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Murphy grandstanding on “home invasions”

Friday, April 4, 2008

Congressman Murphy wants to make home invasions a federal crime. The wave of home invasions, by my count, has now reached two in the State of Connecticut, clearly calling for a federal response. This is a stupid idea. It makes no sense, so of course it has a good chance of passing. How does making […]

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Big Brother coming to Ledyard

Friday, April 4, 2008

Sometimes I’m a bit naive, I must confess. When I read this article in this morning’s Day, I was frankly puzzled: Steve Masalin said after almost every snowstorm, residents call him to complain their roads haven’t been plowed. “It happens frequently, almost all the time,” said Masalin, the town’s director of Public Works, on Thursday. […]

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Drink Liberally tomorrow

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Yet another reminder. Every first Thursday the Southeastern Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets at the Bulkeley House in New London at 6:30 PM. We are now officially members of the national Drinking Liberally organization. We’ve had a lot of fun at the previous meetings. It’s a chance to meet like minded folks and talk politics. […]

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The Land of Stupid Habits

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

In a break with tradition, the Hartford Courant covered hard news on page one today, to wit, an article about a proposal to allow big cities to impose a 1% sales tax. The idea is appallingly stupid for the reasons pointed out by several legislators: But Republican and some Democratic legislators questioned the idea, saying […]

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Thanking John Wheeler and Dee Harrell

Friday, March 14, 2008

I’ve added a link at the side to a page with a few pictures taken at the Appreciation Dinner we had tonight for Dee Harrell and John Wheeler. A good time was had by all, and there aren’t two people in the party who deserved the recognition more.

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Groton Appreciation Dinner Tomorrow

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Tomorrow at 6:00 PM the Groton Democratic Town Committee will be hosting a dinner to recognize the contributions of two loyal Democrats, Dee Harrell and John Wheeler, at the Pipefitters Hall, 873 Poquonnock Road in Groton (naturally). Dee has been on the RTM as a member from the 1st District since the dawn of time. […]

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Preserving Connecticut

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Many years ago my wife helped get a referendum passed in Groton to purchase open space. The allocated funds were never fully spent, because some of the town councilors, who professed to be fans of open space, always seemed to have problems with specific purchases. Nonetheless, as a result of that effort, a lot of […]

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Report from the Charter Revision Commission

Monday, March 10, 2008

Tonight, I’ve been concentrating on local issues: the organic law of the Town of Groton. I.e, another Charter Revision Commission tonight. One of the leitmotifs running through our discussions is the extent to which the Charter should be written in language allegedly accessible to the layperson. For instance, is the term “organic law” verboten? As […]

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Reminder-Drink Liberally Thursday

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

As those on our Drinking Liberally list know by now, we have found a permanent home at the Bulkeley House in New London (111 Bank Street). Our next meeting is Thursday at 6:30 PM. Everyone is invited, so long as he or she is liberal, or in the company of a liberal.

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Connecticut Democrats to change Senate vacancy law

Saturday, February 16, 2008

A few weeks ago I heard through the grapevine that there might, in fact, be some legislative movement on an issue I’ve been writing about a bit. Turns out that the rumours were true. Today’s Courant reports that the State Democrats are, indeed, going to try to change state law to allow we the people […]

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