Posted: 7/22/2005 6:32:40 AM EDT
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After what happened in Alabaster recently we should all get involved. Attention Alabama REALTORS® - A Call to Action! > > > > If you want to protect your homes, your businesses, and those of the > clients you serve, > > then stop what you are doing and get ready to make one very important > phone call! > > > > The United State Supreme Court has ruled that the Government can take > your private property and give it to another private citizen to > generate more taxes for the Government. Your sacred right to own and > enjoy the use of your property is in grave danger. But YOU can make a > difference to protect your rights. > > > > How can you help? By calling your state senator now! > > > > Let your senators know that you want them to vote for House Bill 14. Tell them you want the strongest possible law to protect your homes and your businesses from being taken by the government. It is so wrong that it is un-American for the government to take your property to give to ANY private citizen or corporation! > > > > Call the Alabama Senate NOW at (334) 242-7800 and ask to speak to your state senator. Leave a message if your senator is not there. Let them know that you are a voter and a citizen and that you want your senator to protect your fundamental right as an American to own property, without interference from the government! > > > > > > RANDY McKINNEY > > President > > Alabama Association of REALTORS > > 522 Washington Avenue > > Montgomery, Alabama 36104 > > Phone: 334-262-3808 or 800-446-3808 > > Fax: 334-263-9650 |
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How long will it take until there is CNN footage of somebody on their front porch with a shotgun getting tazered and dragged away so that the bulldozers can mow down their house? For the sake of my kids, I hope soon... I just hope it's not their Dad. I had heard rumors of an eminent domain abuse bill in the Alabama legislature. Anybody know what's become of it? -Hobbit |
Won't happen. Cops will never get close enough to use a taser if the person has a shotgun. Eminent Domain has been abused by local governments for years. It was originally the Supreme Court that allowed the abuse in Alabaster to happen. The only reason it made news is that we now have a president that might reign in the Supreme Court. If Gore had been elected, then you would not have any hope of controlling your own property. Gore would have found all kinds of endangered species on your land and made it his land. The news media is hiding this fact from us, because it is one of the main reasons that Bush won. |
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Eminent domain restrictions clear Hous MONTGOMERY - Alabama lawmakers unanimously voted Tuesday to prohibit governments from condemning homes and property in non-blighted areas to make way for shopping malls, factories and other private developments. The House of Representatives voted 102-0 for the bill Tuesday and sent the proposal to Gov. Bob Riley for his signature. The Senate had approved the bill 35-0. The legislation by Sen. Jack Biddle, R-Gardendale, says state and local governments "may not condemn property for the purpose of retail, office, commercial, industrial or residential development." Advertisement "It's a huge step forward. It puts eminent domain use back to what we traditionally think of - highways, schools," said Rep. Richard Lindsey, D-Centre. However, the new protection would not extend to blighted areas covered by urban renewal plans and redevelopment plans - a potentially large loophole, according to one attorney for homeowners. Sen. Rodger Smitherman, D-Birmingham, said Birmingham and other cities wanted that exemption to allow them to clear out dilapidated buildings. Riley and lawmakers endorsed the bill on the heels of a June U.S. Supreme Court decision in a Connecticut case that said governments may force property owners to sell out - even if the property is not blighted - when local officials decide it would benefit the public. The case was brought by a group of New London, Conn., landowners who were trying to prevent their property from becoming part of a riverfront revitalization project. The Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution states that private property shall not "be taken for public use, without just compensation." The court ruling expanded the definition of public use to include job creation and urban revitalization. An attorney who represented the Connecticut homeowners praised Alabama lawmakers. "The Alabama Legislature has taken a very important first step in protecting Alabama homeowners and business owners," said Dana Berliner, a senior attorney for the Institute for Justice. Berliner said Alabama's was the first Legislature to restrict eminent domain rules in reaction to the Supreme Court ruling. However, he urged lawmakers to tighten the definition of blight because that can be interpreted to include areas slightly substandard or in danger of becoming blighted. "It could be a very large loophole," Berliner said. |
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I am very ahppy to hear that eminent domain has taken a big hit in Alabama by the new legislation passing. Eminent domain just pisses me off beyond belief. "Ah, yeah. We're with Alabama Power and we're gonna run some high voltage lines over the 100 acre serene pond you just built. You can take what we're offering for your land or you can sue us and give us and an attorney your money with no pay-out for you." This is what happened to a good friend a few years ago in Prattville.  Complete BS.
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