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Chris Donovan makes himself look very bad

Saturday, January 17, 2009

I don’t know much about Chris Donovan, the man who replaced Jim Amann as speaker of the Connecticut House, but I was certainly prepared to be well disposed toward him, since he was replacing Jim Amann, a man who truly needed to be replaced. Apparently, Donovan himself didn’t agree with that basic premise, because Amann’s […]

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More on Wal-Mart

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

The Day has a follow up article on the Wal-Mart situation (Some Celebrate Wal-Mart’s Loss Of Interest). Indeed, more than some are celebrating. Unfortunately, not everyone: Director of Planning and Development Michael Murphy said it was “unfortunate that the project didn’t move forward,” as staff believed the improvements being proposed would have protected the watershed. […]

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We beat Wal-Mart!

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

This morning’s Day reported that Wal-Mart was “said to lose interest” in Groton. This evening, the story has been updated on the website, and we are now told that “Super Wal-Mart [is] definitely out in Groton“. Konover Development vice president Michelle Carlson confirmed today that the company is dropping plans to build a Wal-Mart Supercenter […]

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A new local blog

Thursday, January 8, 2009

We live in an old (1791) house. Sometimes things gradually go wrong, and it takes us a while to realize we have been living with something for a long time that really ought to be fixed. Then, six or seven months later, we actually get it fixed. Today was one of those days. The light […]

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Coming Events

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

It’s that time again. While we ordinarily hold our Drinking Liberally Meetings on the first Thursday of the month, we decided that wouldn’t be such a good idea this month, considering the first Thursday was a holiday. So this month, and this month only, we will meet on the Second Thursday of the Month, once […]

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A GGGer goes after the GLP PD

Monday, December 8, 2008

Looks like we may see some internecine warfare within the GGG PAC. For you non-Grotonites, that’s the Groton Good Government Pac. Don’t be fooled by the name. Their objective is to destroy good government, especially the schools. They are against government spending in all its forms, but have normally been fairly quiet about spending that […]

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Drinking Liberally Tomorrow

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

It’s that time of the month again. Tomorrow we will hold our 12th Drinking Liberally. Now is the time, by the way, for all good Liberals to come to the aid of the party. We can’t have any post election let downs or slack offs. We have to stay liberal and keep drinking. Also, since […]

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Gil Shasha prevails

Thursday, November 20, 2008

This is a little different, and is of no particular political interest, but I must register my delight upon reading this story (Shasha prevails at ‘last trial’) in the New London Day. Gil is no longer practicing, for reasons that are fairly murky, as the article states, but whatever the reason, he’s gone out in […]

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Come drinking

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Almost forgot, but don’t you forget. Drinking Liberally, tomorrow night at 6:30. The Bulkeley House in New London, on Bank Street. We’re hoping to have a big crowd. We’ll certainly have plenty to talk about, which, if truth be told, we do more liberally than drink. There’s the past election, in which we can wallow, […]

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Election reflections

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

This has been, beyond doubt, the most extraordinary political day in my experience. I had multiple opportunities to observe voters during the course of the day. People were willing to wait in line for hours, without complaint. Many came armed with documentation, to make sure that they couldn’t be turned away. Some waited an extraordinarily […]

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