Citizens in Charge

This video is getting multiple airs during prime time on St. Louis TV news.  KTVI-TV covers the efforts of a Missouri group to qualify a constitutional amendment for this fall’s ballot.

Property owners in Montana would be compensated for state actions that only partially reduce their property value under a ballot initiative currently gaining signatures. Under current law a property owner is paid compensation only when a government action reduces a property’s value in its entirety, meaning that governments can take actions that significantly impact property values without owing any compensation.

 

Read the story from the Clark Fork Chronicle

At their regular meeting this week, the city council for Arnold, MO took up and passed a resolution rebuking the Missouri Municipal League for their obstruction of an eminent domain ballot initiative.