This Election Gives You Another Chance To Stand Up For Property Rights In Nevada
By: Doug Busselman, Executive Vice President
Nevada citizens spoke loudly in proclaiming their support for protection of private property rights when they passed the “Peoples’ Initiative to Stop Taking Our Land” (PISTOL), adding an extremely important and strong provision to the Nevada Constitution regarding private property protection. We were very glad to have been part of the campaign, persuading voters to send a clear signal to government to stop taking our property. In two different election cycles Nevada voters gave their majority support for passage of adding the PISTOL provisions to the state’s Constitution.
Most of the cause for support came from the 2005 U.S. Supreme Court’s disastrous decision to allow for government’s use of eminent domain, taking private property from one person and then giving it to another private party, enhancing the tax revenue government receives in the process. PISTOL clearly limited Nevada government entities from such activities.
In reading an article from the Las Vegas Review Journal, I was reminded that Nevada’s Legislators have set in motion a process to try and unravel some of the property rights protections gained in PISTOL’s addition to the state Constitution. Government authorities are troubled by the constraints which limit their ability to take private property and then use it for the public purposes allowed.
In reading the article I saw that this year’s election ballot will include the attempted weakening for the private property rights protection under Ballot Question 4. Granted, if Question 4 is passed, the total protection of private property rights won’t be washed away – but, there’s still no good reason to give government any more ability than they already have.
Nevada voters need to tell their elected representatives that they do not support the end-around effort being proposed to weaken what is a great protection of private property. Voting “NO” on Question 4 on the 2010 ballot would be the way to send that message, standing up for the protections Nevada citizens’ deserve.
Nevada citizens spoke loudly in proclaiming their support for protection of private property rights when they passed the “Peoples’ Initiative to Stop Taking Our Land” (PISTOL), adding an extremely important and strong provision to the Nevada Constitution regarding private property protection. We were very glad to have been part of the campaign, persuading voters to send a clear signal to government to stop taking our property. In two different election cycles Nevada voters gave their majority support for passage of adding the PISTOL provisions to the state’s Constitution.
Most of the cause for support came from the 2005 U.S. Supreme Court’s disastrous decision to allow for government’s use of eminent domain, taking private property from one person and then giving it to another private party, enhancing the tax revenue government receives in the process. PISTOL clearly limited Nevada government entities from such activities.
In reading an article from the Las Vegas Review Journal, I was reminded that Nevada’s Legislators have set in motion a process to try and unravel some of the property rights protections gained in PISTOL’s addition to the state Constitution. Government authorities are troubled by the constraints which limit their ability to take private property and then use it for the public purposes allowed.
In reading the article I saw that this year’s election ballot will include the attempted weakening for the private property rights protection under Ballot Question 4. Granted, if Question 4 is passed, the total protection of private property rights won’t be washed away – but, there’s still no good reason to give government any more ability than they already have.
Nevada voters need to tell their elected representatives that they do not support the end-around effort being proposed to weaken what is a great protection of private property. Voting “NO” on Question 4 on the 2010 ballot would be the way to send that message, standing up for the protections Nevada citizens’ deserve.
Posted by Doug Busselman at 9/27/2010 12:19 PM 
Categories: 2010 Elections
Tags: NO on Question 4 Nevada Property Rights Constitutional Change PISTOL
Categories: 2010 Elections
Tags: NO on Question 4 Nevada Property Rights Constitutional Change PISTOL
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