About this title: Suzette Kelo was just trying to rebuild her life when she purchased a falling down Victorian house perched on the waterfront in New London, CT. The house wasn't particularly fancy but with lots of hard work Suzette turned it into a home that was important to her, a home that represented her new found independence. What she didn't know that the City of New London, desperate to revive its flailing economy, wanted to raze her house and the others like it that sat along the waterfront in order to win a lucrative Pfizer pharmaceutical contract that would bring new business into the city. Kelo and ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780446508629ISBN:0446508624
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Near fine unread hard cover. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 397 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grand Central Pub
Date Published: 2009-01-26
ISBN-13:9780446508629ISBN:0446508624
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Binding: Spoken Word Compact Disc
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Date Published: 2009-01-26
ISBN-13:9781600244810ISBN:1600244815
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Binding: Audio CD
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781600244810ISBN:1600244815
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780446508629ISBN:0446508624
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 397 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780446508629ISBN:0446508624
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Grand Central Pub
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780446508629ISBN:0446508624
Description: New. When Suzette Kelo refused to sell her home to make way for a pharmaceutical plant, her city decided to exercise its power of eminent domain and launched one of the most extraordinary legal cases of modern times. An award-winning investigative journal... read more
"I loved this non-fiction book about a woman who was unhappy with her life and made some changes only to be told her house would be demolished to make way for Pfizer to build a complex for offices and hotels/shops for visitors to their existing plant. It shows how the legal system works all the way to the supreme court, and gives hope to those who aspire to see justice for the "little" guy (or girl in this case)."
"This book shares the story of behind the Supreme Court case Kelo vs. City of New London. Most of the book is centered on everything that leads up to the case and what happens after, there is relatively little space dedicated to the trying of the case in the actual Supreme Court. I think reading this book made me angrier than I have ever been reading a book. I knew going in what the result was, which I always disagreed with, but getting all the background story and the details, which I wasn't really aware of when this case was being tried just made me even madder. I've read a lot of books that have made me mad regarding injustices I feel that are occurring, but I think what was different about this one was that it very easily could have turned out different unlike in most of the books that make me mad where the injustice is so much ingrained in society that there is no easy fix. There were so many points in this story where the New London Development Corporation and various other people associated with it and the city could have backed down and reconfigured their development plans to include the final houses remaining, but they refused over and over again out pride, stubbornness, the feeling of superiority over lower-class people I don't know. I really enjoyed this book even though I was angry the whole time I was reading it."
"An interesting take on the New London eminent domain case back in the mid 90s. Makes you feel good that people with less means will fight for their property over those with more power. Good story."
"This is the story behind the infuriating supreme court decision of Kelo vs. City of New London. Susette Kelo is impressive in her determination to stand up against the mini-tyrants of the city and the NLDC. Knowing the details behind the case just furthers my disdain for the 5 justices who took liberty to change the Constitution from taking private property for public use to taking private property for public benefit."
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