As part of Limited Government Week 2007, CSGI hosted a dinner conversation forum on Eminent Domain with speakers Carolynne White, Steven Greenhut, and Thomas DiLorenzo.
We have witnessed attempts at the taking of private land in Colorado. There is the case of the Palmer Lake School District's attempt at acquisition of a long time owned family ranch acreage for a new school building in the Monument Hill area, the case of the private toll road company's attempt to acquire acreage running north south on the eastern plains and the case of Fort Carson's attempt to acquire 418,000 expansion acres to add to the army base for its training needs.
In the light of these attempts and the focus in our area on Eminent Domain, it was appropriate for the Center for the Study of Government and the Individual to offer a forum on the subject. As part of our 2007 Limited Government Week Forum (April 30th - May 5th) we added an Eminent Domain event on May 2nd. [Click for a PDF of brochure]
PRESENTERS:
SESSION IV: Forum on Eminent Domain
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| This is a two hour presentation. During the first hour the session is introduced by Dr. Jim Null and then each presenter speaks for about 20 minutes. The second hour of the presentation is a question and answer pannel discussion moderated by Dr. Paul Prentice. |
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 Municipal Perspectives on Eminent Domain by Carolynne White. The first presenter of the evening,Carolynne White, was previously an attorney for the Colorado Municipal League and represented Colorado Municipalities before the Colorado General Assembly. She worked on state legislation dealing with growth management, comprehensive planning, impact fees, zoning, annexation, subdivision, urban renewal, condemnation and special districts. Ms. White will be speaking about municipal perspectives on Eminent Domain.
 The Misuses of Eminent Domain by Steven Greenhut. The second presenter of the evening, Steven Greenhut, is a senior editorial writer and columnist for the Orange County (California) Register and a blogger for blog.ocregister.com/orangepunch.He is the author of the 2004 book, Abuse of Power: How the Government Misuses Eminent Domain. Mr. Greenhut will offer various examples regarding the misuses of Eminent Domain.
 Eminent Domain during the historical period when the railroads were built by Dr. Thomas DiLorenzo. The last presenter of the evening, Dr. Thomas DiLorenzo, is a professor of economics at Loyola College, Maryland, and a senior fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute. He is the author or co-author of ten books, on subjects such as antitrust, groupinterest politics, and interventionism generally. He is the renowned author of the book, How Capitalism Saved America. Dr. DiLorenzo will speak about Eminent Domain during the historical period when the railroads were built.
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