This is what happened in 2018 to a group of landowners in the Texas Hill Country, their story is the basis for the eye-opening documentary “Battle for the Heart of Texas” which screens tonight as part of the Earthx Film Festival in Dallas.įilm industry veteran John Claiborne Brown makes his documentary directorial debut by showcasing what author-historian Joe Nick Potoski called “the biggest hypocrisy on the part of leadership in Texas”. Sure, you’ll get compensated for your land (maybe) but at a fraction of what it’s worth and after the appropriation takes place, you can rest assured that it will be worth a lot less. If you’re a landowner in the state of Texas there are two words you never want to hear, “Eminent Domain.” They mean the government or its agent, in this case, the energy company Kinder Morgan, has a right to claim your private property for public use and there’s nothing you can do to stop them.
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