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Editorial: Drop the cudgel Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - Jun 28, 2009 How inappropriate it would be for the federal government to stain the spirit of the Bill of Rights to commemorate those who died in defense of its principles... Editorial: A better way Daily American, Somerset, PA - Jun 27, 2009 ...Eminent domain should not be a consideration at this time. Federal officials should have had more discussions with the property owners before initiating their plans for eminent domain... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Cabin eyed for "rustic" mark Lebanon Daily News, Lebanon, PA - Jun 25, 2009 ...Bordner built the cabin in 1939, hewing the massive logs by hand, and lived there until the 1970s. A schoolteacher, he was the last holdout when the state took the surrounding land by eminent domain to create the state park... Price for gum factory is sticky The Delaware County Daily Times, Primos, PA - Jun 25, 2009 Price remains a sticky issue for the Swell bubble gum factory site on Eagle Road, which the township recently took through the power of eminent domain... Secretary of Interior meets with landowners in Somerset Cumberland Times-News, Cumberland, MD (CNHI News Service) - Jun 24, 2009 ...While not taking eminent domain off the table, Salazar said he was hoping to avoid any unfriendly confrontations... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
YMCA prez confident Haverford will house site Delaware County Times, Primos, PA - Jun 24, 2009 ...Flynn reported the YMCA is close to reaching a lease agreement with the township for the 6.3-acre property on Eagle Road, which the township has taken through eminent domain... Interior secretary hopeful of land deals for Flight 93 memorial The Morning Call, Allentown, PA (Associated Press) - Jun 24, 2009 ...Salazar said he is optimistic that deals could be reached within several weeks so design work could begin, and without the need for the government to seize the land through eminent domain, in which the courts would determine land values... Progress grows for Flight 93 memorial Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - June 24, 2009 ...Negotiations between buyers and sellers, Salazar said, are "always a question of value." He said he is confident the park service will be able to "avoid an unfriendly condemnation."... Sec. Salazar, Flight 93 land negotiations making substantial progress WJAC-TV, Johnstown, PA - Jun 23, 2009 ...Right now, the secretary said they have agreements in principle with five of the seven landowners, titles and some other issues still need to be finalized... Five Flight 93 landowners agree to deals Daily American, Somerset, PA - Jun 23, 2009 ...“The hope is we will be able to conclude these efforts” willingly, Salazar said. “We always have eminent domain as a backstop.”... Salazar upbeat on Flight 93 memorial The Tribune Democrat, Johnstown, PA - Jun 23, 2009 ...While not taking eminent domain off the table, Salazar said he was hoping to avoid any unfriendly confrontations. Hanley echoed that sentiment... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Family to reject Haverford offer for land Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - Jun 23, 2009 ...Haverford Township officials plan to offer $1.26 million to the owners of a former bubble-gum factory in exchange for taking the 6.3-acre parcel by eminent domain... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Store to expand into Lowe's bar and restaurant The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Jun 20, 2009 ...The city was going to exercise eminent domain over the lot, but in 2007, after three years of negotiations, Sterling developer CityVest agreed to pay $650,000 for the lot... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Vote moves Bear Creek Charter School plans forward The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Jun 19, 2009 ...He said the motion approved Thursday also allows the township to exercise eminent domain proceedings to acquire the land, if necessary. Vinsko said the township still hopes a purchase agreement can be negotiated with the owners... Greensburg Laurels & Lances Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - Jun 19, 2009 ...It appears the government's option of eminent domain will be avoided in securing agreements with the remaining Somerset County property owners near the site where the jetliner, hijacked by terrorists, crashed on 9/11... Board denies application for Lauxmont sewage plant The York Daily Record, PA - Jun 19, 2009 ...In October, York County agreed to pay the Kohrs $23 million to buy a 187-acre parcel and settle lawsuits stemming from its use of eminent domain to take part of Lauxmont Farms for a park. The arrangement for the sewage treatment plant to be built on county property is allowed based on that settlement... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
West Municipal News - Collier Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA - Jun 18, 2009 Commissioners voted unanimously June 10 to use the power of eminent domain to obtain three vacant properties that abut the trail in Rennerdale and expand land for the Panhandle Trail... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Interior 'working to finalize' land deals The Tribune Democrat, Johnstown, PA - Jun 15, 2009 The U.S. Department of the Interior as of Monday still had not come to terms with the last few remaining landowners for Flight 93 acreage... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Feds, Flight 93 property owners making progress Daily American, Somerset, PA - Jun 13, 2009 ...Friday was the deadline set by the federal government for agreements to be reached without the Department of Justice filing for eminent domain. Under those circumstances, land values would be decided in federal court... Owners near agreements for Flight 93 land The Tribune Democrat, Johnstown, PA - Jun 13, 2009 ...If agreements on those properties can't be reached, the government said it would pursue eminent domain Monday to take the remaining acreage... Negotiations show progress for deal on Flight 93 memorial Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA - Jun 13, 2009 ...The government had set yesterday as the deadline to acquire land needed for the memorial without having to use eminent domain to seize the land. The deadline passed and the government decided to keep trying... Some deals reached on Flight 93 land Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - Jun 13, 2009 ...In October, the government began talking about the possibility of seizing the property using eminent domain. The Park Service would acquire the property after getting an independent determination of its fair market value... Landowners near deals for Flight 93 memorial The Morning Call, Allentown, PA (Associated Press) - Jun 13, 2009 ...The park service said last week that if a deal was not reached by Friday it would resort to the legal mechanism of eminent domain, which allows the government to forcibly take land... Deals reached for most land needed for Flight 93 park The Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - Jun 13, 2009 ...The Department of the Interior warned the owners last week that their properties would be seized by eminent domain if no deal was reached by yesterday's deadline... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Edwardsville tax revenues are down The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Jun 12, 2009 ...letters will be sent to six property owners in the first phase of the project, and if they reject the bids for their properties after 30 days, the Luzerne County Redevelopment Authority will begin eminent domain actions... Residents support charter school The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Jun 12, 2009 ...School officials and the township are partnering to acquire a 50 acre site to house the school and public recreation facilities. Negotiations for the land have bogged down and the township is considering acquiring the land through eminent domain... Deadline looms for land sales for 9-11 memorial The Philadelphia Inquirer, PA (Associated Press) - Jun 11, 2009 ...Friday is the deadline set by the U.S. government to get all the land needed for the Flight 93 memorial in western Pennsylvania without using eminent domain... Editorial: Memorial talks must bear fruit Keep eminent domain plans off the table The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, PA - Jun 11, 2009 ...This pause by the government should allow everyone to focus on getting the deals done – the right way, without private property owners having their land stolen from them by the government... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
What you're doing tonight, 6/10 NBC Philadelphia, PA - Jun 10, 2009 ...Four years after the Supreme Court case, property rights and the court's interpretation of the Fifth Amendment in the context of eminent domain issues will be discussed by attorneys Scott Bullock and Brian Blaesser, as well as journalist Jeff Benedict... Proposal for trail entrance dropped The Tribune Democrat, Johnstown, PA - Jun 9, 2009 ...“If you use eminent domain, there will be trouble,” he told the supervisors. At that meeting, supervisors said they would research other sites in the township with possible access to the trail... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Fayette acts to take over Brownsville properties Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - Jun 9, 2009 ...The properties, which include buildings in some instances and vacant lots in others, have been declared blighted by the Fayette County Planning Commission, according to the notices of taking filed in the Prothonotary's Office... Negotiations for Flight 93 memorial at critical juncture Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, CA - Jun 9, 2009 ...Specter noted that landowners in the area have been good neighbors, and have also been victimized by terrorism. In that spirit, park service officials said the memorial design will be changed to recognize the contribution of the landowners... Flight 93 landowners handed deadline by feds The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, PA - Jun 8, 2009 ...Only if the parties are not able to reach agreement will we have to use the last resort of eminent domain to acquire land - in either case, however, landowners will return a fair price for their land," said Salazar... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Editorial: Flight 93 memorial Watertown Daily Times, NY - Jun 8, 2009 ...The government said that eminent domain would be used only as a last resort. That should always be the case. Dunmore's Georgie Roland was worki The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Jun 7, 2009 ...The few holdouts who remained were promised they’d be allowed to keep living in their homes. In 1992, Pennsylvania declared eminent domain over the town and condemned all the houses... Opinion - Nancy Eshleman: Why must Flight 93 memorial be huge? The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, PA - Jun 7, 2009 ...It's not too late for them to step back and propose a smaller memorial, perhaps one that won't require the use of eminent domain to take land from its rightful owners... Government changes course on Flight 93 memorial land, will make 'final best effort' The Morning Call, Allentown, PA (Associated Press) - Jun 6, 2009 ...The announcement, though, doesn't take eminent domain completely off the table. The government said it still has the option to use it, but will do so only as a last resort... U.S. gives Flight 93 site landowners one week to sell The Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - Jun 6, 2009 ..."After meeting with the landowners and the Park Service today, I have high hopes that the parties are close to agreement and will be able to reach consensus over the land in the next week so we can keep the memorial on track without using eminent domain," Salazar said... Officials to avoid seizing land for 9/11 site Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA - June 6, 2009 ...She said she believes eminent domain will happen because officials want to keep on schedule to have the memorial constructed and ready by the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Officials to discuss Flight 93 Memorial The Tribune Democrat, Johnstown, PA (Associated Press) - Jun 5, 2009 ...Specter’s office said the meeting in Somerset will focus on the land acquisition process and what needs to be done for the memorial to be ready by the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks... Seeking common ground on 9/11 tribute The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, PA - Jun 5, 2009 ...The meeting will also bring landowners together with a representative from Gov. Ed Rendell's office, representatives of the National Park Service, Flight 93 families, Somerset County, Stonycreek Twp. and other stakeholders... Even fewer residents remain in burning Centralia The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, PA - Jun 4, 2009 ...Centralia was once home to 3,000 people. The underground fire began in the 1960s, is still burning and expected to keep burning for many years. The state began buying and demolishing homes in the Columbia County town in the 1980s... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Legal moves made on Haverford factory site News of Delaware County, Holmes, PA - Jun 3, 2009 ...Progress will then depend on a court settlement regarding the eminent domain proceeding, which Flynn said was “going along at a pace we expected.” A letter of intent would give the Y “a green light to do land development activities and traffic assessments,” said Flynn... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Multi-million dollar York eminent domain battle over WGAL-TV, Lancaster, PA - Jun 1, 2009 A three-year eminent domain battle in York is now over. The result is a $50 million plan to develop the former Ohio Blenders property... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Opinion - John C. Eastman: Flags of caution Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - May 31, 2009 ...The case involved what can fairly be described as an extortionate use of the state's power of eminent domain. Bart Didden wanted to build a CVS pharmacy on land he owned. A politically powerful developer wanted to build a Walgreens on the same spot... Flight 93 memorial to rest on 950 Pa. acres WGAL-TV, Lancaster, PA (Associated Press) - May 30, 2009 ...The land does not include the 500 acres of private land the government is trying to acquire for the memorial through eminent domain... City to get Northwest Triangle land from Ohio Blenders York Daily Record, PA - May 30, 2009 York was granted full possession of the last remaining parcels of land to be used for the Northwest Triangle development project, pending a $769,250 payment to the owners, according to a news release. The city and Ohio Blenders, an alfalfa processing company with land along the Codorus Creek, had been locked in eminent domain proceedings... Department misses unofficial deadline to file for eminent domain Our Town, Johnstown, PA - May 29, 2009 Although the Department of Justice has not yet filed eminent domain proceedings to take land for the Flight 93 National Memorial, a spokesman said the department still expects to file the action in federal court... Editorial: Eminent domain only way to resolve Flight 93 Memorial impasse The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, PA - May 29, 2009 ...After all, conservatives typically reject eminent domain for all but the most publicly necessary properties and projects, like roads and airports. Do these lands at the crash site rise to that level of importance; do they meet that high standard? ... |
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