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Conaway Ranch Newspaper Articles

9/15/06: Ranch owner settles for raw deal in Yolo Co.

9/9/06: Yolo County Drops Its Eminent Domain Bid to Acquire Conaway Ranch

9/8/06: Conaway reaction split

9/8/06: Conaway Ranch pact struck

9/8/06: Yolo backs off seizure, strikes Conaway deal

9/7/06: Yolo County strikes deal averting condemnation of ranch

6/6/06: Conaway wins round in court

6/6/06: A legal twist in sale of land

5/17/06: Put the Brakes on Conaway

5/17/06: Yolo race keys on Conaway Ranch fight

5/8/06: Another view: Eminent Domain

4/13/06:Yolo gets key victory on Conaway Ranch

4/12/06: Poll backs Conaway foes

4/1/06: Future of Conaway Ranch under discussion

3/31/06: Dispute clouding vision for ranch’s future

3/29/06: New voice jumps into Conaway fray

3/20/06: Potential payday fuels fight over Conaway Ranch

3/19/06: Cattlemen oppose Conaway purchase

3/8/06: Revolution Under Way

3/5/06: Breaking the Silence

3/1/06: Conaway Cost Slammed

2/16/06: Land removed from Yolo bid to seize ranch

2/15/06: Better Way To Spend Tax Dollars (letter to the editor)

2/14/06: Another Government Taking

2/12/06: No Dice on Conaway Compromise

2/2/06: Conaway Acquisition Defended at Forum

1/17/05: Battle Builds Over a Coveted Parcel

1/10/06: The Yolo County Cabal

12/25/05: Yolo Bucks Trend for Conaway

12/9/05: Laws Needed to Protect Private Property Rights

12/5/05: Editorial: A Conaway Compromise?

12/1/05: Judge: Yolo Can Buy Conaway

11/27/05: Conaway Legal Costs Climb for County

10/27/05: Confessions on Conaway

10/18/05: Eminent Domain Foes will Appeal to Jury

10/18/05: Jury Probe Sought on Conaway

10/16/05: PR War for Conaway Ranch

10/13/05: County Hasn’t Made Case for Eminent Domain

10/2/05: Conaway Feud Prompts Bills on Eminent Domain

9/20/05: County Doesn't Have the Authority for Eminent Domain

9/15/05: Private vs. Public Property

9/13/05: Tribe Without Accountability

9/7/05: Property Rights

9/1/05: Managing Conaway

8/25/05: Whose Land Is It?

8/12/05: Public against ranch grab

8/10/05: The Soverign Reins Private property rights being eroded

8/5/05: State, federal efforts directed at undoing Supreme Court private property
decision

8/4/05: Controversial Conaway

7/28/05: Daniel Weintraub: Farmland battle shows eminent domain in practice

7/24/05: Survey: Most oppose Conaway Ranch plan

7/22/05: Conaway purchase foes sound off

7/21/05: County officials skip 'town hall' meeting citing bias of sponsors

7/21/05: Another look at Conaway Ranch

7/21/05: No new Conaway answers

7/20/05: Proposed amendment addresses issue of eminent domain

7/19/05: Eminent Despotism

7/16/05: Farm group says county not worthy of honor

7/16/05: Senators anger Yolo tribe

7/15/05: Conaway bill moves in Assembly Senate panel OKs partnership with county and tribe

7/13/05: Committee to look at land deal Conaway Ranch agreement faces hurdle

7/5/05: Yolo officials want to seize the property by eminent domain

6/30/05: Ranch owners meet the public

6/29/05: Critical fight over Conaway

6/23/05: Purchase creating questions

6/16/05: What Does Sovereign Mean? Indian tribes and the Conaway Ranch

6/8/05: Watchdog has doubts about Conaway deal; Eminent domain trial slated for Aug. 23

6/1/05: Wheeling and Dealing Figuring out the Board of Supervisors

5/24/05: Cunning County Fast one pulled for Conaway Ranch

5/20/05: Supervisors take major fire during forum

5/18/05: Tribe bankrolls Conaway

5/18/05: Yolo gets help with ranch purchase

5/18/05: Tribe to help acquire ranch

5/17/05: Rumsey Band to help Yolo preserve Conaway Ranch

5/10/05: Supervisors 'exercise' a bad dream

5/4/05: Funding Eminent Domain

5/4/05: Officials deny use of fees, Conaway Ranch purchase under scrutiny again

3/16/05: The times they are a changing

3/9/05: Conaway Ranch dispute remains unresolved

2/23/05: Conaway Ranch JPA meetings Postponed

1/5/05: Yolo County Farm Bureau

12/20/04: Local group buys Conaway Ranch

12/20/04: Conaway Ranch's sale is a surprise

11/16/04: Taxpayers Hear Conaway Critic

6/4/04: Conaway partners get to work

6/4/04: Yolo alliance formed to buy, preserve land

4/6/04: Conaway Deal Pursued 


 

 

 
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