One of our gentle reader-regulars submitted a news piece to me today. The article concerns how the autocratic neoCON city government of New London, Connecticut has responded to the surly individual property owners who fought the central-control statists for their homes for over a decade... and then lost in the uber-liberal US Supreme court. Here's the link.This story is an illustration of what happens to a city when it's dominated by heartless and ruthless central planning types like Commissars Jorgensen and Safsten.
Here's an article excerpt:
Those who believe in the adage "when it rains, it pours" might take the tale of the plaintiffs in Kelo v. New London as a cue to buy two of every animal and a load of wood from Home Depot. The U.S. Supreme Court recently found that the city's original seizure of private property was constitutional under the principal of eminent domain, and now New London is claiming that the affected homeowners were living on city land for the duration of the lawsuit and owe back rent. It's a new definition of chutzpah: Confiscate land and charge back rent for the years the owners fought confiscation.We have a major battle going on in Ogden. It's between the citizens and their aggressive government, who justify every assault against individual rights under the aggressive Marxist slogan -- "for the greater good."
In some cases, their debt could amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Moreover, the homeowners are being offered buyouts based on the market rate as it was in 2000.
This cadre of disgusting statist city government central-planners won't stop... just as Jorgensen and Safsten won't.
They're ruining our great and unique community, as we all know. But we can drive these people out in November.
Make sure you're registered to vote, people; and tell all your friends what's happening here. The upcoming November municipal election is possibly the most important election in recent Ogden history.
