Eminent Domain Stuff
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Tuesday, November 01, 2005
Eminent Domain Moratorium At Hand?
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I sincerely hope that residents of New London take note of their representatives' view of private property rights of their constituents. You may think that redevelopment of the Fort Trumble neighborhood is a good idea, but will you have the intellectual honesty to express the same opinion when they come for your home?
Please do us all a favor, send a clear and unmistakable message to the state, country and world, vote these guys out of office and replace them with people who will represent the rights of each individual citizen.
If you'd like to get in contact with either of the two New London State Reps, here is the contact info:
Rep. Ernest Hewett D-New London
In the District:
48 West Elderkin Avenue
Groton, CT 06340
At the Capitol:
Legislative Office Building, Room 5008
Hartford, CT 06106-1591
(860) 240-8585
1-800-842-8267
Edward.Moukawsher@cga.ct.gov
Rep. Ernest Hewett D-New London
In the District:
29 Colman Street
New London, CT 06320
At the Capitol:
Legislative Office Building, Room 4052
Hartford, CT 06106-1591
(860) 240-8585
1-800-842-8267
Ernest.Hewett@cga.ct.gov
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State lawmakers are close to a compromise on eminent domain reform that would put on hold any takings of private property for economic development or blight until the end of the General Assembly's regular session next year.And to the people of New London, you might want to read this:
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The proposed moratorium — which would make mandatory the voluntary prohibition of eminent domain seizures that legislative leaders declared in July — would forbid the city and the New London Development Corp. from forcing the remaining occupants at Fort Trumbull to surrender their properties.
But the deal faces angry opposition from New London's representatives, who see it as a clumsy intrusion into the city's legal battle with the remaining holdouts.
[Rep. Ernest] Hewett [D-New London] voted to approve the Fort Trumbull development plan as a city councilor, and [Rep. Ted] Moukawsher [D-New London] said he tried last week to talk House Speaker James Amann out of even bringing an eminent domain bill to a vote, saying it would only further delay economic revitalization in the city.Actually Mr. Hewett, we can, in fact, change the law "every time something happens." We can change the law whenever we (the People) want to. If you'd rather oppose the will of the People, then I suggest you start looking for a day job.
“It's an irrational response to this situation, driven by all this, I think, overblown rhetoric about what the implications of the Kelo decision were,” Moukawsher said. “What this does is create disorder. And anything you tried to do for the next nine months would be halted.”
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“I can't believe that, without talking to any of the representatives from New London, that this deal is being made to mollify Bob Ward,” he added.
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“We can't keep changing the law every time something happens,” Hewett said. “The law's good. It's been on the books a long time. Now all of a sudden we've got a few bleeding hearts, and we want to change the law.”
I sincerely hope that residents of New London take note of their representatives' view of private property rights of their constituents. You may think that redevelopment of the Fort Trumble neighborhood is a good idea, but will you have the intellectual honesty to express the same opinion when they come for your home?
Please do us all a favor, send a clear and unmistakable message to the state, country and world, vote these guys out of office and replace them with people who will represent the rights of each individual citizen.
If you'd like to get in contact with either of the two New London State Reps, here is the contact info:
Rep. Ernest Hewett D-New London
In the District:
48 West Elderkin Avenue
Groton, CT 06340
At the Capitol:
Legislative Office Building, Room 5008
Hartford, CT 06106-1591
(860) 240-8585
1-800-842-8267
Edward.Moukawsher@cga.ct.gov
Rep. Ernest Hewett D-New London
In the District:
29 Colman Street
New London, CT 06320
At the Capitol:
Legislative Office Building, Room 4052
Hartford, CT 06106-1591
(860) 240-8585
1-800-842-8267
Ernest.Hewett@cga.ct.gov
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