Lawyer wins another round in eminent domain case against the city

City might argue the case in a lower court.

By Sarah Coppola

AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF

Saturday, January 28, 2006

Little Guys who take on the government rarely win, unless the Little Guy is a guy like Harry Whittington.

https://web.archive.org/web/20060302185341/http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/01/28harry.html

On Saturday, February 11, 2006, Whittington was accidentally shot by U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney during a quail hunting trip, at a ranch in south Texas. Most of the damage from the shotgun blast was to the right side of his body, including damage to his face, chest, and neck, and he had a collapsed lung. He was taken to Corpus Christi Memorial Hospital by ambulance and put into intensive care. The accident was not announced in the news media until the White House confirmed the incident to the Corpus Christi Caller-Times approximately 12 hours after the incident.

Cheney was the Chairman and CEO of Halliburton Company from 1995 to 2000.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Cheney

The company has been involved in numerous controversies, including its involvement with Dick Cheney – as U.S. Secretary of Defense, then CEO of the company, then Vice President of the United States – and the Iraq War, and the Deepwater Horizon, for which it agreed to settle outstanding legal claims against it by paying litigants $1.1 billion.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halliburton

Carlyle Group, Halliburton Getting Rich Off Iraq War

Published: Friday, March 28, 2003

Since World War II, dozens of U.S. companies have made a "killing" from military conflict. President Dwight David Eisenhower was the first to refer to these companies as the "military industrial complex." The financial and political clout of these companies has risen and waned through the years, depending on who was in power and what the international climate was like.

Whatever one thinks of the morality or necessity of our war in Iraq, one thing is undeniable: certain well-placed companies are making millions of dollars off the war. Two companies with close ties to the Bush and Cheney families that are reaping huge profits are the Halliburton Company and the Carlyle Group.

The Carlyle Group is so proficient at raking in government contracts that it is often referred to as the "Ex-Presidents Club." Some of the West's biggest and most powerful political leaders are helping to guide Carlyle through the muddy waters of governmental red tape and are reaping huge benefits in the process.

https://chuckbaldwinlive.com/Articles/tabid/109/ID/862/Carlyle-Group-Halliburton-Getting-Rich-Off-Iraq-War.aspx

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Carlyle_Group