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Half a cheer for Rell

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Wonders never cease. I find myself on the same side as Jodi Rell. Even weirder, I have to tip my hat to Lisa Moody. The state owns shorefront property in Waterford, that was formerly used as a school for the developmentally disabled. It is no longer being used for that purpose, and a Farmington developer […]

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Architectural treasure in Groton

Saturday, May 10, 2008

In its endless front page pursuit of the trivial, the Hartford Courant today ran a front page article on the outhouses of Chester, a posh community in Middlesex County. Since this is considered critically newsworthy by so august an institution as the nation’s oldest newspaper can anyone criticize me for taking up the subject. It […]

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Boring convention

Saturday, May 10, 2008

I was a delegate to the State Convention in New Britain this morning, at which we chose members of the DNC and the presidential electors who will cast the formal votes in the Electoral College in December. Short report: nothing happened.

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Jim Mitchell

Friday, May 9, 2008

My wife and I got an invitation to Jim Mitchell’s retirement party today. Jim, for those of you not from Groton, is our superintendent of schools, who is actually retiring. He was not fired, driven out or caught in a scandal. He did not piss people off by trying to get a free Audi (seasoned […]

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Crime wave in Connecticut

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

I suppose it’s just me, but I find the “Home Invasion” scare that is currently the rage a little puzzling. These incidents are covered as if they represent a species of crime without precedent. We have, in fact, had laws on the books for years that deal with all aspects of this type of crime. […]

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Delusional thinking

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Delusional thinking is a common failing among politicians. It appears, for instance, that Joe Biden really thought he could be elected president. This type of thinking infects politicians at all levels. I myself am not immune, having run unsuccessfully for every elective position in Groton, except justice of the peace and judge of probate. Few […]

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Groton Democrat to display art in Old Lyme. Other artists to appear too

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Next week, the Lyme-Old Lyme Junior Women’s Club holds its annual Art Show at the Old Lyme Art Association. The details are on the flyer reproduced below. The money goes to good causes, and the art is always very good. There will be lots of artists there, but only one of them lives down the […]

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I’m not a member of any organized political party, I’m a Democrat!

Saturday, April 19, 2008

If Will Rogers needed confirmation of his point of view, he need only have looked at the 2008 Democratic 18th Senatorial District State Central Convention, to which I had the dubious honor of being a delegate. Actually, the convention went fine. I played a sterling role, being firstest with the mostest when it came to […]

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Jodi-out of the loop

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Only Jodi Rell, rumored to be the most popular governor in the nation, could get away with criticizing herself. Two days ago, the Democrats complained that they’d been kept in the dark about the rising cost of a railroad maintenance facility in New Haven. This seems fair on their part. It was, after all, officials […]

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Goings on around town

Saturday, April 5, 2008

Today the subject is art, food and New London, and local boosterism, not necessarily in that order. This post is mainly for any readers not from the area, and to those in the area who never set foot in New London. It’s a happening place. New London is turning around, despite the general incompetence of […]

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