Legislator Objects To Eminent Domain Provision In Trail Bill
“State Rep. Melissa Ziobron is objecting to proposed changes in a bill she has sponsored to protect the Air Line hiking trail, saying she doesn’t approve of a provision that would allow the state to…
New London, Conn. Columnist: ‘Not a Single Thing’ Done in Almost 9 Years Since Kelo Decision ‘Is Not That Compelling’
“In a column supposedly published on Sunday but “updated” on Saturday (I’m not kidding), Collins assessed the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s odious Kelo v. New London decision in 2005 in reacting to a lengthy…
Lessons from Kelo, the Eminent Domain Case That Wiped Out a Neighborhood
“In its 2005 decision in Kelo v. City of New London, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed a Connecticut municipality to forcibly condemn multiple private properties in a well-tended working-class neighborhood in order to clear space…
Nine Years after Kelo, the Seized Land Is Empty
“Nine years after the Supreme Court’s Kelo decision gutted the right of American property owners to resist eminent-domain seizures, the neighborhood at the center of the case remains a wasteland. Fort Trumbull in New London,…
PROPERTIES WERE SEIZED AND A NEIGHBORHOOD RAZED IN THE NAME OF ‘ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT’ THAT NEVER CAME
“”See that pole with the transformer hanging from it?” Michael Cristofaro asked me. “That was where my family’s home was.” I looked up at a line of high telephone poles marching diagonally against a blanched…
Simsbury OKs Agreement Between Big Y And Skating Center For Driveway Usage
“The board of selectmen approved an agreement Monday night that removes one of the last hurdles to Big Y breaking ground on Hopmeadow Street — usage of a driveway. The reciprocal easement agreement between Big…
Workers at DeYullio’s Sausage Company in Stamford may lose jobs due Urban Transitway Project
“The owner of a Stamford company says all of his workers will lose their jobs tomorrow unless city officials delay his eviction for 90 days. Nick De Yulio, owner of DeYullio’s Sausage Company, says his…
Eminent domain ruled out at Sandy Hook
“Susan and George Oberstadt feared Wednesday night that they might be forced to lose their lifelong home on Riverside Road. After an almost two-hour debate with town officials about their 3-acre home and adjoining vacant…
Council To Explore Eminent Domain Option On Parcel Needed For New School
“The Legislative Council is scheduled to consider and possibly endorse eminent domain options to acquire a privately owned parcel for the planned new access road for Sandy Hook School. According to the agenda, the council…
SURPRISE TWIST IN FAMOUS EMINENT-DOMAIN CASE
“Somin, whose research focuses on constitutional and property law, noted several previous proposed uses for the condemned property have failed to pan out. “It is hard to say whether Mayor Finizio’s idea will prove any…