In the head of a utopian.<\/p>\n
We said to ourselves … what if we can create a city where there is no persistent underclass and where the children of the poor [are] achieving at a level that approximates the level of middle-income families? … [T]hat’s the mentality we have here — that we want to say enough is enough,” she told the Hartford Courant in 2001.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
“She” is Claire Gaudiani, one of those elitist, liberal, central planners who told everyone that she wanted to turn depressed New London into a “hip little town.” All she needed was Suzette Kelo’s home to make the dream happen.<\/p>\n
The Supreme Court said it was OK, as long as the city had a plan<\/a><\/em>, even a dubious plan without any accountability to the taxpayers.<\/p>\n
Like most utopian<\/a> plans, this one is on it’s way to failure<\/a>. The distressed taxpayers, far from benefiting from their leaders’ vision, have been left $78 million poorer<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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