http://www.dr5.org/kelo-v-new-london-the-aftermath/ Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:09:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.dr5.org/kelo-v-new-london-the-aftermath/comment-page-1/#comment-5190 Is Eminent Domain necessary? « Amateur Economics Thu, 25 Mar 2010 03:41:05 +0000 http://www.dr5.org/kelo-v-new-london-the-aftermath/#comment-5190 [...] Kelo v. New London: The Aftermath | Life, Liberty, and Property.Two cases have recently brought Eminent Domain to the front pages. One, the Kelo case from 2005, and the other, Brooklyn’s own Goldstein et al. v. Empire State Development Corporation, decided two weeks ago. In both cases it was successfully argued that the potential gains to a city of a property development are sufficient to justify taking people’s property that sits where the development will be built. In New London, Connecticut, a Pfizer facility was to be built on the land of the plaintiff, Susette Kelo. In Brooklyn, a shopping mall and basketball stadium are to be built. In both cases it was found that the land was blighted and that the developments will improve it, and be beneficial in a number of ways: they’ll clean it up, they’ll bring construction jobs, they’ll bring retail jobs, they will draw people to the area and thereby benefit the surrounding community. That sounds great, but how do you measure these benefits? And does the rule of law have the tools to do so? [...] [...] Kelo v. New London: The Aftermath | Life, Liberty, and Property.Two cases have recently brought Eminent Domain to the front pages. One, the Kelo case from 2005, and the other, Brooklyn’s own Goldstein et al. v. Empire State Development Corporation, decided two weeks ago. In both cases it was successfully argued that the potential gains to a city of a property development are sufficient to justify taking people’s property that sits where the development will be built. In New London, Connecticut, a Pfizer facility was to be built on the land of the plaintiff, Susette Kelo. In Brooklyn, a shopping mall and basketball stadium are to be built. In both cases it was found that the land was blighted and that the developments will improve it, and be beneficial in a number of ways: they’ll clean it up, they’ll bring construction jobs, they’ll bring retail jobs, they will draw people to the area and thereby benefit the surrounding community. That sounds great, but how do you measure these benefits? And does the rule of law have the tools to do so? [...]

]]> http://www.dr5.org/kelo-v-new-london-the-aftermath/comment-page-1/#comment-4586 Daniel Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:15:51 +0000 http://www.dr5.org/kelo-v-new-london-the-aftermath/#comment-4586 I don't have before pictures. If you go to this aerial view from Bing, you can see what it looked like during the legal battle: http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCP&cp=qwqkj68zrtjw&style=b&lvl=1&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&scene=15268517&where1=trumbull%20street%20and%20east%20street%2C%20new%20london%2C%20ct&encType=1 Some of the house had been removed but the people who were fighting against the city, their houses still stood. I don’t have before pictures. If you go to this aerial view from Bing, you can see what it looked like during the legal battle: http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCP&cp=qwqkj68zrtjw&style=b&lvl=1&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&scene=15268517&where1=trumbull%20street%20and%20east%20street%2C%20new%20london%2C%20ct&encType=1 Some of the house had been removed but the people who were fighting against the city, their houses still stood.

]]> http://www.dr5.org/kelo-v-new-london-the-aftermath/comment-page-1/#comment-4585 Daniel Goldstein Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:55:51 +0000 http://www.dr5.org/kelo-v-new-london-the-aftermath/#comment-4585 Do you have or have you seen "before" photos that would contrast your "after" photos? Do you have or have you seen “before” photos that would contrast your “after” photos?

]]> http://www.dr5.org/kelo-v-new-london-the-aftermath/comment-page-1/#comment-4580 Kitty Antonik Wakfer Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:55:26 +0000 http://www.dr5.org/kelo-v-new-london-the-aftermath/#comment-4580 The people in the area who recognize this as harm having been done could - and should - practice negative social preferencing towards those city government officials who voted for the expropriation and those who enforced it. Protesting in public (in person or on the Internet) is good, but not enough. More on this idea in, "Protests are Not Enough" - http://selfsip.org/focus/protestsnotenough.html The people in the area who recognize this as harm having been done could – and should – practice negative social preferencing towards those city government officials who voted for the expropriation and those who enforced it. Protesting in public (in person or on the Internet) is good, but not enough. More on this idea in, “Protests are Not Enough” – http://selfsip.org/focus/protestsnotenough.html

]]> http://www.dr5.org/kelo-v-new-london-the-aftermath/comment-page-1/#comment-4574 Laurie Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:26:15 +0000 http://www.dr5.org/kelo-v-new-london-the-aftermath/#comment-4574 Great pictures and article. It is yet another reminder that in the long run, people never prosper with ill-gotten gain. A monument to folly should be erected there. Great pictures and article. It is yet another reminder that in the long run, people never prosper with ill-gotten gain. A monument to folly should be erected there.

]]> http://www.dr5.org/kelo-v-new-london-the-aftermath/comment-page-1/#comment-4573 Mark Hillyard Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:45:43 +0000 http://www.dr5.org/kelo-v-new-london-the-aftermath/#comment-4573 "It hurts when they steal your dreams..." Author unknown. I think it was a poem or a song. Mark Hillyard foster@inreach.com “It hurts when they steal your dreams…” Author unknown. I think it was a poem or a song. Mark Hillyard foster@inreach.com

]]> http://www.dr5.org/kelo-v-new-london-the-aftermath/comment-page-1/#comment-4572 The ultimate insult in the Kelo v. New London saga | Life, Liberty, and Property Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:22:30 +0000 http://www.dr5.org/kelo-v-new-london-the-aftermath/#comment-4572 [...] land vacant today, Pfizer is leaving. Nice work New London.  A couple months ago my wife and I stopped by New London and took some pictures. Here’s what the view from Susette Kelo’s house looks like [...] [...] land vacant today, Pfizer is leaving. Nice work New London.  A couple months ago my wife and I stopped by New London and took some pictures. Here’s what the view from Susette Kelo’s house looks like [...]

]]> http://www.dr5.org/kelo-v-new-london-the-aftermath/comment-page-1/#comment-4496 BizzyBlog Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:55:38 +0000 http://www.dr5.org/kelo-v-new-london-the-aftermath/#comment-4496 [...] Daniel at my post a few days ago on the Associated Press’s Kelp update has some pictures at his place of the New London, CT area in [...] [...] Daniel at my post a few days ago on the Associated Press’s Kelp update has some pictures at his place of the New London, CT area in [...]

]]> http://www.dr5.org/kelo-v-new-london-the-aftermath/comment-page-1/#comment-4495 The Volokh Conspiracy » Blog Archive » New London’s Post-Kelo Rennaisance Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:43:57 +0000 http://www.dr5.org/kelo-v-new-london-the-aftermath/#comment-4495 [...] of the Comments links to recent pictures of the site. Categories: Property Rights, [...] [...] of the Comments links to recent pictures of the site. Categories: Property Rights, [...]

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