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Title: Texas private property rights an ongoing issue for Keystone XL Pipeline
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The Vindicator
URL Source: http://www.thevindicator.com/news/a ... 13-11e1-abb1-001871e3ce6c.html
Published: Feb 14, 2012
Author: staff
Post Date: 2012-02-25 23:35:44 by lucysmom
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Views: 3325
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Groups Cry Foul as TransCanada Continues to Bully Landowners Despite Denial of Pipeline Permit - Texas Private Property Rights an Ongoing Issue for Keystone XL Pipeline Houston, TX - Feb. 13 a new statewide coalition of groups and advocates for private property rights has announced its support for landowners along the path of the Keystone XL pipeline in Texas. The groups charge that TransCanada, the company proposing to build the pipeline, has used eminent domain to bully landowners and condemn private property. Despite a presidential permit denied to TransCanada for the Keystone XL project just weeks ago, the company continues to bully and pressure landowners along the Texas pipeline route. The controversial Keystone XL pipeline would carry tar sands crude more than 1900 miles through six states including Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. In Texas, the pipeline crosses eighteen counties, from Paris to Pt. Arthur. Groups with landowners near the cities of Paris, Winnsboro, and Wells joined in press events held in Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, and Houston to ask for support from agencies and officials on the continuing plight of landowners who would be impacted by the pipeline. "Texas, we have an eminent domain problem," said Terri Hall, director of Texans Uniting for Reform and Freedom (TURF). "There is absolutely zero oversight for pipeline companies that want to take private property from Texans - all you have to do is check the right box on a form and declare yourself a common carrier, no questions asked." snip "Texas politicians talk tough on eminent domain, but with Keystone we have a private pipeline company acting as a ‘common carrier' and bludgeoning private property owners with eminent domain while many of our Republican leaders cheer from the sidelines," said Medina who is also director of We Texans. "Despite the fact that this permit has been denied and there technically is no permit for TransCanada, the company continues to bully and pressure Texas landowners," Medina noted. "And we would all like to ask, by what authority does this company have to continue insisting that landowners settle with them when there is no permit?" snip Landowners attending the events have property condemned or are being pushed into negotiated settlements and claim their story has not been told. Landowners say theirs are among more than 80 cases in Texas where TransCanada, a private foreign pipeline company, condemned private property belonging to Texans. "At this moment my property is condemned and legally TransCanada can lay that pipeline and pump undisclosed chemicals through it, even though we've never seen a judge," said Julia Trigg Crawford of Lamar County. "I think most Texans would be stunned to find out that there is no process for challenging eminent domain use in a pipeline case until after your land has already been condemned."
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#1. To: A K A Stone, Anti-ping to Eric, Fred Mertz, Godwinson, go65, war, no gnu taxes, Skip Intro, ferret mike, jwpegler, brian s, mininggold, mcgowanjm (#0)
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Anyone claiming to be an expert is selling something. I brandish my ignorance like a crucifix at vampires. Aaron Bady
Thank you for posting. You do good work, indeed.
Never swear "allegiance" to anything other than the 'right to change your mind'! LMAO. I've yet to see her post a coherent post. About ANYTHING.
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The libtard majority of the Supreme Court has ruled time & again there are are no such things as private property rights, most recently in the Kelo decision.
This one starts the civil war. The Top 5 Banks agree with your position. The Top Landowners will tell you to bring your army.
What is it that's unclear to you?
Anyone claiming to be an expert is selling something. I brandish my ignorance like a crucifix at vampires. Aaron Bady
The group also pointed out that the company misled landowners in other situations, telling property owners the pipeline had all necessary permits and repeatedly telling individual landowners that they were the last holdouts, making the pipeline seem inevitable and securing more favorable terms for the company.
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#6. To: Capitalist Eric (#3)
I've yet to see her post a coherent post. About ANYTHING.
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