Property Rights

glatt · 05-04-2006, 07:32 AM

Griftopia is threatened? That sucks!

billybob · 05-04-2006, 12:07 PM

Kelo v. New London

http://powerlineblog.com/archives/010822.php

The right of local government to kick you out for the sake of economic development has already been contested.The government won.

What is sad is that in this case, the power company lacks the balls to be up front and tell people exactly what is happening. At the end of the day, they will put their power lines exactly where they want to. Looks like they didn't pick a PR company with the necessary experience in the field of compulsory development. Rather than hamfistedly trying to sidestep the affected parties, the usual procedure is to tell them the truth and suffer the protests until the victims realise the futility of their arguments.NOBODY WANTS POWER LINES IN THEIR BACK YARD, BUT EVERYONE WANTS POWER.

Griff · 05-04-2006, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

Griftopia is threatened? That sucks!

They haven't released the secondary route map that looks like my area but it does not look good.

This is a weird case because it is a NY company potentially trying to run their lines through rural PA to NY. If it were local gov it wouldn't be a problem. We can handle our locals. Let the letter writing begin.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-05-2006, 08:09 PM

I should think the PA politicians would be in a "can't lose" position, if they oppose this. That doesn't happen often.

Griff · 05-05-2006, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I should think the PA politicians would be in a "can't lose" position, if they oppose this. That doesn't happen often.

That's what I'm hoping for, a little PA "patriotism".

xoxoxoBruce · 05-05-2006, 10:02 PM

Maybe, as insurance, we should raise a militia.
It's our constitutional right.

05-04-2006, 12:07 PM	#2
billybob pseudointellectual antipodean omnivore Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: New Zealand Posts: 91	Kelo v. New London http://powerlineblog.com/archives/010822.php The right of local government to kick you out for the sake of economic development has already been contested.The government won. What is sad is that in this case, the power company lacks the balls to be up front and tell people exactly what is happening. At the end of the day, they will put their power lines exactly where they want to. Looks like they didn't pick a PR company with the necessary experience in the field of compulsory development. Rather than hamfistedly trying to sidestep the affected parties, the usual procedure is to tell them the truth and suffer the protests until the victims realise the futility of their arguments.NOBODY WANTS POWER LINES IN THEIR BACK YARD, BUT EVERYONE WANTS POWER. __________________ This movie is invisible on any computer that is running pirated software

05-05-2006, 08:09 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I should think the PA politicians would be in a "can't lose" position, if they oppose this. That doesn't happen often. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-05-2006, 10:02 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Maybe, as insurance, we should raise a militia. It's our constitutional right. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-04-2006, 07:32 AM	#1
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