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** Property Rights
Watch **
March 19, 2007
 Dear Fellow
North Carolinian,
I am pleased to report that a
bipartisan bill introduced in the N.C. House of Representatives
would allow us to vote on an amendment to protect our private
property from eminent domain abuse!
This bill,
House Bill 878,
was introduced by Representatives Paul Stam (R-Wake), Dan Blue
(D-Wake), David Lewis (R-Harnett) and Jim Harrell (D-Surry).
According to a release from Rep. Stam, the bill has 81 additional
co-sponsors.
A similar amendment was introduced
during last year's legislative session. Unfortunately, last
year's legislative leadership sent that bill (HB 2213) to a
committee to die. The amendment introduced during last year's
legislative session never even made it to the House floor.
It is our hope that House Bill 878 will be given fair
consideration by this year's legislative leadership. This
people of North Carolina deserve for this bill to be debated on the
House floor.
Some would have you believe that this
amendment is not necessary. They would have you believe that a
statute passed during last year's legislative session and signed
into law by Governor Easley gives us the level of protection we
need. That is not the case. Unfortunately, that law can easily be undone based on
the whims of a future legislature.
That's why we need a constitutional
amendment. Simply put, our private property rights are too
important to trust to the whims of future legislators. We need
a constitutional solution that will stand the test of time.
As citizens, we must unite to protect
our private property rights. Now is the time to make our voice
heard.
We Need Your Help: There are
four ways you can help with
our efforts to protect private property rights in North Carolina:
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Contact Your
Legislator: Make your voice heard by
contacting your legislators and asking them to support a
constitutional amendment to protect our private property
from eminent domain abuse. You can use the links
on the left side of this e-mail to determine who
represents you and find out how to contact them.
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Sign Our Petition:
If you have not already done so, please sign our
petition calling for a state constitutional amendment to
protect our property from eminent domain abuse.
Click here to sign the petition.
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Make a Contribution:
We need your financial support to ensure that
we are able to effectively communicate our message and make a strong stand for private property
rights. Every donation, whether $5.00 or
$5,000.00, is important.
Please click here to make a donation.
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Tell Five Friends: There
is strength in numbers. Please take a few minutes
to tell five of your friends about this organization.
Encourage them to sign our petition, and encourage them
to join our email list.
Click here to use our tell-a-friend form.
We need your help to protect the
private property of all North Carolinians. Please take the
time to help us with this important effort by doing these three
simple things.
Sincerely,
Kieran Shanahan
Chairman
P.S. Please support our
efforts by signing our
petition, making a financial
donation, and
telling five friends about our organization.
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