[Kenton]

"I think the poor woman has gone around the bend," he said. "I haven't gotten any mail from her in years. I still feel bad for Susette. The sorry part of this is that the things she's angry about were not done to be mean-spirited toward her personally."

"Really, she shouldn't take this personally. It was just business. And we made her an offer she couldn't refuse..."

[onyx]

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[opus86]

This makes me so mad. I feel like sending the New London Development committee a few cards of my own.

[fatnotlazy]

I don't ordinarily like eminent domain, but it seems that she did get a fair deal -- an amount well above the appraised value, plus the house is going to be picked up and moved. I'd feel differently if the developers and the city tried to low ball her, but maybe I just can't see what she's so bitter about.

My late aunt was offered a generous amount of money for her house for a commercial development and an acesss road or two. She declined, and the development and the roads were built around her house. The house really became unliveable what with traffic, noise and what not. When my aunt died, the property was sold for practically nothing (the house was torn down). All that resistance for naught.

[PeteB570]

The truth is the truth.

I don't see anything wrong with the card.

Wishing bad on people who sc***ed you is not bad in my book. Then again, I ain't a good Christian, more like old school.

And a double zap on all politicians and developers who want to rob people of their homes.

[Sloth]

"It's sort of sad she elected to do this," Milne said. "We were trying to do things for the city. It was nothing personal."

In a just world, George Milne would be sent to prison for his crimes. There, his roommate/girlfriend Bubba would repeatedly sodomize him with a splintered ax handle while reminding him, "it's nothing personal."

[Mark was here]

The Voters of her miserable little city are to blame. In taking her property the government was only doing the dealings of those who elected it. Who elected the government? Who knows? Whoever voted did so cowering under a sheet, too embarrassed to to publicly participate in our form of self government. Voting was not always an act of cowardliness in this country.

[sgtbono2002]

I hope the curse works.

***"We were trying to do things for the city. It was nothing personal."***

We were trying to make a financial killing.
Thats fixes that.

[Tzimisce]

The people who took her house are SO @#$%ING ARROGANT.

Typical big libs.

[chit*chat]

I hope her spell works. The misery they inflict should be re-visited on them ten-fold.

[Bryan24]

"It's amazing anyone could be so vindictive when they've made so much money," said Gail Schwenker-Mayer, a supporter of the development project who received one of the cards.

Well Gail, it could be that you came in a took someone's home from them so friends of yours could make more money.

New London Development Corp. member Reid Burdick said he put the card on his mantel with his other Christmas greetings. "I think the poor woman has gone around the bend," he said. "I haven't gotten any mail from her in years. I still feel bad for Susette. The sorry part of this is that the things she's angry about were not done to be mean-spirited toward her personally."

What part of "private property" do you not understand, Reid? She owned the land. You looked at her land and said, "I want your land". Then you went to court and took her land because you wanted it to make money for you.

Fellow NLDC member George Milne, a former top executive at Pfizer Inc., called the card "immensely childish." "It's sort of sad she elected to do this," Milne said. "We were trying to do things for the city. It was nothing personal."

So, I guess if I came and took your private property you wouldn't get upset either, huh?

[babygene]

"accepted a $442,155 settlement, more than $300,000 above the appraised value of her home in 2000. Her pink cottage will be moved elsewhere in the city. She has until June 15 to move."

She probably made no profit, considering what it will cost her to buy elsewhere...

[Tall_Texan]

She shouldn't need to apologize. Let this happen to any one of these government officials before they lecture her on how she should feel.

And she *should* have sent them to the five justices but that would probably bring Secret Service attention.

[KarlInOhio]

On Wednesday, after news accounts carried details about the cards, Kelo apologized in a statement released by the Institute for Justice, which represented the homeowners in their legal battle.

Never retreat and never apologize if you are right [unless the fight is with a wife or girlfriend, in which case immediately retreat and apologize :-) ].

Kelo, one of the last holdouts, earlier this year accepted a $442,155 settlement, more than $300,000 above the appraised value of her home in 2000.

Is the appraised value the fair market value, the replacement value, or some lowball number created by a government bureaucrat interested in running you off your land? I expect many more lowball figures after the monstrosity of the Kelo decision.

[pandoraou812]

If someone decided they were taking my home away for improvements I would be mad as hell. I don't think its fair and it shouldn't happen. I don't blame her for the cards. I hope they work. It isn't about the money either. You have memories and you love your house, money can't replace that. Unless you want to move the money isn't important. This is happening in Long Branch NJ too and I really feel bad for those people too.

[RonF]

"It's amazing anyone could be so vindictive when they've made so much money," said Gail Schwenker-Mayer, a supporter of the development project who received one of the cards.

Some people's lives are about more than just money, that's why.

[HereInTheHeartland]

"Fellow NLDC member George Milne, a former top executive at Pfizer Inc., called the card "immensely childish."

"It's sort of sad she elected to do this," Milne said. "We were trying to do things for the city. It was nothing personal."


There was an Austrian guy in the 1930's that just wanted to make the trains and other things run efficiently in Germany.

[Recovering Hermit]

"...but the bottom line is, it was over the top."

Uh...not really.

[antiRepublicrat]

"It's amazing anyone could be so vindictive when they've made so much money,"

That's right, the heartache of leaving the place that's been home to the family for generations suddenly disappears when you throw money at it. What a sociopathic moron.

I wonder if he'd mind if Kelo strapped him down, cut his balls off, and threw $442,155 at him as she left. He shouldn't have a problem with that according to his criteria.

[Sir Gawain]

I would just set their houses on fire instead.