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Proposition 2: “Eminent Domain/Regulatory Takings”…or Not?

Monday, October 23, 2006
11:45 am – 1:15 pm, The Grove Hotel, Boise

Speakers:

Heather A. Cunningham, Esq.	Jerry Mason, Esq.

The only thing proponents and opponents of Proposition 2 agree on is that its implications are profound. They even disagree about whether the initiative’s title is accurate. At this forum, two experts will examine Prop. 2’s potential effects on governmental restrictions on private property rights, just compensation for loss of property values, the viability of future planning and zoning regulation and last year’s legislative reform of eminent domain.

Bring your questions and be prepared for a lively exchange on the pros and cons of quite possibly the most significant measure on the Nov. 7 ballot.

Heather Cunningham has practiced law since 1996 with the Boise firm of Davison, Copple, Copple & Cox, primarily representing property owners facing condemnation or involved in zoning, access and related issues, and owners in inverse and regulatory takings cases. She obtained her B.A. from Hillsdale College in 1993 and her J.D. from Pepperdine Law School in 1996. Cunningham has drafted legislation to protect private property rights, and she volunteers time to change Idaho law affecting condemnees.

Jerry Mason, an Illinois native, has served as a local government administrator and legal counsel to local government officials in Idaho for 35 years, including 11 years as a public planner and 20-plus years in local government legal practice. He serves as counsel to the Association of Idaho Cities and to the board of trustees of the Idaho Counties Risk Management Program (ICRMP), a 600-member local government liability and property insuring pool. A 1970 graduate of Illinois College in economics and business, he holds graduate degrees from Idaho State University (M.A., Government, 1978) and the University of Idaho (J.D., 1985).

Forum chair: Jim Weatherby

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