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Commentary: Taking a stand for property rights at the Supreme Court

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By Mike Fahner
| Capital Press Verified
Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015, began like any other day at Cedar Point Nursery, in Northern California’s Butte Valley. It was early and we were operating at full capacity when chaos erupted. Union activists stormed our facility by surprise. Before the day was over, we found ourselves in a legal fight for our company, our employees, and our private property rights. A fight that the U.S. Supreme Court settled last week. My wife and I founded Cedar Point Nursery in the late 1990s.
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Get off my property!

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By Before dawn, Mike Fahner
| KPC Media Group Verified
Not in California, where politicians allow union organizers to raid farms. “If I didn’t allow them, I’m the one going to jail,” says an outraged Fahner in my new video. “That is asinine.” The property invasion law’s supporters say the United Farm Workers union deserves the exception to property rules because rich farmers abuse migrant workers. I threw their argument at Fahner, who replied that it’s absurd to say he abuses workers, because they keep coming back: “450 people travel 400 miles ...
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