more Kelo
Somehow I missed this for over a month. The city of New London Connecticut, after having succeeded in torpedoing the fifth amendment (the "takings" clause) is now charging the evicted homeowners back rent, backdated to the start of the homeowners' lawsuit in 2000. Suzanne Kelo is being charged 57 thousand dollars, but that's on the low end; one homeowner is being charged more than three hundred thousand dollars. All of this because they tried to fight the city from illegally confiscating their land (and no, a 5-4 Supreme Court decision does not make it any less unconstitutional; the Supreme Court erred, big time, on this decision).
Now, why would anyone in their right mind buy property in New London?
(a tip o' the hat to Claire)
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Additionally, the owners are being offered property values from the year 2000, which are much lower than property worth today.
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