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Environment & Energy

UpInArms

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5. Eminent domain is only for municipalities and utilities

Reply to OKIsItJustMe (Reply #3)

Fri May 29, 2026, 05:59 PM

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Not for corporate greed

And … you may see this as “open land,” but these people have been living and farming the same “open land” for at least five generations … this becomes a very personal issue for rural people.

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