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Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Thursday, August 31, 2006
 
Hallowed Ground threatens property rights, local rule
Loudoun Times-Mirror, VA - Aug. 31, 2006
...some in Congress are preparing a new threat to property owners in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania...

Mt. Joy sewer project clogs
Evening Sun, Hanover, PA - Aug. 31, 2006
...two landowners said they absolutely will not consider selling an easement. Without their consent, White Run must use eminent domain to get the easements or Colbier Farms must abandon its plans...

Urban Outfitting
Scranton Times-Tribune, PA - Aug. 31, 2006
...he was only a couple of properties away from reaching an agreement with the 14 property owners on the 500 block of Lackawanna Avenue. Seizure by eminent domain, Scrantonians learned, was not out of the question...

Exeter postpones school-land buy
Reading Eagle, Reading, PA - Aug. 31, 2006
...the school board agreed to pay the Baushers $100,000 to accept the extension. The district was prepared to begin eminent domain proceedings to take the land if the couple did not accept the extension...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Wednesday, August 30, 2006
 
Dominion looks at area for high-voltage line
Loudoun Times-Mirror, VA - Aug. 30, 2006
...Under the terms of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, that designation would allow PJM to use eminent domain to acquire right of way if states or counties take too long in approving projects that are deemed to be in the national interest...


Column-Walter E. Williams: Property rights attack continues
Townhall.com - Aug. 30, 2006
...Pressured by animal rights activists, a Philadelphia councilman, following his Chicago brethren, has recently introduced legislation that would ban foie gras in Philadelphia restaurants...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Monday, August 28, 2006
 
Eminent domain may be best option
The Daily Item, Danville, PA - Aug. 28, 2006
School board Vice President Steve Schooley is in favor of using eminent domain to grab borough land for a consolidated elementary school...

Editorial: Township reversal on eminent domain was right thing to do
The Mercury, Pottstown, PA - Aug. 28, 2006
...The plan to acquire the properties through eminent domain is being replaced with a plan to approach property owners with offers...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Friday, August 25, 2006
 
Council vows to fight eminent domain attempt
The Daily Item, Danville, PA - Aug. 25, 2006
If the Danville Area School District is serious about invoking eminent domain to build a consolidated elementary school on borough-owned land, the borough is serious about fighting...

Earl scraps plan to take Tiki Bar
The Mercury, Pottstown, PA - Aug. 25, 2006
...township supervisors have backtracked on their plans to use eminent domain to take several properties, including the Tiki Bar...

City may not have land yet
The York Daily Record, York, PA - Aug. 24, 2006
...the property can't be taken through eminent domain until an evidentiary hearing establishes the value...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Thursday, August 24, 2006
 
Earl Twp. scraps plan to seize land
Reading Eagle, Reading, PA - Aug. 24, 2006
...supervisors issued a brief statement saying the township "will not take any property by the use of eminent domain code."...

Earl Township won't seize property
WFMZ-TV, Allentown, PA - Aug. 24, 2006
...This decision comes after supervisors voted to take two of the nine properties by eminent domain during a meeting last week.

Farmington condemns 23 right of ways
The Clarion News, Clarion, PA - Aug. 24, 2006
...eminent domain, allows a governmental entity to take privately owned land for projects which benefit the community. In this case, the township is not taking ownership of the land but instead a narrow right of way...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Wednesday, August 23, 2006
 
Wilkes-Barre City, parking lot owner can't agree on lot's fair market value
The Citizens Voice, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Aug. 23, 2006
...The city filed an eminent domain action against Kazimi, which could allow the city to seize ownership of the parcel as long as it paid...

Residents clash with school board over eminent domain case
Phoenixville News, PA - Aug. 23, 2006
...Then he asked for a showing of hands of those who were opposed to the eminent-domain proceeding. Most of the people in the audience raised their hands...

AG files lawsuit to block HIA from taking parking lot
Central Penn Business Journal, Harrisburg, PA - Aug. 22, 2006
...The action is an attempt to block the airport’s owner from using eminent domain to seize land from neighboring Cramer Airport Parking. The action follows ...

Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Tuesday, August 22, 2006
 
State sues over HIA attempt to seize land
The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, PA - Aug. 22, 2006
...The state attorney general's office has filed a legal action to stop the airport's owner, the Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority, from using eminent domain to force the owner of Cramer Airport Parking to sell property it uses for parking...

Check-out time arrives for the Penn View Motel
Reading Eagle, Reading, PA - Aug. 22, 2006
...He was still renting rooms as of early Monday morning. Last year, the county moved to take the motel by eminent domain and it has contracted with Advanced Building Systems Inc., Muhlenberg Township, to redevelop the property...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Monday, August 21, 2006
 
Tiki Bar owner vows to keep fighting
The Mercury, Pottstown, PA - Aug. 21, 2006
EARL -- While township supervisors declared last week they would continue eminent domain proceedings on the nine parcels of land along the Manatawny Creek, restaurant owner Jim Finegan vowed he will continue the fight to keep his business...

Elmer SmithSurprise: Eminent domain can work
Philadelphia Daily News - Aug. 18, 2006
EMINENT DOMAIN. Sounds like something chiseled on those tablets Moses brought down from the mountain. It has the overarching authority to make you move when you want to stay. It's how big cities uproot little people for what they call "the greater good."...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Friday, August 18, 2006
 
Residents rally against trail proposal
Springfield Sun, Pa
August 18, 2006
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17083487&BRD=1306&PAG=461&dept_id=187832&rfi=6

District sells tract
The Globe, Fort Washington, PA
August 18, 2006
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17083016&BRD=1306&PAG=461&dept_id=187821&rfi=6

Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Thursday, August 17, 2006
 
Editorial: For dissent, choose the right issue
The York Dispatch, Pa
Agusut 17, 2006
http://www.yorkdispatch.com/viewpoints/editorial/ci_4195708

Couple still fighting to save home
Ardmore Main Line Life, Pa
August 17, 2006
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17065285&BRD=1597&PAG=461&dept_id=188818&rfi=6

DEP puts Simon Silk Mill cleanup on top of its to-do list
Allentown Morning Call, PA
August 17, 2006
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/easton/all-b1_3silkaug17,0,2160586.story?coll=all-newslocaleaston-hed

Borough bids for property, drops eminent-domain plan
The Patriot News, Harrisburg, PA
August 17, 2006
http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/115578964897580.xml&coll=1

Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Tuesday, August 15, 2006
 
BV eyes property seizures
The Valley Independent, Pittsburgh, PA
August 15, 2006
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/valleyindependent/news/bellevernon/s_466173.html

Land seizure on Broad OK'd
The York Dispatch, PA
August 15, 2006
http://www.yorkdispatch.com/local/ci_4183700

Earl orders Tiki Bar taken; owner vows fight to the finish

The Reading Eagle, Pa
August 15, 2006
http://www.readingeagle.com/re/news/1555006.asp

Supervisors still plan to take Tiki Bar
The Pottstown Mercury, PA
August 15, 2006
http://www.pottstownmercury.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17054032&BRD=1674&PAG=461&dept_id=18041&rfi=6

Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Monday, August 14, 2006
 
Anti-flood ideas flow
The Pocono Record, PA
August 13, 2006
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060813/NEWS/608130330

Roof work represents start of several weeks of major repairs
The Patriot News, Harrisburg, PA
August 13, 2006
http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1155423309175490.xml&coll=1

Getting around: State to pay owners more for property acquisitions
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA
August 13, 2006
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06225/712886-147.stm

Only county site
The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa
August 13, 2006
http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17048683&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=416046&rfi=6

Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Friday, August 11, 2006
 
Supervisors hear pros, cons of Lauxmont
The York Daily Record, PA
August 11, 2006
http://www.ydr.com/newsfull/ci_4167247

Debate in Lower Windsor
The York Dispatch, Pa
August 11, 2006
http://www.yorkdispatch.com/local/ci_4168409

Highpoint on tour
The York Daily Record, Pa
August 11, 2006
http://www.ydr.com/lauxmont/ci_4167238

Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Thursday, August 10, 2006
 
Legion frustrated with Union Twp.
Lebanon Daily News, PA
August 10, 2006
http://www.ldnews.com/news/ci_4161615

Lake investor appeals loss to high court
The Reading Eagle, PA
August, 10, 2006
http://www.readingeagle.com/re/news/1552885.asp

Eminent domain turned on its ear in Brewerytown
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA
August 10, 2006
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/15237501.htm

Opinion: Why everyone should be passionate about economics
The Evening Bulletin, Philadelphia, Pa
August 9, 2006
http://www.theeveningbulletin.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17033269&BRD=2737&PAG=461&dept_id=574088&rfi=6

Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Wednesday, August 09, 2006
 
Triangle pick has critics
The York Daily Record, PA
August 9, 2006
http://www.ydr.com/newsfull/ci_4155420

Vacancies 'hampering' city
The Daily Local News, Chester, PA
August 9, 2006
http://www.dailylocal.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17029835&BRD=1671&PAG=461&dept_id=17782&rfi=6

Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Tuesday, August 08, 2006
 
Will the government take your home?
Parade Magazine
August 6, 2006
http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2006/edition_08-06-2006/AEminent_Domain

Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Monday, August 07, 2006
 
Editorials: Lawsuit could mean millions to Reading
Reading Eagle, Pa
August 6, 2006
http://www.readingeagle.com/blog/editorials/archives/2006/08/lawsuit_could_m.html

Dispute over bus terminal's value
The York Dispatch, Pa
August 4, 2006
http://www.yorkdispatch.com/local/ci_4136013

Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Friday, August 04, 2006
 
Lancaster Square plans dumped
Lancaster New Era, PA
August 3, 2006
http://local.lancasteronline.com/4/24539

Conservancy releases 2006 Preservation Watch List
Main Line Times, Ardmore, PA
August 3, 2006
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16999373&BRD=1676&PAG=461&dept_id=43786&rfi=6

Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Thursday, August 03, 2006
 
Property seizure petition denied
The Times-Tribune, Scranton, PA
August 3, 2006
http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17001423&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=416046&rfi=6

Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Wednesday, August 02, 2006
 
County legal bills mounting
Lancaster New Era, PA
August 1, 2006
http://local.lancasteronline.com/4/24478

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