According to this article: “The text of the holiday card that Susette Kelo sent to members of the New London Development Corp., city officials, and others involved in taking her house to make way for private development:
Here is my house that you did take
From me to you, this spell I make
Your houses, your home
Your family, your friends
May they live in misery
That never ends.
I curse you all
May you rot in hell
To each of you
I send this spell
For the rest of your lives
I wish you ill
I send this now
By the power of will
The article further notes:
The cards were conceived and produced by a friend of Kelo’s and sent to city officials and members of New London’s development agency.
>Kelo said she also considered sending the cards to five U.S. Supreme Court justices who ruled in June 2005 that New London had the right to take homes in the Fort Trumbull neighborhood to make way for a riverfront project slated to include condominiums, a hotel and office space.
As I observed here, I’ve seen too much political corruption in the eminent domain context to feel very good about the Kelo decision. I can understand why Susette Kelo is still angry.
–Ann Bartow
