It's time to stop Eminent Domain for Private Gain in Missouri! Freedom is NOT Free |
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Recent Victims of Eminent Domain Abuse in Missouri |
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Dr. Homer and Julie Tourkakis But in 2004, my life was turned upside down when the city of Arnold unveiled a plan to “redevelop” the Arnold Triangle, a geographic area that includes my dental practice. The plan envisioned 250,000 square feet of retail space, an Office Depot and a Lowe’s store. <more>. |
Arnold, MO |
Mrs. Eleanor Miller |
Sugar Creek, MO |
| JoAnn and Arthur Bailey Hadley Township is a middle class neighborhood located in Richmond Heights, MO, a suburb in St. Louis, and it has been our home for 43 years. My husband and I raised our family here. We envisioned that this would always be our home. We added a beautiful family room on to our home and it is my favorite room in the house. Several years ago, our dream of staying in our home came crashing down on us. <more> |
Richmond Heights, MO |
Jane Carpenter Four years ago, Ozark city officials established the Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority to “clean up a dilapidated trailer park”. Four months later the LCRA blighted not only the 2-acre trailer park, but added 45 acres of homes and businesses, including my hundred-year-old bungalow. Since then we have faced slander, arrogance, deceit, and belittlement. <more> |
Ozark, MO |
Penelope Marth We are not against redevelopment, but we are against eminent domain abuse. We are not in favor of handing our property, and other property that is already in public use, over to a developer for private use to make a profit. When we received notice that the city had blighted our area for a grocery store and strip mall I was appalled to be threatened with eminent domain. Included in the area of taking are a park, a stream, acres of trees and land that has never been developed, and a playground. Also included in the area for redevelopment are 33 houses and 55 businesses. The homes on our street are all multi-generational homes, mine having been built by my grandfather and great-grandfather in 1920. I had two other great-aunts and uncles living in the neighborhood. <more> |
Sugar Creek, MO |
Custom Expansion Joints For the last 10 years they have wanted to expand their growing business and erect buildings to house large steel fabrication equipment. Unfortunately, the city and a developer have other plans for CEJ and their neighborhood. It isn't a road or a bridge - the government's power of eminent domain was being wielded so a developer could build a retail mecca featuring a Lowes. <more> |
Liberty, MO |
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“...all political power is vested in and derived from the people; that all government of right originates from the people ...” (Article I § 1 Missouri Constitution) |
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Missouri Citizens for Property Rights seeks to restore constitutional protection against private use eminent domain. |
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Endorsements
The
Heritage Foundation
“I
endorse the worthy and valuable principals of the Missouri
Citizens for Property Rights' proposed constitutional amendment
to better protect property rights, and I support the enactment
of any proposal like it that prevents abuses of traditional
eminent domain powers and provides safeguards against the
confiscation of private property for other private uses.”
-Todd
Gaziano, Director, Center for Legal and Judicial Studies The
Heritage Foundation
Property
Rights Alliance
“Property
Rights Alliance (PRA) commends Missouri Citizens for Property
Rights for their efforts to protect private property in the
state of Missouri. With the threat of eminent domain abuse
looming at the state and national level, it is imperative that
organizations and activists work together to protect property
owners and small business enterprises from government’s
grasp. PRA applauds the work of Missouri Citizens for Property
Rights and supports its continued efforts to protect the
Missourian property owner.” -Scott
A. LaGanga, Executive
Director of Property Rights Alliance (PRA)
Reason
Foundation
“I
have looked at a lot of legislation and efforts around the
country to limit eminent domain abuse. Most of them are
laudable. But the effort of Missouri Citizens for Property
Rights stands out from the crowd. Not only are they meticulous
about changing the law to confine eminent domain to true public
uses, they put real effort into discussing alternatives to
eminent domain for cities dealing with blight and economic
development challenges. I am impressed by how they combine a
hard line on property rights with an effort to address the
public policy consequences.“ Dr.
Adrian Moore,
Vice President, Reason Foundation (Blog)
American
Policy Center
“The
threat to private property is real. Since the Supreme Court's
ruling in Kelo VS New London, no home is secure. As the battle
rages across the country, two approaches have emerged: those
who try to appease, consequently doing little for property
owner's protection -- and those who are serious about
protecting private property from the ravages of Eminent Domain.
The effort by the Missouri Citizens for Property Rights takes
the no-compromising stand and gets it right.” Tom
DeWeese, President, American Policy Center
The
Rutherford Institute
"I commend the Missouri
Citizens for Property Rights in their work to protect the
rights of private property owners. This is essential
legislation and should be used in other states to ensure that
what happened in Connecticut by way of the U.S. Supreme Court's
Kelo decision does not happen again."--John
W. Whitehead, President, The Rutherford Institute
The
Claremont Institute
“Our
government officials seem to have lost their way. The primary
purpose of government is supposed to be the protection of the
inalienable rights of its citizens, including the right to own
property, yet all too frequently planning department
bureaucrats, with the sanction of both elected officials and
courts, view their role as implementing some communitarian
ideal, trampling individual rights for what these bureaucrats
believe to be the common good. I therefore applaud the efforts
of Missouri
Citizens for Property Rights to
reinvigorate the protection of private property that the
Missouri Constitution has historically afforded, amending the
constitution to forestall erroneous interpretations of the
long-standing provisions. The restoration of property rights as
one of our fundamental rights, deserving protection against
tyrannical majorities for all but the most compelling of public
use reasons, is an important battle, and I wish you much
success.” - John
Eastman, Director, The Claremont Institute Center for
Constitutional Jurisprudence and Professor of Law, Chapman
University School of Law
Defenders
of Property Rights-
“Defenders of Property Rights
applauds the Missouri Citizens for Property Rights for their
effort to restore the traditional, constitutional principles of
property rights in the state of Missouri. Considering the
recent tragic results of eminent domain abuse, it is essential
that organization’s collaborative efforts work towards
returning eminent domain to its appropriate use and prevent
private property owners from more unjust takings. Defenders of
Property Rights commends the determination of Missouri Citizens
for Property Rights in defending property rights and will
continue to support their efforts to minimize the victimization
of Missourian private property owners as a result of eminent
domain abuse.” – Nancie
Marzulla, President, Defenders of Property Rights
MEDAC (Missouri Eminent Domain Abuse – Coalition)
Concerned Citizens for Family Farms and Heritage, Doug McDaniel President-
The
O’Fallon Old Town Preservation Committee
“The
O’Fallon Old Town Preservation Committee is proud to
endorse the Missouri Constitutional Amendments proposed by the
Missouri Citizens for Property Rights.”
© Missouri Citizens for Property Rights Paid for by Missouri Citizens for Property Rights, Rick Westbrook, CPA, Treasurer |
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