“” listen to the podcast Produced by Leon Neyfakh of Slow Burn. Tenth episode of 5-4 Podcasd. Kelo v New London 21 April 2020. Five Points Business Improvement District (FPBID) is a quasi-government that has the power of eminent domain within its boundaries.
“It’s been decades since Manning Rollerson cut the grass in front of his grandmother’s home in Freeport, a petrochemical town of about 12,000 that’s situated on the Gulf, about an hour’s drive south of Houston. But he still remembers the way the wild onion would burn his eyes as he pushed a barely functioning … [Read more…]
“City Council has spent an inordinate amount of time in the last two years discussing residential metro/special districts. Longmonters’ eyes glaze over. Why should the residents of Longmont care? What are special and metro residential districts anyhow? Colorado State Title 32 Special Districts allows the creation of a third form of state government (a … [Read more…]
“The Colorado Supreme Court is supposed to act as a stout defender of civil liberties. But apparently all bets are off when it comes to private property. In that sphere the court seems to have embraced the Jesse James theory of property rights: If you can take it, it’s yours. At least you can … [Read more…]
“The Colorado Supreme Court is supposed to act as a stout defender of civil liberties. But apparently all bets are off when it comes to private property. In that sphere the court seems to have embraced the Jesse James theory of property rights: If you can take it, it’s yours. At least you can … [Read more…]
“Imagine if two of your neighbors got together, claimed they established a new town, and then “voted” to take your property from you using eminent domain. Crazy, right? Not in Colorado, where the owners of Woodcrest Homes are battling a competing developer’s attempt to use eminent domain to take their property. After battling in … [Read more…]
“Landowners who claim the government took their property – whether through regulation, use, occupation or other means – now can bring a claim for just compensation in federal courts, the U.S. Supreme Court recently decided, overturning 30 years of precedent that relegated plaintiffs to bringing inverse condemnation claims only in state court. The Fifth … [Read more…]
“In its never-ending quest to manage the human costs created by its own central planning, the City of Denver has upped the ante – with more central planning. The city has deliberately emphasized density over housing affordability, driven out manufacturing in order to attract white-collar jobs, promoted an anti-car agenda, and lobbied for policies … [Read more…]
“Step aside, Avengers. The story behind one of the nation’s real-life heroes is finally coming to the silver screen. Little Pink House, which opened in Denver on May 4, recounts how Susette Kelo went …” read the entire article Sibilla, Nick. Denver Post 4 May 2018.
“Developed by the University of Richmond’s Digital Scholarship Lab and released in December 2017, Renewing Inequality is an interactive, online project that maps the demographic profiles and footprints of thousands of urban renewal projects between 1950 and 1966. Using such resources as the federal government’s Urban Renewal Project Characteristics, Renewing Inequality reveals the sweeping … [Read more…]