019471/posts Greenwich, CT (AHN) - A controversial plan for a 54,000-square-foot mansion proposed by Russian mogul Valery Kogan was rejected by officials after receiving a flurry of complaints from neighbors saying the house would be too large. The permit was denied Tuesday by the Greenwich Planning and Zoning Commission, halting construction of what would have been the largest single-family residence since the city began reviews back in 2001. Reports revealed that in order to construct the mansion, Kogan and his wife Olga were planning on tearing down a 20,000-square-foot home currently erected on the area they purchased in 2005. Commissioners reportedly... All Headline News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2019471/posts#comment Thu, 22 May 2008 01:16:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1978816/posts Propositions that are on the June 3, 2008 Statewide Direct Primary Election Ballot Initiative Constitutional AmendmentProposition 98 1248. Government Acquisition, Regulation of Private Property. Constitutional Amendment. Proponents: Doug Mosebar, Jon Coupal and Jim Nielsen Bars state and local governments from condemning or damaging private property for private uses. Prohibits rent control and similar measures. Prohibits deference to government in property rights cases. Defines “just compensation.” Requires an award of attorneys fees and costs if a property owner obtains a judgment for more than the amount offered by the government. Requires government to offer to original owner of condemned property... California Secretary of State http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1978816/posts#comment Sat, 1 Mar 2008 16:20:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1950909/posts Says use of response team appropriate because of father's confrontational history GLENWOOD SPRINGS - Use of the Garfield County All Hazards Response Team (AHRT) was appropriate to seize Tom Shiflett's son for medical care because of Shiflett's confrontational history and repeated lack of cooperation, according to Garfield County Sheriff Lou Vallario. "I wouldn't have done it if I didn't think we would have been able to accomplish it with just the deputies we had on duty," Vallario said. "The end result of what happened was based on (Shiflett's) decisions, not mine." The team used force to break into Shiflett's home... Glenwood Springs Post Independent http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1950909/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jan 2008 18:56:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1940946/posts A businessman cited for displaying a gospel message on his own property is suing the town of Gouverneur, New York, accusing it of violating the U.S. Constitution's protection of free speech and private property rights. One News Now http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1940946/posts#comment Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:04:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1930112/posts PRAY - For rancher Randy Petrich, the removal of gray wolves from the endangered-species list - a move that would open up the animals to hunting in the Northern Rockies for the first time in decades - couldn't come soon enough. Petrich has seen fresh wolf tracks almost every morning this fall - close enough to threaten his cattle. "I believe that any wolf on any given night, if there happens to be a calf there, they will kill it," ... Just 12 years since the wolves were reintroduced into Yellowstone National Park ... federal officials say the sharp rise... Associated Press...The Billings Gazette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1930112/posts#comment Sun, 25 Nov 2007 02:50:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1914666/posts "[T]he right of acquiring and possessing property and having it protected, is one of the natural inherent and unalienable rights of man."[1] A few years ago, one noted political reformer applauded the "demise of property as a formal constitutional limit." A new view of the right to property had, in this author's opinion, begun to replace the old constitutional formalism of the inviolable and sacred right to property. Indeed, this new conception of property "requires incursions on traditional property rights. What once defined the limits to governmental power becomes the prime subject of affirmative governmental action."[2] The object or purpose... The Heritage Foundation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1914666/posts#comment Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:35:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1913981/posts This past week, Congress had an opportunity to permanently repeal the death tax by amending the Tax Collection Responsibility Act of 2007 to include language that ends the estate tax forever. This would have been a good provision in an overall bad bill. 212 Democrats were enough to keep this spectre looming on the horizon if the Bush tax cuts are not renewed in 2011. The bill passed without this silver lining and now we face big in increases taxes and penalties in the next five years. The underlying attitude behind this bill, and the estate tax, is what I... House.gov http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1913981/posts#comment Sat, 20 Oct 2007 18:41:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1892203/posts The decision today is the latest in the lengthy case. The American Civil Liberties Union originally filed a lawsuit in 2001 on behalf of a man who said its location on federal land violated the U.S. Constitution. The original cross was erected in 1934 by a prospector to honor World War I veterans. The latest version was installed in the mid-1990s. President Bill Clinton authorized the Mojave National Preserve in 1996, including the land where the cross sits. The cross has been covered, first by a tarp and now by a box, as the case makes its way through the... Reuters & PE.com via Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1892203/posts#comment Thu, 6 Sep 2007 21:31:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1887582/posts Man gets jail time for home improvement projects New, 5:30 p.m.: Rolling Hills Estates resident is sentenced to six months in jail for building a patio, fence and more without permits. By Megan Bagdonas STAFF WRITER He built a fence, a retaining wall, a patio and a few cement columns to decorate his driveway and now Francisco Linares is going to jail for it. Linares had been given six months to get final permits for the offending structures or remove them as part of a plea agreement reached in January, when he pleaded no contest to five misdemeanor counts of... daily breeze http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1887582/posts#comment Tue, 28 Aug 2007 06:02:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1859625/posts Anguished tales of property taken by state Tom Chorneau, Chronicle Sacramento Bureau Monday, July 2, 2007 (07-02) 04:00 PDT Sacramento -- Years ago, Carla Ruff stored her grandmother's jewelry and a file of personal documents in a safe-deposit box at her bank in San Francisco's Noe Valley, thinking they would always be there when she wanted them. Not so. Without giving her notice or acting on evidence that she'd forgotten about her cache, the bank's staff, under the auspice of the state, determined the contents of her box to be unclaimed property. In July 1997, bank records show, the pearl... SFGate.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1859625/posts#comment Mon, 2 Jul 2007 14:53:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1855178/posts DMV probe keeps bikers off road Orange County kit bike owners aren't sure when they'll be able to ride or sell hand-built vehicles. Friday, June 22, 2007 BRIAN JOSEPH SACRAMENTO -- Dain Gingerelli says he locked up a sure sale of his motorcycle in April – about $10,000 for a kit bike he built himself. But two months later, the bike is gathering dust in his garage and the cash is in someone else's pocket. What happened? The state Department of Motor Vehicles, Gingerelli said, blocked the sale. It turns out Gingerelli used a kit made by Custom Chrome Inc.... OCRegister.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1855178/posts#comment Sat, 23 Jun 2007 18:38:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1854751/posts Gov. Rick Perry’s veto this week of an eminent domain bill designed to protect landowners left a lot of Texans scratching their heads, and you can lump us in with those feeling dumbfounded. Perry — who was among those making political hay when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2005 that cities can seize homes under eminent domain for use by private developers and made the issue an emergency item in a special session that same year — had a chance to back his tough talk and posturing on property rights with action. But when push came to powerful shove... thefacts.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1854751/posts#comment Fri, 22 Jun 2007 19:51:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1852420/posts LUBBOCK, Texas — One Central Texas farmer said Monday he was "dumbfounded" by Gov. Rick Perry's veto of an eminent domain bill designed to protect landowners when the state wants to take their property. Robert Fleming is not alone in an area worried about the massive Trans Texas Corridor proposal. The planned route cuts through Fleming's Bell County farms. He's bewildered by Perry's veto. "We were so close to getting something done," Fleming said. "We've worked hard trying to get private property rights." Perry vetoed the bill, and 48 others, Friday. In 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Kelo... Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1852420/posts#comment Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:18:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1803268/posts A Chinese appeals court has upheld a ban on a company from selling land on the moon, ruling that "celestial bodies" could not be anyone's property, state media said. Lunar Embassy to China, a Beijing-based company that sold plots of lunar land to individuals, sued the Beijing Administration of Industry and Commerce which revoked its business licence and fined it 50,000 yuan ($NZ9,200) in October 2005. Haidian District People's Court ruled against the company in November 2005. On Friday, the Beijing First Intermediate People's Court upheld that decision, Xinhua news agency said. The court cited an international treaty that China... tvnz.co.nz/Al Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1803268/posts#comment Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:33:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/1792299/posts We're Not Taking It ANYMORE! As of today, February 21st.......just 8 months after the ban went into effect, we are smoking again! For those who have been to the Senate Committee meetings in Denver, and outraged over the lack of respect & concern for your business, we NEED you to join the protest. Enough is Enough! We have started to smoke again, and invite you to put those ashtrays out in your bars. We have tried everything else, and these legislators do not give a damn about your loss of business, or you having to close your doors. For those... Coalition For Equal Rights http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/1792299/posts#comment Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:50:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1778916/posts HARRISBURG - For 10 years, Sen. Stewart J. Greenleaf has fought for legislation to make Pennsylvania smoke-free. Yesterday, just two weeks into a new session, his smoking-ban bill vaulted out of committee, carried by a tide of antismoking sentiment. "Public opinion," Greenleaf (R., Montgomery) said when asked what had cleared the way. "Support for it has increased." Add the fact that the Pennsylvania Restaurant Association - which had long objected to smoking bans - signed on last year, saying it was mindful rising health concerns for customers and employees. Greenleaf said support for smoking bans was running between 65 percent... The Philadelphia Inquirer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1778916/posts#comment Sun, 4 Feb 2007 05:18:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1774791/posts By Vin Suprynowicz For years, Garry Watson, 49, of little Bunker, Mo., (population 390) had been squabbling with town officials over the sewage line easement which ran across his property to the adjoining, town-operated sewage lagoon. Residents say officials grew dissatisfied with their existing easement, and announced they were going to excavate a new sewer line across the landowner's property. Capt. Chris Ricks of the Missouri Highway Patrol reports Watson's wife, Linda, was served with "easement right-of-way papers" on Sept. 6. She gave the papers to Watson when he got home at 5 a.m. the next morning from his job... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1774791/posts#comment Sat, 27 Jan 2007 21:36:11 GMT