Susette Kelo
Susette Kelo
Kelo v. City of New London, 545 U.S. 469 was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States involving the use of eminent domain to transfer land from one private owner to another private owner to further economic development. In a 5–4 decision, the Court held that the general benefits a community enjoyed from economic growth qualified private redevelopment plans as a permissible "public use" under the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment...
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This battle against eminent domain abuse may have started as a way for me to save my little, pink cottage, but it has rightfully grown into something much larger the fight to restore the American Dream and the sacredness and security of each one of our homes.
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It's obvious they don't want us here, and they've done everything in their power to make us leave, ... They are simply taking our property from us private owners and giving it to another private owner to develop.
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The wolves are at our door and we are asking for support. Really, that's clearly what it is. The wolves are at our door,
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The wolves are at our door and we're asking for support, really. And that's clearly what it is. The wolves are at our door.
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I sincerely hope that Congress will do what judges and local legislators so far have refused to do for me and for thousands of people like me across the nation: protect our homes.
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What is happening to me should not happen to anyone. Congress and state legislatures need to send a message to local governments that this kind of abuse of power will not be funded or tolerated.
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What is happening to me should not happen to anyone else.
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The ongoing battle of the last eight years has not been to allow us to live in our homes and pay rent to the city of New London until we die.