From: Susan Kniep,
President
The Federation of Connecticut Taxpayer Organizations,
Inc. (FCTO)
Website: http://ctact.org/
email: fctopresident@aol.com
860-524-6501
May 21, 2007
The following will provide insight into
the status of the Eminent Domain issue nationwide. Those who lost their homes in New London, CT
to Eminent Domain have been victimized twice.
First, by the government to include the Supreme Court, the State of
Connecticut, the City of New London, and the New London Development Corporation
(NLDC) and its law firm. Second, and most recently, by Tom Condon, a columnist for the Hartford Courant who is
also the brother of the attorney for the NLDC who helped to drive Suzette Kelo and her neighbors from their homes.
EMINENT
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While the State Legislature fails to act to
protect the property rights of Connecticut homeowners and businesses, those who
are so gallantly fighting to protect our property rights must filter through
the conflicts when reading columns such as the one which follows. The column was written by Tom Condon, a paid
columnist employed by the Hartford
Courant. He offers his opinion on the
eminent domain issue in New London. The following is an excerpt “In
retrospect, it was a local matter opportunistically and brilliantly exploited
by the property rights movement. This coalition of miners, oil drillers,
ranchers, the motorized recreation industry, Libertarian groups such as
Americans for Limited Government and others, who've been fighting environmental
and land-use regulations for two decades, turned this into a national
hysteria.” Mr. Condon’s words
such as “opportunistically”, “exploited” and “hysteria” are an insult to
Suzette Kelo and her neighbors who so bravely fought
to keep their homes only to ultimately lose them to powers far greater than
their efforts. Their cause was
championed by the Institute of Justice http://www.ij.org/search/search.asp which dedicated their time and resources to
defending the rights of Suzette Kelo and her
neighbors. The Institute
of Justice continues to champion the
property rights of Americans throughout this country, with their most recent
success realized in Florida. Victory Against Eminent Domain Abuse
Regrettably,
the powers which Suzette Kelo and others could not
overcome included the powers of officials at the State, the City of New London,
the New London Development Corporation, and the law firm hired by the NLDC,
namely, Waller, Smith & Palmer. The
following website provides insight into the challenges Suzette Kelo and her neighbors faced - http://www.kelovnewlondon.com/pfe.htm Here is an excerpt
- When
the NLDC had to defend itself against the litigation initiated by the Fort
Trumbull neighborhood residents, it retained the services of the Waller, Smith & Palmer law firm, including Atty. David
Condon.
Redevelopment
is the precursor to Eminent domain. It’s
big business. It lines the pockets of
developers, lobbyists, attorneys, consultants, and those special interests
aligned with government officials who pass laws which undermine our
rights. Elected
public officials yield their responsibilities to quasi-public agencies such as
the New London Development Corporation, which have limited accountability to
the public and which are financed by our tax dollars. This “local matter” as Tom Condon describes
it captured the spotlight of the nation due to the Supreme Court ruling which
left all property owners in this country vulnerable to the influence of private
developers on government officials and agencies. The “hysteria” surrounding this issue is
warranted. Hysteria gives way to fear
when homeowners under the threat of
Eminent Domain realize they are powerless when they do not have the
financial resources to fight those who
are financed with taxpayer dollars to take their homes, such as Attorney David
Condon, the brother of Tom Condon.
Suzette Kelo and her neighbors who fought to keep their homes will
be remembered for years to come as gallant crusaders for property rights
throughout this nation. Ms. Kelo has earned her place in history as the patriot of our
time. The Institute of Justice
and property rights activists nationally will continue to gain the support of
State legislators throughout this country who are willing to reform Eminent
Domain laws to protect their constituents.
And Tom Condon’s brother? Well,
he will simply be remembered as someone who made his money driving honest,
hardworking Americans from their homes!
Susan Kniep
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Kelo's Legacy: A Win For Property Rights Movement
May 20, 2007, By Tom Condon
http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/commentary/hc-plccondon0520.artmay20col,0,5023647.column
Byron Athenian, the last homeowner remaining in the Fort
Trumbull neighborhood in New London, has bought a new home and moved. Susette Kelo, perhaps the best
known displaced homeowner in the neighborhood, has until June 15 to move her
pink house to another site, and reportedly has a site in mind. After nearly a decade of planning and tumult, and two years after
the Kelo v. New London decision in the U.S.
Supreme Court, redevelopment of the small peninsula along the Thames River
is about to begin (although residents have heard that before).
So now might be a good time to ask how this all happened, how a tiny,
out-of-the-way, working-class neighborhood became a symbol of national outrage,
a clarion call against the evils of eminent domain.
In retrospect, it was a local matter opportunistically and
brilliantly exploited by the property rights movement. This coalition of
miners, oil drillers, ranchers, the motorized recreation industry, Libertarian
groups such as Americans for Limited Government and others, who've been
fighting environmental and land-use regulations for two decades, turned this
into a national hysteria.
President Bush issued an executive order limiting federal use of eminent
domain. Good old white-bread Parade Magazine ran a cover story titled,
"Will Government Take Your Home?" Bills were introduced in Congress
and in state legislatures across the land to limit or eliminate eminent domain.
Politicians by the boatload bloviated
against government intrusion (Remember Domain!). Though they lost in
court, the case was the property rights gang's greatest public relations
victory.
It shouldn't have happened, and wouldn't have happened if the Fort Trumbull
project had been more thoughtfully planned.
To quickly summarize, the Fort Trumbull project stems from two events, the 1996
closing the U.S. Naval Underwater Warfare Center, known locally as the Sound
Lab, and the building of the Pfizer Global Research Center on the other end of
the peninsula in 1998.
The city originally was going to leave the neighborhood alone and have the Navy
sell the Sound Lab to a developer. The city would control the project through
zoning. This was approved by the city council. It would have been fine; the
neighborhood, which was not blighted, was then showing small signs of
improvement (Ms. Kelo bought her house, for example).
But the coming of Pfizer, the city's first major economic development in
decades, was too much to leave alone. Civic leaders decided a bigger
development would better leverage the Pfizer presence. The mercurial Claire Gaudiani, president of Connecticut College and the
nonprofit New London Development Corp., wanted a major development. State
officials had a heavy hand in the matter. City officials in the state's
second-smallest geographical municipality, always desperate for property tax
revenue, had to listen.
Thus came a new plan, for a hotel and conference
center, marina, offices and upscale housing on the 90-acre site. It would fit
in with a new state park. But it was one of those 1960s renewal-era plans that
essentially clear-cut the neighborhood. It required the acquisition of about
115 private properties. Most owners sold; a handful refused. The city moved to
seize their properties by eminent domain. The owners sued. The Institute For Justice, which bills itself as the country's only
Libertarian public interest law firm, took the case.
The question was whether the proposed taking of the land for private
development - to generate jobs and tax revenue - was a "public use"
under the "takings clause" of the 5th Amendment. Though it apparently
came as a surprise to many, this generally has been the law for decades. A 1954
case on this point gave legal sanction to the postwar urban renewal program
(with decidedly mixed results). Legally, the Kelo
case was not earth-shattering.
But the property rights movement turned it into a cause celebre.
This movement, born in the late 1980s from the far Republican right, argues
that management and restriction of private property is un-American, inefficient
and ineffective, said University of Wisconsin professor Harvey M. Jacobs, an
authority on the movement.
Thus far, 34 states have either tightened or prohibited use of eminent domain,
and some have passed other laws limiting government action. More than that, the
property movement has "captured the public debate," changed the focus
of argument on land use and environmental regulation from how it advances
public goals to how it impinges on private property, Jacobs said at a recent
seminar at the Lincoln Land Institute in Cambridge, Mass.
But there needs to be a balance between private and communal interests in land,
and as Jacobs said, it's a balance we're always renegotiating.
The community side of the equation needs to be heard from, because communities
have to be able to plan for their futures. Banning eminent domain is wrong.
Eminent domain is a power that government ought to have, but it must be used
judiciously, as a last resort (and mostly it is). Perhaps most important, it
must be used in the furtherance of good planning.
I grew up in New London; my grandmother lived in
Fort Trumbull. If I were putting a new hotel
and housing in the city, I'd try to put it about a mile away, in the heart of
downtown. At the very least I'd have integrated it into the existing Fort Trumbull
neighborhood. The block where Ms. Kelo's house still
stands, called Parcel 4A in the documents, will likely be used for marina
parking. That is almost criminal. Fort
Trumbull could have
become a cool little shoreline enclave.
But what's done is done and I hope the new development works, thought I fear it
will take years for New London
to recoup all the lost taxes and expenses connected with this ill-starred
venture. Perhaps what we need is a new way to assemble property, one that
avoids eminent domain. There is a process used in Japan,
Israel
and several European countries called "land readjustment," in which
large redevelopment parcels are assembled by giving owners a stake in the new
development. If owners can be convinced they'll share in a successful project,
there may be fewer holdouts.
This can take time, but then so has the Fort Trumbull
plan.
Tom Condon is the editor of Place. He can be reached at tcondon@courant.com.
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