judyd
Active Member
That woman fought so hard to keep her property that the city said they needed to provide jobs and homes! This really stinks.
The New York Times > Log InFrom the edge of the Thames River in New London, Conn., Michael Cristofaro surveyed the empty acres where his parents neighborhood had stood, before it became the crux of an epic battle over eminent domain.
Look what they did, Mr. Cristofaro said on Thursday. They stole our home for economic development. It was all for Pfizer, and now they get up and walk away.
That sentiment has been echoing around New London since Monday, when Pfizer, the giant drug company, announced it would leave the city just eight years after its arrival led to a debate about urban redevelopment that rumbled through the United States Supreme Court, and reset the boundaries for governments to seize private land for commercial use.