Dreams Demolished: 10 Years After the Government Took Their Homes, All That’s Left Is an Empty Field
Kelo and her fellow plaintiffs—Thelma Brelesky, Pasquale Cristofaro, Wilhelmina and Charles Dery, James and Laura Guretsky, Richard Beyer and Bill von Winkle—fought the city of New London to keep their homes. The city wanted to transfer the property to a private nonprofit organization, which would facilitate its development.
What gets me is that the government seized land not for government use but for private use. That should be illegal and those government officials who signed their names to this seizure should face jail time.
The city spent $78 million bulldozing the homes and preparing the area for development, but so far, all plans have fallen through.
Sad.
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