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Connecticut, New London, Fort Trumbull & Eminent Domain

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Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony at Kelo House
 
On the third anniversary of the U.S. Supreme
Court's infamous ruling against property
owners in Kelo v. New London, join Susette Kelo
and her former neighbors in Fort Trumbull, as
well as the Institute for Justice, for a ribbon-cutting
ceremony at the new location of the little pink
house that started a national property rights
movement.
 
36 Franklin Street, New London, CT
Saturday, June 21, 2008
1 to 3 p.m.
 
Remarks at 1:30 by Susette Kelo,
IJ Senior Attorneys Scott Bullock and
Dana Berliner, and community members
involved in the fight against eminent
domain abuse.  Refreshments provided.
 
RSVP to Melanie Hildreth at mhildreth@ij.org
or 703-682-9320 x 222

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Thursday, June 19 8:00pm
Friday, June 20 8:00pm
Simone, daughter of musical icon Nina Simone, brings her vocal dynamism to the Garde in two intimate evenings in the Oasis Room. A highly-praised live performer with an exciting and diverse repertoire of pop, soul, jazz, rock and funk, Simone presents music from her new album Simone On Simone, a big band tribute to her mother’s legacy.
 
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325 STATE ST • NEW LONDON, CT



Fort Trumbull Timeline

<><><><>1998-Pfizer given property adjacent to Fort Trumbull neighborhood
New London Development Corporation Revived
Municipal Development Plan Presented to Residents
Residents Oppose Plan Calling for Complete Destruction of Fort Trumbull
Plan passed
New London City Council gives power of Eminent Domain to NLDC
Remaining Residents served with Eviction Papers on Thanksgiving Evening
January 2000 The Planning and Zoning Commission, Redevelopment Agency,
City Council and New London Development Corp. approve the Fort Trumbull
development plan.
Residents Oppose Plan Calling for Complete Destruction of Fort Trumbull
May 8, 2000 The NLDC votes to begin taking 11 properties by eminent domain.
 Residents Oppose Plan Calling for Complete Destruction of Fort Trumbull
Sept. 5, 2000 The City Council rescinds an earlier decision that prevented the
NLDC from razing buildings in Parcel 4A where the city hopes a Coast Guard
museum will be built.
Sept. 20, 2000 The Coalition to Save Fort Trumbull submits a petition with more
than 400 signatures to the City Council to save Fort Trumbull homes from demolition.
Oct. 2, 2000 The city's law director rules that a petition asking for a referendum
on Fort Trumbull demolition is invalid.
October 2000 The NLDC votes to use eminent domain to acquire the last 22
properties it needs to transform the Fort Trumbull peninsula into a maritime village.
Residents Oppose Plan Calling for Complete Destruction of Fort Trumbull
November 2000 The NLDC offers 11 property owners, including Susette Kelo and
Matthew Dery, more than $2.7 million for their properties. They reject the offers.
Dec. 19, 2000 The Institute for Justice agrees to represent more than a half dozen
Fort Trumbull residents in a lawsuit against the city and NLDC.
Feb. 21, 2001 The city, NLDC and property owners reach an agreement under
which the Fort Trumbull residents will be able to stay in their homes while the
eminent domain case is heard in court.
Residents Oppose Plan Calling for Complete Destruction of Fort Trumbull
March 13, 2002 Connecticut Superior Court Judge Thomas J. Corradino rules on
the eminent domain lawsuit.
March 18, 2002 Fort Trumbull property owners announce they will file an appeal
with the state Supreme Court.
August 2002 The city and NLDC file appeal briefs asking the state Supreme Court
to overturn the lower court ruling.
October 2002 City Council grants the NLDC a two-year extension of its eminent
domain powers in Fort Trumbull area.
Residents Oppose Plan Calling for Complete Destruction of Fort Trumbull and
NLDC extension
December 2002 State Supreme Court hears arguments in the eminent domain
case.
March 3, 2004 The state Supreme Court affirms NLDC's right to take property at
Fort Trumbull by eminent domain.
Residents Oppose Plan Calling for Complete Destruction of Fort Trumbull
Sept. 28, 2004 The U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear Kelo et al v. City of
New London, essentially deciding when governments may seize people's property
for economic development projects.
February 2005 The US Supreme Court rules against Kelo.  States that Economic
Development is legitimate use for eminent domain.

 

July 2005 Nation and Fort Trumbull Residents Oppose Plan Calling for Complete Destruction of Fort Trumbull and the use of economic development to justify eminent domain.
2005-2007  Missed deadlines/Extensions/Still Waiting

 

                                                                

 

 SEE THE DAY'S EDITORIAL HERE

 

 

 

 From the Comments section of The Day in response to another commenter

To Frustrated and Fearful-You think you’re frustrated and fearful? Imagine how I feel. I spent almost my entire annual clothing allowance on ball gowns and other garments in order to be dressed appropriately for dancing in the ballroom of a 5 star hotel and jumping jacks in the Athletic Club and now I find out that there’s not going to be either one of those places. We’ll be lucky if we get a Motel 6 out of the deal. So what am I supposed to do with all this clothing? Salvation Army doesn’t give refunds and they won’t even let me exchange the clothes for something more appropriate for typical New London dress.

And, to make matters worse, not only are we not going to have the “hip little city” that her highness Gaudiani promised us or upscale condos, it’s beginning to look like we won’t even have luxury apartments.

We’ll probably get stuck with more affordable housing! And you know the kind of people that will attract.

They all had these really bright ideas and then, when it didn’t seem to be working out, they just left us high and dry (so to speak). Gaudiani dyed her hair blonde and is teaching Philanthropy at NYU, Rowland is preaching to kids in church, I don’t know where Milne is, Damon Hemmerdinger married a Day photographer and left town, and that attorney Peter Costas guy who wrote that Op/Ed piece about the Facts and Fiction of the Fort Trumbull situation. I never could figure out how he knew so much about Fort Trumbull when no one had ever even heard of him. Even the plaintiffs in the Kelo v New London case have all left town. They’re all gone along with their tax money and look what we’re left with. If you want my opinion, and a lot of people have indicated that they don’t, I think we should have left the neighborhood the way it was. At least we had some tax money coming in. And we wouldn’t have had to be embarrassed in front of the whole country including New Jersey! So this is what I figure-CJ will default because that will be cheaper than building what they’re supposed to build but will probably fail if they do. Pfizer will probably make an attempt to relieve us of the burden of property that can’t be developed. We could try and persuade the former residents to come back and have a nice little waterfront neighborhood down there but I don’t think that’s too likely. Or we could give it back to the Indians. They’re pretty successful at getting things going. But in the meantime, I have all these clothes and accessories I need to get rid of.  Kathleen Mitchell

 
 
 

Statistics from the FBI show
Connecticut ranks among the
dozen safest states in the U.S.,
with a below-average number of
all types of crime except robberies,
according to a new report compiled
by state officials.
It is unclear how the report will
influence the current debate on
criminal justice reforms triggered by
July's triple-murder
in Cheshire. Gov. M. Jodi Rell's task
force on parole, which requested
the report, is scheduled to recom-
mend changes by the end of the year.
The legislature's Judiciary Committee
will hold a special session to debate
several proposals, including a so-called
three strikes law, before the regular ses-
sion starts in February.
The report shows "Connecticut has a
criminal justice system that already
works pretty well," said state
Rep. Michael Lawlor, D-East Haven,
co-chairman of the Judiciary Committee.
Lawlor and his co-chairman, state
Sen. Andrew McDonald, D-Stamford,
have cautioned against a Republican-
backed three strikes law that calls for
mandatory life sentences for anyone
convicted of three violent felonies.
Current repeat offender laws allow
judges to sentence eligible offenders
to a prison term up to life.
A nonpartisan fiscal analysis estimated
the Republican proposal could cost the
state more than $200 million per year
several decades from now in increased
incarceration costs.
The system can "always be improved,"
Lawlor said, but there is no need "for
any dramatic change."
House Minority Leader Lawrence
Cafero, R-Norwalk, said the state
needs to punish repeat offenders
more harshly even if the numbers show
Connecticut is safe overall.
He said both parties agree home
invasion should be considered a
violent crime in the wake of the
Cheshire homicide.
"That's not a drastic change," Cafero
said. "I have yet to meet one person
in the legislature who disagrees with
that."
In the Cheshire case, two burglars on
parole broke into Dr. William Petit Jr.'s
home and allegedly killed his wife and
two daughters.
Petit survived but was badly beaten.
Neither alleged killer would have fallen
under the proposed three strikes law,
but the case proves the state needs
stricter punishments for repeat offenders,
regardless of cost, Cafero said.
"Ask Dr. Petit if he thinks Connecticut
is safe," he said.
Lawlor said he wished the study would
havemeasured how long Connecticut
sentences violent criminals compared
with other states.
The state would rank among the toughest,
Lawlor said, because inmates here do not
get credits for good behavior. Violent
criminals must serve 85 percent of their
sentences before becoming eligible for
parole.
"People around the country think we're
lenient, but the opposite is true," Lawlor
said.
Connecticut is among the 12 safest states
in the country, as measured by the number
of crimes for every 100,000 residents, for
the following crimes: burglary, larceny,
aggravated assault and rape.
Connecticut has the 32nd most combined
murders and manslaughters per 100,000
residents and the 22nd highest number of
robberies, the report found.
The state's Office of Policy and Manage-
ment compiled the statistics from reports
police departments send the FBI every
year, officials said.
Connecticut's ranking improved or stayed
the same over recent years in five of the
seven categories of crime, the report found.
Violent crime increased 3 percent in
Connecticut between 2005 and 2006,
slightly more than the increase in violent
crime across the country, the FBI numbers
show.
The number of property crimes per 100,000
residents in Connecticut dropped nearly 3
percent over that time - almost the same
percentage decrease the nation saw, the
statistics show.

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 From Around

Regarding the newest extension granted
to Corcoran Jennison at Fort Trumbull

To Frustrated and Fearful-You think you’re frustrated and fearful? Imagine how I feel. I spent almost my entire annual clothing allowance on ball gowns and other garments in order to be dressed appropriately for dancing in the ballroom of a 5 star hotel and jumping jacks in the Athletic Club and now I find out that there’s not going to be either one of those places. We’ll be lucky if we get a Motel 6 out of the deal. So what am I supposed to do with all this clothing? Salvation Army doesn’t give refunds and they won’t even let me exchange the clothes for something more appropriate for typical New London dress.

And, to make matters worse, not only are we not going to have the “hip little city” that her highness Gaudiani promised us or upscale condos, it’s beginning to look like we won’t even have luxury apartments.

We’ll probably get stuck with more affordable housing! And you know the kind of people that will attract.

They all had these really bright ideas and then, when it didn’t seem to be working out, they just left us high and dry (so to speak). Gaudiani dyed her hair blonde and is teaching Philanthropy at NYU, Rowland is preaching to kids in church, I don’t know where Milne is, Damon Hemmerdinger married a Day photographer and left town, and that attorney Peter Costas guy who wrote that Op/Ed piece about the Facts and Fiction of the Fort Trumbull situation. I never could figure out how he knew so much about Fort Trumbull when no one had ever even heard of him. Even the plaintiffs in the Kelo v New London case have all left town. They’re all gone along with their tax money and look what we’re left with. If you want my opinion, and a lot of people have indicated that they don’t, I think we should have left the neighborhood the way it was. At least we had some tax money coming in. And we wouldn’t have had to be embarrassed in front of the whole country including New Jersey! So this is what I figure-CJ will default because that will be cheaper than building what they’re supposed to build but will probably fail if they do. Pfizer will probably make an attempt to relieve us of the burden of property that can’t be developed. We could try and persuade the former residents to come back and have a nice little waterfront neighborhood down there but I don’t think that’s too likely. Or we could give it back to the Indians. They’re pretty successful at getting things going. But in the meantime, I have all these clothes and accessories I need to get rid of.


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Sex Offenders in the New London Area

Reports from the Census Bureau

Ground Lease? Celebration? Hah!

It’s nice to know that there is so much enthusiasm, not only in the city of New London, but also coming out of Governor Rell’s office over the recent signing of a ground lease which transfers control of property at Fort Trumbull from NLDC to the developer Corcoran and Jenisson.
The originally scheduled signing was delayed due to minutiae such as electrical service necessary for the proposed development, financing, performance bonds, contractors, zoning permits and building plans just to mention a few little bits and pieces.
But who’s worried?
Frankly, I don’t know who is worried but I know who should be worried…the taxpayers of New London who have been promised for close to 10 years now that any day/month/year something spectacular was going to happen that,

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in addition to easing the property owners tax burden, would cause New London to be erased from CT’s distressed cities list and become the jewel on the Thames.

We’ve been waiting and while we’ve waited, we have lost millions of dollars in taxable property and there is a glut of For Sale signs up and down our streets.
Now NLDC has promised, once again, to get the job done.  How convenient.  A month before municipal elections and the voters won’t know until November 26 if the conditions have been met.
Let’s not be naïve.  We have been through this good cop/bad cop routine during the elections two years ago. 
Will the job get done? 
No one can know for sure but if the history of the City Council/NLDC partnership is
any indication, we are in deep trouble.

Every Mailbox in New London   The Payphone-Project.

Address (sorted by street name)DescriptionCityUSPS Zip+4
169 BANK
NEW LONDON, CT06320-0059
410 BANK
NEW LONDON, CT06320-0058
61 BANK
NEW LONDON, CT06320-0060
400 BAYONET
NEW LONDON, CT06320-0018
120 BROAD CIRCUT COURTNEW LONDON, CT06320-0027
240 BROAD
NEW LONDON, CT06320-0026
430 BROAD
NEW LONDON, CT06320-0025
597 BROAD
NEW LONDON, CT06320-0022
58 CHASE HALL COAST GUARD ACADEMY P.O.NEW LONDON, CT06320-0010
194 COLMAN
NEW LONDON, CT06320-0029
125 EUGENE O'NEIL MARINER SQUARENEW LONDON, CT06320-0047
292 FRONTAGE STAPLESNEW LONDON, CT06320-0024
351 N FRONTAGE RD
NEW LONDON, CT06320-0084
280 GARDINER
NEW LONDON, CT06320-0069
64 GRANITE
NEW LONDON, CT06320-0078
158 HAWTHORNE
NEW LONDON, CT06320-0021
145 HEMPSTED
NEW LONDON, CT06320-0048
70 HOWARD
NEW LONDON, CT06320-0076
228 JEFFERSON
NEW LONDON, CT06320-0030
27 MASONIC POST OFFICENEW LONDON, CT06320-0001
27 MASONIC POST OFFICENEW LONDON, CT06320-0003
27 MASONIC ST PO LOBBYNEW LONDON, CT06320-0083
27 MASONIC ST NEW LONDON BACK PLATFORMNEW LONDON, CT06320-0086
27 MASONIC ST NEW LONDON LAST DISPATCHNEW LONDON, CT06320-0082
7 MICHAEL
NEW LONDON, CT06320-0070
15 MOHEGAN COAST GUARD ACADEMY MAIN GATENEW LONDON, CT06320-0077
270 MOHEGAN CONNECTICUT COLLEGE FANNINGNEW LONDON, CT06320-0008
270 MOHEGAN CONNECTICUT COLLEGE CROZIERNEW LONDON, CT06320-0009
342 MONTAUK
NEW LONDON, CT06320-0044
365 MONTAUK L & M HOSPITALNEW LONDON, CT06320-0055
432 MONTAUK
NEW LONDON, CT06320-0043
701 MONTAUK MITCHELL COLLEGENEW LONDON, CT06320-0041
827 MONTAUK
NEW LONDON, CT06320-0037
94 MONTAUK
NEW LONDON, CT06320-0046
1 MUNROE HALL COAST GUARD ACADEMYNEW LONDON, CT06320-0011
177 NAUTILUS
NEW LONDON, CT06320-0072
225 OCEAN
NEW LONDON, CT06320-0050
501 OCEAN
NEW LONDON, CT06320-0054
612 OCEAN  MAY FIELDNEW LONDON, CT06320-0085
900 OCEAN  NEW LONDON, CT06320-0040
527 PEQUOT  NEW LONDON, CT06320-0036
3 SHAWS COVE  NEW LONDON, CT06320-0056
3 SHAWS COVE  NEW LONDON, CT06320-0081
281 STATE MOHEGAN HOTELNEW LONDON, CT06320-0068
75 STATE UNION PLAZANEW LONDON, CT06320-0062
20 TRUMAN  NEW LONDON, CT06320-0028
111 UNION   NEW LONDON, CT06320-0012
27 WATER RAILROAD STATIONNEW LONDON, CT06320-0061
391 WILLIAMS  NEW LONDON, CT06320-0013

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