"What happened to the protection from eminent domain that our state leaders promised?"
Swath across this state
August 29, 2006
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Copyright 2006
What happened to the protection from eminent domain that our state leaders promised after the Supreme Court ruling in Kelo vs. New London?
In our area alone, eminent domain has been or will be used for such private developments as the Dallas Cowboys stadium and the Trinity River Vision. Now it appears that it could be my family's turn with the Trans-Texas Corridor toll road.
My grandfather owned two cotton gins in Belfalls and Oenaville from the 1930s through the 1970s. My mother proudly owns two farms in the same area.
I'm stunned by the massive amount of acreage (more than 1 million acres) that the Trans-Texas Corridor would carve out and destroy across the state. If Gov. Rick Perry and the Texas Department of Transportation really wanted feedback on the environmental impact, even the most simple-minded citizen could list about a thousand reasons why concrete, machinery and pollution will destroy fertile farmland.
Thousands of homes, farms, businesses, schools, waterways and cemeteries are in the path of this pork-barrel project. The key to my family's keeping our land is getting rid of this hare-brained scheme and ending the abuse of eminent domain.
We don't want toll roads, we despise taking farmland and pouring concrete, and we're disgusted that our land will belong to a private company from Spain.
Linda Lancaster, Arlington
© 2006 Fort Worth Star-Telegram: www.dfw.com
August 29, 2006
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Copyright 2006
What happened to the protection from eminent domain that our state leaders promised after the Supreme Court ruling in Kelo vs. New London?
In our area alone, eminent domain has been or will be used for such private developments as the Dallas Cowboys stadium and the Trinity River Vision. Now it appears that it could be my family's turn with the Trans-Texas Corridor toll road.
My grandfather owned two cotton gins in Belfalls and Oenaville from the 1930s through the 1970s. My mother proudly owns two farms in the same area.
I'm stunned by the massive amount of acreage (more than 1 million acres) that the Trans-Texas Corridor would carve out and destroy across the state. If Gov. Rick Perry and the Texas Department of Transportation really wanted feedback on the environmental impact, even the most simple-minded citizen could list about a thousand reasons why concrete, machinery and pollution will destroy fertile farmland.
Thousands of homes, farms, businesses, schools, waterways and cemeteries are in the path of this pork-barrel project. The key to my family's keeping our land is getting rid of this hare-brained scheme and ending the abuse of eminent domain.
We don't want toll roads, we despise taking farmland and pouring concrete, and we're disgusted that our land will belong to a private company from Spain.
Linda Lancaster, Arlington
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posted by Porkus Maximus Tex: at Tuesday, August 29, 2006
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