Subprime Cottage: Eco-Friendly w. Eminent Domain View

Cast your mind back to Susette Kelo. She and her neighbors in the waterfront neighborhood of Fort Trumbull in New London, Connecticut, had their homes and investment properties taken from them by local government and the quasi-public New London Development Corporation. Poodle...

Governments taking your land by eminent domain

The new urban strategy - stealing our land through eminent domain Stealing our Land through Eminent DomainAre governments repeating the urban renewal policies of the 1950s and 1960 that...

Report Identifies Institutional Racism in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

While opponents of affirmative action acknowledge the existence of individual acts of bigotry in the United States, they insist that institutional racism no longer exists in this country. However, a recent report documents continuing systematic unfair treatment based on...

Hot Rats in Connecticut/Reform in China

On March 3rd, the City of New London, Connecticut and the quasi-public New London Development Corporation (NLDC) finally did what they've been hot to do since 1998. Bulldoze the family home of Michael Cristofaro. Along with Susette Kelo, Michael Cristofaro was among the six...

A Florida County Shows the Stupidity of Kelo v. New London

One of the areas where the country may have lost ground in the last election is in the area of eminent domain. There seems to be wide agreement across political lines that the Kelo vs. New London decision, which gave local governments virtually unlimited power to usurp...

Jailed Eminent Domain Protester Breaks Silence During Interview

On Sept. 19, Canario, 48, was standing at the top of the New London City Hall steps, looking into a council meeting filled to capacity. She had moved to New London about a month before to help Fort Trumbull homeowners fight the city's plan to take their homes by eminent...

Citytimes: A family's imminent fight

When you live in the cross hairs of commuter progress, why not just settle on a price and move on? Because it's not always nearly that simple.PALMETTO BEACH - Justo Garcia built his house with his own hands. An Ybor City cigarmaker, he bought 12 concrete blocks a week and...