Enbridge worked behind the scenes during the 2015 budget process to expand Wisconsin's eminent domain authority. There was no prior notice, no public hearings, no legislative debate, no transparency. The emails and drafting notes between Enbridge attorneys, Enbridge lobbyists, and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos's office had to be obtained by a Freedom of Information Act filing. You can read them here . The long-term legal ramifications of this change are not clear. What is clear is that Enbridge wanted the stat
Certainly the tax paying citizens of Wisconsin should expect and demand that the state legislators we elected protect our property rights from this egregious overreach.
In the infamous 2005 Kelo decision the US Supreme Court ruled the City of New London, CT could use eminent domain to take 15 homes and give the land to the Pfizer company for a research facility. Today the homes are gone, the facility was never built, and the land is vacant. In her dissent Justice Sandra Day O'Connor wrote: "the specter of condemnation hangs over all property. Nothing is to prevent the State from replacing any Motel 6 with a Ritz-Carlton, any home with a shopping mall, or any farm with a fa
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Stop Pipeline Expansion in Wisconsin - 80 Feet Is Enough!
Stop Pipeline Expansion in Wisconsin - 80 Feet Is Enough!
Stop Pipeline Expansion in Wisconsin - 80 Feet Is Enough!