'20/20' Looking At Eminent Domain Case

This was a local issue in my hometown now because of the supreme court its the law of the land and the end of property rights. The city locked the residents out of town hall(fire code) and sold peoples property to the highest bidder (Phizer). They made these fake development companies(NLDC) that were chaired by city council members and private developers and robbed people mostly landlords. After they tore down 80 or so houses and a few businesses they never built anything. A few business wouldnt sell the property so they took their parking lots and shut them down for zoning violations. When CorpGov merge this is what happens.

New London - The little pink house is gone from Fort Trumbull, but its notoriety lives on.

ABC's “20/20” news show is working on a story about Fort Trumbull and eminent domain - the city's quest to appropriate land for development and residents' battle to save their homes.

The show is scheduled to air in February, soon after the release of the book “Little Pink House'' by author Jeff Benedict, according to City Attorney Thomas Londregan. Londregan said he turned down a request to be interviewed for the story last week.

”'20/20' called me and I spent about 45 minutes on the phone with a representative,'' Londregan said Monday. “My personal opinion is that they did not understand the city's side. I wasn't confident they were going to fairly represent the city, so I declined to participate.”

Benedict and Susette Kelo, the heroine of Benedict's book, were interviewed last week for the show, Londregan said. Kelo is one of the Fort Trumbull property owners who fought to save their houses after the city took the properties using its powers of eminent domain. She could not be reached for comment.

Lawyers for the Institute for Justice, which represented the homeowners in the Supreme Court case, are being interviewed this week.

The case went to the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled in favor of the city in 2005. Kelo's pink house, which has been relocated to Franklin Street in the city, has become a symbol for those opposing eminent domain.
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