About Eminent Domain Abuse Should it be legal to force people out of their homes to benefit a private company?
Slow incremental human scale building patterns do not emerge from eminent domain.
That sidewalk you need for 300 yards is not benefited by this abuse. In fact take a look in your community and ask about those missing sidewalks, you will likely find they are trying to get funding for that section for the last 5 years.
Government interference crushes small human scale pedestrian infrastructure and subsidizes motor vehicle building patterns that benefits persons what are not paying for it. Do you get free Internet?
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Government officials have long used eminent domain to build hospitals, schools, roads, and other facilities that the public may use. But what happened to Susette Kelo and her Fort Trumbull neighborhood was different.Officials wanted to seize their land and transfer it to a private developer who would build facilities designed to benefit Pfizer’s soon-to-be-built corporate headquarters. Backers of the redevelopment plan promised it would bring tax revenue and other economic benefits to New London’s struggling economy.
But Susette and her neighbors loved their homes. Many had raised their children in those homes and wanted to die in them. For Susette, her little pink house and its river view gave her something she had been seeking her whole life—peace. The last thing the Fort Trumbull neighbors wanted was a fight, but fight they did. All the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
In 2005, the Supreme Court shocked Americans with a ruling that gave government officials the power to bulldoze a blue-collar neighborhood for the benefit of a multibillion-dollar corporation. In her dissent, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor declared, “Nothing is to prevent the State from replacing any Motel 6 with a Ritz-Carlton, any home with a shopping mall, or any farm with a factory.”
More than a decade later, the land where Susette and her neighbors once lived remains a barren lot. The story is a common one.Eminent domain abuse typically strikes poor and minority communities, and there is often a giant gap between the promises made by redevelopment supporters and the promises such plans actually deliver.
But the struggle Susette and her neighbors endured was not in vain. Their courage inspired Americans across the nation to push for reforms that have protected millions from sharing their fate.
But millions more remain vulnerable, and now is the time to finish the job. Join our impact campaign—Take action to protect homes, fight legalized bullying, and end eminent domain for private gain.
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Based on a true story, a small-town paramedic named Susette Kelo leaves a bad marriage, and starts over in a new town. She buys a rundown cottage with a gorgeous water view. She fixes it up and paints it pink. Then she discovers powerful politicians want to bulldoze her blue-collar neighborhood for the benefit of a multi-billion dollar corporation. Susette emerges as the reluctant leader of her neighbors in an epic battle that goes all the way to the Supreme Court and helps millions of Americans protect their homes.https://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/little-pink-house/#
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