Kelo v New London "taking" was originally the idea of Republicans

[NewJeffCT]

It was the plan of then Connecticut Republican governor John Rowland (now in prison...)that got the ball rolling on the the taking of the property for Pfizer in New London, CT.

So, when they blame "libruls" for the decision, tell them it was a Republican that came up with the plan to take the property in the first place.


oh, my source on this is Colin McEnroe, afternoon radio host on WTIC AM 1080 in Hartford, so I don't have any links, but he went through an extensive history of Kelo today...

[48pan]

1. Why is it the liberal judges and Democratic politicians...

are supporting this?

When did we stop being the party of the little guy (home owner) and start being the party of big business (developers)?

I'm disgusted.

[Fridays Child]

2. This Hartford Courant piece agrees...

Much of the blame rests on John M. Rowland. It was Gov. Rowland and his Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) that committed tens of millions of state dollars to remaking - that is, mostly eradicating - a neighborhood of mainly working-class homes and small businesses. Little consideration was given to homeowners such as Susette Kelo, who had turned a rundown cottage into a charming little home with a view of the Thames.

The instrument Rowland chose was NLDC, a quasi-public organization that had been dormant until he made it a powerful entity directed by Connecticut College president Claire Gaudiani. Officially NLDC was an agency for carrying out development projects chosen by city government. But during the Rowland administration, it operated the other way around. "Everything was done in Hartford and shipped down here, and we were to authorize it," says former mayor Lloyd Beachy, the lone member of the city council to vote against using eminent domain. Beachy says that when he became mayor, he met with Rowland administration officials and told them he hoped they would listen to the city's views. The response, he says, was, "This is the state's money, and we're going to spend it any way we please."

http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/commentary/hc-plclangdon0320.artmar20,0,6045736.story

[NewJeffCT]

3. And, the Courant is a right of center paper

that's endorsed Republican presidential candidates dating back to Lincoln...

[batsauce]

4. The silence of the politicians is deafening.

I think a lot of the political elite are looking forward to a deeper public trough. (At this point I don't if the terms "Democratic" or "Republican" make a difference anymore)

In the end, we will see who really cares about the common man, by seeing who speaks out against this.

Maybe us non-millionares need a new party