Mayor Finizio falls short on a big promise
“In the world of broken campaign promises, I would have to put Mayor Daryl Finizio’s unfulfilled pledge to abolish the New London Development Corp. right up there on a top shelf.
To recall the disdain the mayoral candidate expressed toward the agency, one need look no further than Finizio’s acceptance speech, still viewable on YouTube, in which he characterizes himself as the agent of change, moving the city away from the era of a capricious taking of people’s homes by eminent domain.
“By electing a candidate pledged to the abolition of the NLDC, by defeating the last city municipal officials who supported the use of eminent domain, today the people of the City of New London washed clean the dark stain on the honor of our city, our state and our nation,” Finizio said to a packed room of cheering supporters.
Wow. Big stuff. And it was a prominent part of his acceptance speech, since, indeed, that’s why a lot of people voted for him.
Who would have thought that night that the victorious mayor would then go on, in making his first significant appointment in office, to make Jane Glover, a former councilwoman so supportive of eminent domain that she got the nickname “Eminent Jane,” his new chief of staff.”
Collins, David. The Day 24 November 2013.