Say, Whatever Happened With The Kelo v. New London Issue?
You remember that, right? The public went ballistic to a point where even the Right and Left were in agreement. The Supreme Court justices who voted in favor of New London took boatloads of mule fritters for their vote. Many States passed legislation so that couldn’t happen to their residents. Hmmm, I wonder how the development is going 4 years later?
Weeds, glass, bricks, pieces of pipe and shingle splinters have replaced the knot of aging homes at the site of the nation’s most notorious eminent domain project.
There are a few signs of life: Feral cats glare at visitors from a miniature jungle of Queen Anne’s lace, thistle and goldenrod. Gulls swoop between the lot’s towering trees and the adjacent sewage treatment plant.
But what of the promised building boom that was supposed to come wrapped and ribboned with up to 3,169 new jobs and $1.2 million a year in tax revenues? They are noticeably missing.
Proponents of the ambitious plan blame the sour economy. Opponents call it a “poetic justice.”
“They are getting what they deserve. They are going to get nothing,” said Susette Kelo, the lead plaintiff in the landmark property rights case. “I don’t think this is what the United States Supreme Court justices had in mind when they made this decision.”
Maybe those SCOTUS justices should be forced to drive up and see the result of their idiocy. Too bad there was no photo with the story. The AP does have a few sorta lame ones, though.
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Posted by William Teach on September 25, 2009 5:40 pm
» Filed Under Activist Judges, Government corruption, Government tyranny, Judicial Tyranny, News, Property Rights, Supreme Court, U.S. Constitution, Unconstitutional
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This was one of the most shameful and unconstitutional decisions the SP made. However, it was inevitable given the direction the government had taken in reducing the rights of property owners to do what they wanted with their own land.
Several years before this case, here in Florida we had a older gentleman go to jail because he had the audacity to drain some of his land, violating the “wetlands” law. It was about two acres.
We never thought he’d get arrested, or convicted or jail, but he did.
Madness. Thomas Jefferson would be throwing powder and ball down his musket long before Kelo.
If you want to see what Kelo’s land looks like today, I took some pictures and posted them here: http://www.dr5.org/kelo-v-new-london-the-aftermath/