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Important GDTC meeting tomorrow

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Tomorrow at 7:00 the Groton Democratic Town Committee will be meeting at the Town Hall Annex to nominate a slate of candidates for the elections in the fall. If you are on the committee, remember that we need a quorum, so please come to the meeting.

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Great Veto Override

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Congratulations to Representative Betsy Ritter (D-Waterford) (founding member and regular attendee of the SE CT Chapter of Drinking Liberally) and the Democratic Caucus for the override of Rell’s veto of the SustiNet plan for expanding health care access. Betsy has been talking about the bill for months and put a great deal of effort into […]

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Art on Groton Bank-hiatus for me

Saturday, July 18, 2009

A few pictures from the Art on Groton Bank Exhibit today. An overview, with our historic Monument in the background. Cows. A collaborative effort, made on the spot. Is this a case of too many cooks? Though not strictly part of the show, there is a piece of art in that vicinity that we take […]

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Lost Rivers

Friday, July 17, 2009

Today’s Times reports that there’s a world wide movement to liberate the rivers that flow through many of the world’s cities. Over the course of the last century many were covered with concrete. When I was a kid there were sections of the Park (or Hog, depending on your taste) River that were still running […]

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Groton Odyssey

Saturday, July 11, 2009

For reasons of no interest to anyone but us, we couldn’t stray far from home today, so we took the chance to take in a few of Groton’s many attractions. Few people outside of Groton know that Mystic is not all there is to our fair town. This is the view from Fin’s Cafe, which […]

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Access for sale here too

Thursday, July 2, 2009

If the Washington Post can do it, so can we! For $20.00, The Groton Democratic Town Committee is offering lobbyists and association executives off the record, non-confrontational access to “those powerful few” — Chris Dodd.. maybe Joe Courtney, important members of the Town Council, Board of Ed, and RTM, powerful Town Committee members (some that […]

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The Deluge cometh

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

As I made my way home today I noticed that Poquonnock Plains Park was flooded, and it appeared that the sidewalk over Fort Hill Brook, was washed out. When I arrived home it was fairly clear that something rather extraordinary had happened. I had been aware that it was raining during the day, but apparently […]

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A loss for Groton

Friday, June 19, 2009

Over the course of the last 40 years or so great chunks of Groton have been preserved for posterity as Open Space. Lots of folks were involved in the various efforts to preserve the many parcels that have been saved, but one person was central to them all. Groton owes a huge debt of gratitude […]

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Shocking news from New London

Sunday, June 7, 2009

According to the Day, New London’s new police chief, Margaret Ackley, has promised a “no-nonsense, positive approach” to her job. I was shocked to hear about it. It seems to me that the all-nonsense negative approach has not been given a fair trial. Yes, there are some who might say that New London has been […]

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JJB Dinner

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

My wife and I joined 4 other Southeastern Connecticut Liberal Drinkers at the JJB Dinner last night, where we ate really palatable food and listened to select politicians blather on. Actually, the featured speaker, Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer, gave a very entertaining keynote speech, capped off by an auction of his bolo tie for the […]

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