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Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Monday, September 27, 2010
 
Opinion – William C. Kashatus: Pa.’s controversial windfall
The Philadelphia Inquirer, PA – Sep 27, 2010
…It's yet another way for the state to manipulate eminent domain to replenish its coffers and, in this case, those of the gas industry…

Northmont flood control work in sight
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA – Sep 25, 2010
…"The hope is we can successfully negotiate with these people, but we can always exercise eminent domain," Trout said of a municipality's legal authority to take properties at a fair price…

Once blighted home finds new owner
Ferry Street property is part of Easton’s revitalization efforts.
The Morning Call, Allentown, PA – Sep 24, 2010
Easton's Redevelopment Authority took another step in its quest to revitalize blighted buildings throughout the city Thursday by selling a rehabilitated Ferry Street home acquired via eminent domain…


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Friday, September 24, 2010
 
Editorial: Attend now to pipeline safety
The Times-Tribune, Scranton, PA – Sep 24, 2010
…The bill, which does not address the separate question of whether pipeline companies should have powers akin to eminent domain in siting pipeline routes, should be passed to ensure the long-term safety of gas transmission lines.

Opinion – Cliff White: Authority may buoy waterfront section
The Centre Daily Times, State College, PA – Sep 24, 2010
…The authority itself also lacks some powers Borough Council has, such as the power to seize property through eminent domain — which was not discussed as a feasible option by authority members…

Opinion – Jim Kerr: Public shows power in stopping Exeter building purchase
Reading Eagle, Reading, PA – Sep 24, 2010
…2006: The Exeter School Board tries to secure 110 acres of farmland by eminent domain to build an elementary school. After costly court battles, the plan is dropped in 2008…


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Thursday, September 23, 2010
 
Tinicum’s future up in the air amid runway expansion plan
The Delaware County Daily Times, Primos, PA – Sep 23, 2010
…The airport and city of Philadelphia does not have eminent domain power in Delaware County and has been working toward the acquisitions in a voluntary fashion, officials said…

Lancaster County commissioners approve $34 million bond issue
Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster, PA – Sep 22, 2010
…Trocki had sued the county over the $8.3 million he was paid when the county took the building from him by eminent domain in 2004. He believed the building was worth more…


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Wednesday, September 22, 2010
 
Pink pig, activists protest feared ‘land grab’
WGAL-TV, Lancaster, PA – Sep 21, 2010
…Some property owners worry that forced pooling may take on an eminent-domain like power, where the state determines the value of gas beneath their land, pay it and then allow the gas companies to tap into the resource…


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Monday, September 20, 2010
 
Landowners concerned over gas companies
Standard Speaker, Hazleton, PA – Sep 20, 2010
…"This subterranean eminent domain is something every Pennsylvanian will realize is a violation of their constitutional rights," Stilp said…

Fate sealed for dilapidated Philipsburg buildings
Centre Daily Times, State College, PA – Sep 19, 2010
…McDonald said the borough will either buy the 115 lot from Bratton, spending up to $8,500, or take it through eminent domain…

Pipeline company gearing up for Marcellus gas
Lancaster Farming, Lancaster, PA – Sep 18, 2010
…If a right of way cannot be negotiated, the pipeline company is authorized to employ eminent domain to secure the necessary land rights, although this is used as a last resort…

Bill transfers pipeline regulation to PUC
The Times-Tribune, Scranton, PA – Sep 18, 2010
…Mr. Baker's legislation steers away from the controversial issue of pipeline companies exercising eminent domain as a public utility to acquire private property for a pipeline…

223d birthday party for the Constitution
The Philadelphia Inquirer, PA – Sep 18, 2010
The National Constitution Center celebrated the 223d anniversary of the signing of the Constitution on Friday by hosting 223 students from Philadelphia's Constitution High School, honoring a Connecticut woman for her groundbreaking legal effort against eminent domain…

‘Rustic’ cabin worth saving
Lebanon Daily News, Lebanon, PA – Sep 17, 2010
…Bordner was the last holdout when the state took the surrounding land by eminent domain to create the park. He lived in the cabin until his death in the 1970s…

Brownsville to take control of downtown properties
KDKA-TV, Pittsburgh, PA – Sep 17, 2010
…"We realized several years ago that the only way we were going to have a real impact on downtown Brownsville is if we gained possession of these properties and we took the ultimate force of using eminent domain,"…


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Friday, September 17, 2010
 
Settlement would give pipeline companies conditional condemnation powers
The Times-Tribune, Scranton, PA – Sep 17, 2010
…Landowner-initiated remediation. After negotiations have reached an impasse, landowners have the ability to opt for nonbinding PUC mediation before eminent domain is begun…

Another pipeline project proposed in PA
The River Reporter, Narrowsburg, NY – Sep 16, 2010
…Regarding eminent domain, FERC’s stated preference is to utilize private contracts between the holders of approved projects and landowners, not to start condemnation proceedings, although the law allows for such if necessary…


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Thursday, September 16, 2010
 
Bill aims to resurrect unused land
Sun Gazette, Williamsport, PA – Sep 16, 2010
…A land bank, Yaw noted, would not have eminent domain powers.
The idea of today's hearing is to receive feedback from the public, Yaw said…


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Wednesday, September 15, 2010
 
Protestors blast concessions drillers want tied to severance tax
The Times-Tribune, Scranton, PA – Sep 15, 2010
…"This subterranean eminent domain is something every Pennsylvanian will realize is a violation of their constitutional rights," Mr. Stilp said…

Drilling activists rally at Capitol
The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PA – Sep 15, 2010
…Forced pooling, also called “fair pooling,” is described as “eminent domain in sheep’s clothing” by speaker and activist John Trallo of Sullivan County. Essentially it would allow natural gas companies to acquire land from owners who have not leased their property but are situated among a group of landowners who have…

Forced pooling targeted
Citizens Voice, Wilkes-Barre, PA – Sep 15, 2010
…"This subterranean eminent domain is something every Pennsylvanian will realize is a violation of their constitutional rights," Stilp said…

Groups protest ‘forced pooling’ in proposed gas tax
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA – Sep 14, 2010
…Activist Gene Stilp denounced such an idea, calling it "subterranean eminent domain,'' and contending it would allow gas companies to drill under a landowner's property even if the owner didn't want to lease his land for gas exploration…


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Monday, September 13, 2010
 
Jury sets home values in Pa. town hit by mine fire
Beaver County Times, Beaver, PA (Associated Press) – Sep 12, 2010
…A $42 million government relocation program was largely completed by 1993, when officials invoked eminent domain to get dozens of holdouts to leave….

Opinion – Ed Gebhard: Franklin Mint plan a bad development
The Delaware County Times, Primos, PA – Sep 12, 2010
…I understand neither the state nor the township can enact eminent domain for a commercial development. If the homeowners refuse to sell, does that kill your parallel road?...

Opinion – Edward Smith: Gas drilling’s threat to our water
The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, PA – Sep 12, 2010
…Pipeline companies are trying to obtain the legal status of utilities so they will have the power of eminent domain and can seize property as they wish…

Little Buffalo park was his love, legacy
The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, PA – Sep 11, 2010
…On top of that, the state had to use eminent domain to obtain the land, recalls Fred Noye, who later held Holman's old seat representing the 86th House district.


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Thursday, September 09, 2010
 
Panel hears pipeline debate
The Times-Tribune, Scranton, PA – Sep 9, 2010
A UGI Utilities Inc. executive warned of costly delays without federal control over siting of interstate natural gas pipelines, while property owners who won an eminent domain fight called for more grass-roots involvement in the process…

Panel approves $114,000 for Brownsville properties
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA – Sep 9, 2010
...The board this week directed its attorney to seek a court order that will allow them to put the money into an escrow account in an eminent domain case involving properties owned by one of Liggett's companies, Manor Investments…

Leister ‘squatters’ ordered out
The Morning Call, Allentown, PA – Sep 8, 2010
…"The township is arguing about a lease that should have never existed, and [Dikeman and Floyd] have become political pawns in an effort to find a use for a property the township should have never taken by eminent domain in the first place."…

Haverford land development plans to be presented Sept. 23
News of Delaware County, Holmes, PA – Sep 8, 2010
…The township acquired the site through eminent domain after attempts to negotiate a purchase price with former owners failed to reach a mutually acceptable conclusion…


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Tuesday, September 07, 2010
 
Gas pipeline company in talks with opponents
Ithica Journal, NY – Sep 6, 2010
…Several Pennsylvania landowners spoke out against the project at a pair of public hearings in Great Bend and Montrose in July. Many worried granting public utility status would give the company the ability to seize land through eminent domain…


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Monday, September 06, 2010
 
Fly-over ramp won’t eliminate two McKeesport businesses
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA – Sep 3, 2010
After concern that McKeesport could lose two of its businesses through eminent domain to make way for a $5.7 million fly-over ramp, city officials announced this morning that Eat'n Park and Rite Aid will remain on Lysle Boulevard…


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