Populist before it was capitalist
The United States is often held out as the world's principal beacon of free-market principles. To the extent that it backslides, there is thought to be little hope for such principles in other countri
...more Thomas Sowell on Property Rights
“Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: first, a right to life; secondly, to liberty; thirdly to property; together with the right to support and defend them in the best manner they
...more The Retributive Theory of Property
Property rights are collections of rights. In the first place: for something to be your property you must have the right to use or enjoy that thing. In the second place, you must have rights of contro
...more Lake Whatcom building ban extended another 6 months
A temporary ban on some subdivisions in the Lake Whatcom watershed will remain in effect for at least another six months.
Following a public hearing, the County Council on Tuesday, Aug. 10, voted 5
...more Neal Boortz: Take note of Marx’s mark in classroom
The beginning of another government school year is right around the corner, and with that comes your child’s first experience with the government’s attack on private property rights.
Now I know th
...more Independence and the Right to Private Property
It is truly a tragic sign of the times, that to be in favor of private property is increasingly viewed as being extreme. Witness the manner in which the New Left demonizes the political right, sneerin
...more Dorothy English is not the end of the story on land-use planning abuse
Advocates of land-use planning laws should celebrate rather than mourn the victory that the Oregon Supreme Court has granted to the estate of Dorothy English. If they are wise enough to respect this a
...more Americans relate to Founders, not Progressives
Democrats are reportedly planning to raise $125 million for a campaign to sell Obamacare to the voting public. Apparently the idea is that what 50-plus presidential speeches and statements and months
...more The battle to preserve property rights is in danger of being lost
It would be nice to find effective means of alerting the public as to what’s happening to our property rights without necessarily shouting at the top of one’s lungs.
A more graceful way of comment
...more Ugly debate embroils beautiful Salt Lake City neighborhood
Walking the dog by her 1922 Tudor, a woman winces at two behemoth homes that eclipse hers from a block away. On Yale Avenue, another lives in the shadow of an ambitious builder's latest redesign and f
...more The Horcrux Theory of Property
Among the several thousand articles I'm allegedly writing is one tentatively entitled The Horcrux Theory of Property. A confluence of events and ideas this week has prompted me to write about it here
...more Hotel Conference Center May Trump Private Property in Eminent Domain Case
In Auburn, New York, the city is threatening to invoke eminent domain to seize private property for a private hotel conference center, saying the public good outweighs the private property rights of s
...more Historic Preservation vs. Private-Property Rights
The recent battle between a property owner and the Morrison Historic Preservation Commission in Illinois has again reinforced the importance of private-property rights.
The battle centers around a
...more Man urges repeal of growth plan
Educate yourselves in Montana law, Dan Cox told more than 80 people at a Tuesday night meeting supporting repeal of Flathead County’s growth policy.
Only then, according to Cox, will private landow
...more Ancient Indian Village in Rhode Island Pits Preservation Against Property Rights
NARRAGANSETT, R.I. — Long before this town existed, there were Indians of that name who lived, camped, hunted, fished and grew maize in the woods and fields along the shoreline.
Now, archaeologica
...more S.F.’s housing mob and the death of property rights
By Michelle Malkin • April 5, 2010 10:13 AM
I’ve reported many times about the housing entitlement mob over the past several years. Boston has self-proclaimed bank terrorist and housing entitlement
...more Banks, Basketball, and Property Rights
On March 11, Barclays Capital took out a full-page ad in the front section of the Wall Street Journal to declare that it is “proud” to celebrate the groundbreaking for the new Barclays Center in the P
...more Setting Boundaries for Property Rights
The U.S. Supreme Court surprised many when it decided it would review an unusual Florida property rights dispute this fall. That case, Stop the Beach Renourishment v. Florida, involves some of the mos
...more Avatar’s hidden pro-property message
Forget its left-wing themes. At its core, the movie is about defending property rights — something conservatives should embrace.
Conservatives have been very critical of the Golden Globe-winning fi
...more Erosion of ownership rights
Property rights are under assault on at least six different fronts, from all branches and levels of government. The only encouraging news is that a seventh front - the beachfront property of Supreme C
...more PLF scores win in fight to save Puget Sound homeowner’s property
The Washington Court of Appeals this week handed a major victory to a Lummi Island homeowner, represented by Pacific Legal Foundation attorneys, who has been blocked by county officials from protectin
...more No economic reality for Redford
Robert Redford is an example of the human species at its finest — rich and good-looking, I mean — so naturally he would never consent to live in anything so tawdry as a "subdivision." During his vi...more
Experts: County should focus regulatory energies on upland areas rather than shorelines
An estimated 300 islanders crowded into Friday Harbor High School's Hall Gym on Tuesday to hear a panel of well-credentialed experts take issue with the state's best available science and pending chan
...more 65% Taking Declared Illegal
...more County Sued in Federal Court
The County of Santa Barbara isn’t in the clear yet when it comes to litigation from Adam Brothers Farming, Inc., which had a lawsuit filed in federal court on its behalf by attorneys from the Pacific
...more Can't Keep Them Down on the Farm
Rural King County residents are fighting back against environmental restrictions imposed by Seattleites. And they’ve just won a key battle.
...more Limitations put on challenges to growth
A Supreme Court ruling limits the ability of outside groups to challenge past growth decisions in Thurston County, a decision that has ramifications for property owners, developers and environmentalis
...more Rural property owners win one
Almost four years ago, urban area members of the King County Council launched an outrageous assault on property owners in the unincorporated areas of rural King County.
Over opposition from some o
...more Court rules against KC land clearing regs
In a July 7 decision, a panel of three Court of Appeals’ judges ruled that King County’s land clearing regulations, which are part of the so-called Critical Areas Ordinance that became effective in 20
...more King County's rural-land restrictions go too far, court rules
In a case that could determine how far local governments can go in limiting forest-clearing across entire watersheds, a state appeals court ruled Monday that a King County law went too far.
Rural p
...more Landlords may be held accountable for drug houses
RENTON, Wash. - King County may soon push for landlords to be held accountable in helping to shut down drug houses.
Councilman Reagan Dunn is pushing for an ordinance that would require landlords
...more Eminent domain measures' battle ends
A pitched battle between two ballot measures promising eminent domain reform - one of them backed by the California Farm Bureau - came to an end this week, with California voters choosing Proposition
...more Old law lets developers use old rules, thwarting Puget Sound protection, critics charge
On a forested parcel of land in Burien, above streams, wetlands and steep slopes, a new condo development is being built.
When it's done, the Westmark Development Company's Emerald Pointe condos, p
...more Paying landowners to protect Puget Sound
Everybody, it seems, wants to save Andrew Albert's farm.
The 90 acres of green hay fields and barns near Arlington hug the Stillaguamish River, which, with some restoration, could be home to abunda
...more The Cascade Agenda: a new conversation
The Cascade Land Conservancy is welcoming 1,800 of its closest friends to breakfast today. The annual awards program — the 13th — combines honors and coveted recognition of community leaders with the
...more ‘Smart growth’ plan met with opposition
Two dozen ranchers, contractors and real estate agents—most from the North County — asked county supervisors this week to delay or, preferably, kill the county’s long-awaited “smart growth” proposals,
...more Pilot project, or land grab?
The King County Council's comprehensive plan committee held a meeting last week at Snoqualmie Middle School to take input from the public on several proposals. The change proposed for Snoqualmie Valle
...more Support landowners who keep their property in forestry
Conversion of forestland is at an all-time high and accelerating.
The main force behind this is the difference in the value of land for development, versus growing timber.
...more Property rights are lawyer's passion
Hanging in the Sarasota conference room of law firm Brigham Moore is an earth-tone print of six Plains Indians seated and standing around a table with a parchment copy of the U.S. Bill of Rights in th
...more Forget global warming: Welcome to the new Ice Age
Snow cover over North America and much of Siberia, Mongolia and China is greater than at any time since 1966.
...more Big land deal, big questions
When the government sells public land, the law usually requires competitive bids so taxpayers get the best deal.
But King County is bypassing that rule for one of its largest land sales in recent y
...more Permanent burn ban planned in rural areas
The Puget Sound Clean Air Agency, which is in charge of air-quality laws in the three counties, announced Monday that it is planning to impose a permanent ban on burning related to land clearing and a
...more Let ferry users pay
I sent the following letter to each member of the King County Council regarding the taxes that will be levied to support the creation of the new ferry district and surprisingly, received only one repl
...more $36.8 million award for undevelopable land
Half Moon Bay city officials said Thursday they are stunned by a federal judge's order that the city pay a landowner $36.8 million for coastal property the court says the city damaged.
...more Bigger floodplain, bigger worries
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is in the middle of a dramatic revision of the country's floodplain maps that could curb development on several billion
...more Proposal jeopardizes future property rights
What's Measure 49 really about? The future. If Measure 49 passes, that future is bleak.
...more King County raises taxes to rebuild levees
King County residents will pay an additional $32 million in property taxes next year to rebuild levees that protect low-lying areas from floods.
...more Property rights group forms to fight Upper Sims project in Port Townsend
PORT TOWNSEND - A property rights group has formed to fight a proposed redesign of Upper Sims Way and creation of a taxing district to finance the project.
...more Property rights battle rages in Bonney Lake
The rights of private property owners are being debated in Bonney Lake these days.
...more A little "donut hole" creating a big problem for Maple Valley
MapleValley marks its 10th anniversary this week. The desire for self-determination of how the Maple Valley area would develop, and frustration and disagreement with the vision that King County held f
...more Higher taxes? Court clears way
Homeowners in some parts of the state could see larger local property-tax increases as the result of a state Supreme Court ruling on Thursday.
...more U.S. Sues Property Rights Ranchers Over Grazing on Federal Lands
WASHINGTON, DC, August 30, 2007 (ENS) - The U.S. Justice Department Wednesday sued two ranchers and the estate of a third rancher for trespassing on federal lands in Nevada. The ranchers, both living
...more On property rights, no better friend
John McCain has done a service to the conservative cause by injecting the issue of private property rights into the presidential campaign.
...more Foot ferries nearing a rebirth
A new-style Mosquito Fleet could ferry passengers across Puget Sound, and maybe even Lake Washington, under a plan approved unanimously Monday by the King County Council.
...more County parks levies get panel's OK
The Metropolitan King County Council has moved a step closer to asking voters in the August primary to levy $217 million in property taxes to maintain and expand parks.
...more Making a loud noise for fair use of property
The property-rights movement, said the speaker, "is not going away." He added, "At some level I think they're going to be successful."
...more Mole traps can lead to mountain of trouble
The surveillance meant hours in an unmarked car, staring down at a Kenmore home, waiting for something to happen. But, in the end, wildlife officer Lance Stevens Jr. got his man.
David Krick, aka,
...more L'Eggo My Lego
Some Seattle school children are being told to be skeptical of private property rights. This lesson is being taught by banning Legos.
A ban was initiated at the Hilltop Children's Center ...more
CAPR has given birth!
It's official. CAPR has a brand new San Juan chapter due to the organizing efforts of Frank Penwell. Frank has rounded up some willing helpers and has started our first official chapter. Stayed tuned
...more Regulation chokes housing market
For many years, people of all income levels were able to buy homes in the Puget Sound region because there were houses available within affordable price ranges. Today, a shocking proportion of the pop
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