Georgians have a little left from what our Founders gave us. Sadly, much of our inheritance has been frittered away by politicians who claim to be conservative protectors of the Constitution they declared to protect and preserve.

Many Georgians are concerned about abuse of the power of Eminent Domain. Many Georgians also have been led to believe that the Constitutional Amendment on the ballot for November will protect their property rights.

As soon as the distribution of the previous article on our November amendment started we received many questions asking why such a bill was passed in the Legislature. Since we do not yet have our own Southern Party members elected to that body we can only make assumptions based upon facts.

Eminent Domain – or rather government abuse of eminent domain powers is a major issue this year. While this problem has been with us for many years it reached national prominence with the recent Supreme Court decision, providing federal protection for State and local government abuse of eminent domain powers.

Is Your Property Safe Rally - Cullman, Al - Saturday May 20 10:00 AM. Four examples of eminent domain/property rights abuse are currently active in the Cullman area. The victims of the abuse will speak and flyers explaining their status will be passed out. SEE INFO BELOW FOR DETAILS OF THE RALLY. Y'ALL COME.

We hope that all have received a copy of the first issue of our newspaper, "A Real Choice", if not give us a call - 877-903-0996 and we will send you one while they last.  It was produced in quantity 5,000 and all but the last hundred have been distributed by a combination of direct mail, personal contact and through various Southern organizations and Companies. The response to date has been very positive. For once, no one has called this "preaching to the choir."

Just received the following good news. Private Property Rights in Georgia won a major court case in Stockbridge. More details to follow as they are available:

When our Founding Fathers created the Constitution of 1787 they used the term public to define for what purposes government could exercise "eminent domain." Eminent domain is of course the power of the government (federal, State and local) to seize a citizen's property against their will.

The Southern Party of Georgia was honored to be invited to a Forum on Eminent Domain and Private Property Rights. The Georgia League of the South issued invitations to the Georgia Republican, Democratic, Southern, Libertarian and Constitution Parties to participate.

At 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 9th, there will be rally held in front of Tuscaloosa Furniture, address 2223 6th Street (6th  St. @ 23rd Ave), Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to enlighten citizens of the need for effective Eminent Domain legislation.

In the box below you will find a partial list of the various eminent domain bills in the Georgia Legislature. While it is encouraging to see our elected officials addressing this very important issue, it is very hard to determine exactly what is going on.

Eminent domain is the power of government to seize - against their will - the property of citizens for public use. The original intent of this power was to build public facilities; ie. roads, bridges, buildings, etc.

As expected this year's Legislature has a bumper crop of bills associated with eminent domain, the power of the government to forcibly and without your consent seize your property. In our view the only bills that should be supported are bills that close one or more of the loopholes that allow abuse by the government - or - that provide protections to the citizens.

Expect a rash of bills associated with eminent domain powers during this Legislative Session and be wary of them. There are four clauses in the Georgia Constitution that provide the wording that allows seizure of your property for "private use" and any bill that does not close one or more of these loopholes is just "lip service."

The solution is to clarify the wording in the Georgia Constitution to protect your property from those elected and appointed officials who do not understand “not private” and pander to special interests. The wording in the Constitution has to be clarified or improved to prevent the Legislature from enacting laws which further erode your property rights of the citizens and activist judges from using "fuzzy logic" to unduly violate citizens property rights.