The New York Times posts a story, “House Stands as Legacy to Fight Against Developers,” about one woman’s refusal to sell her modest Seattle, Washington area home to a redeveloper, even when offered $1 million. If a picture is worth a thousand words…
While the case is not like Kelo — or the
Given that Honolulu voters recently approved a $4B-plus rail system, an article from the San Francisco Chronicle about a new California law encouraging “local governments and builders to concentrate growth in urban areas orclose to public transportation hubs in an effort to reduceCalifornians’ use of cars and lower their greenhouse gas emissions” should be
In reviewing some of the comments posted on the Honolulu Advertiser’s November 1 report “Rail study doesn’t list all affected properties,” it seems several of the commenters have fairly severe misconceptions about how eminent domain law works in Hawaii. Let’s clear some up some myths.
On November 4, 2008, Honolulu voters are being asked to say yes or no to a proposed amendment to the Honolulu charter:
Shall the powers, duties, and functions of the city, through its director of transportation services, include establishment of a steel wheel on steel rail transit system?
A “yes” vote means that the proposed
Professor Kent Schooland has posted “Eminent Domain and the Eighth Commandment,” a piece with his thoughts about the morality of condemning property and the system of “just compensation.”
Given the realities of eminent domain, perhaps we should prepare our children with relevant civics lessons for the playground. Whena gang of kids wants to
In a story titled “Honolulu notifying landowners in way of planned rail route,” the Honolulu Advertiser reports “The city has started notifying residents living in the path of the planned $3.7 billion elevated commuter rail that all or part of their properties may be condemned. The letters, which are being sent out in
Several items today with a common theme of eminent domain and public use –
In “189 Hawaii properties in transit’s path,” the Honolulu Advertiser’s Sean Hao writes about the potential use of eminent domain to take private property along the path of Honolulu’s proposed $4B rail transit project:
Some landowners in the path of the new rail line, who may havelittle choice but to sell to the
Hawaii Public Radio has posted a five-part series ofreports on “Transit and Growth in Hawaii,” the third of which is themost interesting since it focuses on Honolulu’s proposed $4 billion+ railsystem. Each of the segments, however, is worth a listen:
Here’s a property owner from Denver, Colorado not afraid to tell us what he really thinks about eminent domain: the URL for his blog is eminentdomainsucks.com.
No surprise that someone who grabbed that domain name is a property owner on the business end of a condemnation action.