CT Blue

We here in America sometimes let our “democratic” principles get the better of us. For instance, there is a school of thought that proposes that since requiring a majority to pass something is good, requiring a super-majority must be even better. In California, as in a number of other states, this has led to constitutional […]

Better late than never, I guess. I forgot to post about this earlier in the week, what with one thing and another going on in my life. Tomorrow from Noon to 3:00 PM the Groton Democratics will be having a picnic at Spicer Park in Noank. The suggested donation is $20.00. The basics will be […]

On Monday the Charter Revision Commission voted to send the proposed Charter on to the Town Council, along with a report that describes the changes we proposed. The folks who supported the referendum are writing a minority report. Since our original report does not address the referendum issue, and the minority report will only address […]

I’ve avoided writing anything substantive about the Groton Charter Revision Commission, on which I’ve been serving for over a year, though I’ve mentioned the meetings in passing. I haven’t discussed it primarily because I think I would have been less effective as an advocate on the Commission if I had discussed our deliberations in this […]