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Trans-Texas Corridor: A Democratic Process?

In our modern milieu, when a governmental authority asserts its power, the impact on certain individuals' lives is often lost on those not directly affected.

However, those that aren't directly affected should not pass off the issue as "not their problem," especially when it involves today's form of government.

Government ALWAYS needs watching, very carefully.

Whether the issue is right or wrong depends, in the final analysis, on the people and how loud a voice they can put to that issue.

In Texas, we live in a democratic society and the opportunity for the individual to express his or her opinion remains a fundamental right and an occasion for them to plea their case.

Given the Texas power structure, that may or may not be enough to sway the direction of things.

That's kind of where the pros and cons of the Trans-Texas Corridor debate is today.

Here's a video where a goodly number of Texans stand up and express their opinion.

9:51 minutes

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Trans-Texas Corridor: Boondoggle or Visionary?

The Trans-Texas Corridor (TTC) has been in the works for years now and has been quietly promoted by Texas Governor Rick Perry, the staffs of the Texas Department of Transportation and other Texas governmental agencies and numerous persons in the private sector.

Although there has been opposition to the project since the idea softly made its way into the public's attention earlier this decade, the last two years have seen many heated town and county meetings where incensed landowners wanted answers from governmental officials about this "superhighway."

There have also been changes in state law that complicate things a bit.

What follows over the next several months will be a series of podcasts and videocasts on the subject of the Trans-Texas Corridor.  You'll hear and see both pro and con on the subject.  Your conclusions will be reflected in the Comments section of each posting, that's if you care to leave a Comment.

First, let's take a look at the story as presented by this well-done video piece from the Texas Department of Transportation's website promoting the TTC.

12:00 minutes

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Wind Energy's Impact on Land Value: an interview with Allen Price

(Originally produced for Texas Rural Land News & Review which merged with The Texana Review in March 2008)

Allen Price is an attorney-at-law and senior partner with the Smith, Rose, Finley, Harp & Price law firm in San Angelo. 

Mr. Price grew up in Sterling County and, after graduating from Abilene Christian University, took a law degree from Texas Tech.

He started out specializing in Estate Planning and Probate law but has recently become heavily involved in wind energy issues.

He's a rural landowner himself and has been a steady counsel for other landowners in negotiating leases with wind energy developers.

 

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18:10 minutes

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Wind Energy's Impact on Land Value: an interview with Jack Hunt

(Originally produced for Texas Rural Land News & Review which merged with The Texana Review in March 2008)

Jack Hunt has been president and CEO of the King Ranch since 1995 and has steadily worked to diversify the assets of the famous ranch. 

He also has strong views on wind energy especially as it impacts the environment along the Texas coast.

So I posed the same question to Mr. Hunt that I posed to the other panelists for this series

“Does the presence of wind turbines on any given farm or ranch property enhance or detract from that property’s market value?”

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19:00 minutes

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Wind Energy's Impact on Land Value: an interview with Kathleen McKenzie Owen

(Originally produced for Texas Rural Land News & Review which merged with The Texana Review in March 2008)

Kathleen McKenzie Owen has been counseling rural land buyers and sellers since the mid-1980s and has enjoyed quite a bit of success in the process.  She’s one of those who returns what she has been provided by her business efforts back to her business.

She says she's retired, but she still instructs for the Realtors Land Institute. And most recently, she has taken on the job of Chairperson of the Resorts and Second Homes Committee for the National Association of Realtors.

Ms. Owen holds the ALC designation from the Realtor’s Land Institute and with her many years of experience in rural land brokerage in Texas, she offers some interesting insights into wind energy development in the state.

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10:30 minutes

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Wind Energy's Impact on Land Value: an interview with Karl Armstead

(Originally produced for Texas Rural Land News & Review which merged with The Texana Review in March 2008)

Karl Armstead grew up in Arizona but after a stint in Agricultural Operations at the First National Bank of Midland, he began brokering and appraising rural property in west Texas in 1989. 

From the Fort Stockton area, he’s in the thick of wind energy development in west Texas. He holds the ARA designation awarded by American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers.

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13:00 minutes

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Wind Energy's Impact on Land Value: an interview with Judon Fambrough

(Originally produced for Texas Rural Land News & Review which merged with The Texana Review in March 2008)

Judon Fambrough is a senior lecturer and attorney-at-law with the Texas Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University.

For nearly 30 years he has informed landowners about their property rights and how to protect and utilize those rights. So, I thought he’d be a good person to ask:

“Does the presence of wind turbines on any given farm or ranch property enhance or detract from that property’s market value?”

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16:00 minutes

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Wind Energy's Impact on Land Value: an interview with Steven Thompson

(Originally produced for Texas Rural Land News & Review which merged with The Texana Review in March 2008)

Steven E. Thompson is an attorney-at-law and founder of Steven E. Thompson & Associates, P.C.  He's been an active advocate for landowners opposing wind energy development in certain areas of Texas.

Mr. Thompson is one of the few attorneys in Texas, if not the nation, who have been involved in litigation in regard to wind energy and wind energy rights. His insights are interesting and thoughtful.

Listen to Mr. Thompson’s comments…

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14:30 minutes

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Download a transcript of Steven Thompson's interview HERE

 

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Wind Energy's Impact on Land Value: an interview with George Clift

(Originally produced for Texas Rural Land News & Review which merged with The Texana Review in March 2008)

 

George Clift is a principal in Clift, Scott & Associates in Amarillo. He and his associates sell, appraise and auction property in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. 

Mr. Clift is an Accredited Land Consultant through the Realtors Land Institute and is the immediate past president of the Texas Realtors Land Institute. His take on what’s happening in the Panhandle area with wind energy is informative.

 

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10:45 minutes

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Download a transcript of George Clift's interview HERE

 

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Wind Energy's Impact on Land Value: An interview with Tom Lee

(Originally produced for Texas Rural Land News & Review which merged with The Texana Review in March 2008)

Tom Lee is a principal in Lee, Lee & Puckitt Associates in San Angelo.  He and his firm specialize in farm and ranch sales and appraisal. 

Mr. Lee travels extensively throughout central west Texas and has ample opportunity to chat with landowners about any number of rural land issues. As a result, he has a good finger on the pulse of how wind energy is and will affect the land.

He's also a ranch manager and landowner and is a frequent contributor to Texas Rural Land News & Review.

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16:00 minutes

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Download a transcript of Tom Lee's interview HERE

 

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