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Chris Dodd returns home

Saturday, January 5, 2008

My wife and I went to East Haddam today to join a a crowd of folks welcoming Chris Dodd back from the campaign trail. Chris never caught on, but he earned the gratitude of Constitution lovers everywhere by holding off the latest assault on the Constitution, taking time off from his campaign to do so. […]

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Drinking Liberally a success; is there anything else going on?

Thursday, January 3, 2008

Just returned from our Drinking Liberally get together, and, much to my surprise and relief, it was a success. We had about as big a crowd as we could handle and still stay as a coherent group, everyone seemed to have fun, and we did indeed drink liberally. One of the hits of the evening […]

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How I spent my evening

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Among the many frustrations in my life at present is my position as Treasurer of the Groton Democrats. If you’ve ever served as a treasurer of a political campaign or committee in Connecticut you will understand what I’m talking about. The reporting requirements are such that it is virtually impossible for a non-expert to set […]

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Drinking Liberally in Mystic, Take 2

Friday, December 28, 2007

So far, response to our announcement about the inaugural meeting of the Southeastern Connecticut chapter of Drinking Liberally has been good. It looks like we may have a pretty good crowd. Both Representative Betsy Ritter and State Senator Andy Maynard are going to try to make it. Andy suggests that we make predictions on the […]

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Drinking Liberally in Mystic

Thursday, December 27, 2007

Alright, here’s the announcement you’ve all been waiting for! The organizational meeting of the Southeastern Connecticut Chapter of Drinking Liberally (that’s a provisional name, by the way) will take place on January 3rd at 6:30 PM at the Harp & Hound Pub on Pearl Street in Mystic. We’re hoping enough people will show up to […]

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Feedback from some legislators

Saturday, December 22, 2007

Last week I noted a suggestion in the comments to the effect that the Connecticut Democrats should use their veto proof majority to change the method of filling vacancies in the United States Senate. I got a comment on that post from Representative Tim O’Brien, who has introduced a bill to provide for special elections […]

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Town Council gives Hilton tax break for Christmas

Friday, December 21, 2007

Last week I mentioned that the Town Council was thinking of giving a developer a $60,000.00 tax break as an incentive to do something it had already done. This week the Council voted to do it: The Town Council this week approved a one-year tax abatement for the Hilton Garden Inn of a little more […]

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A legislator doing good work

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Recently I passed on a suggestion from the comments that the Democrats in the Connecticut State Legislature should use their veto proof majority to keep Jodi Rell from appointing a replacement for Joe Lieberman, should Joe decide to depart for greener pastures. State Representative Tim O’Brien, (D. New Britain/Newington) wrote in to say that he […]

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An excellent suggestion

Monday, December 17, 2007

A commenter on my recent Lieberman post says: Shouldn’t the veto-proof majority in the CT legislature pass a law for direct election of Senators who resign, instead of Lieberman giving the GOP an appointment by Gov Rell between now and 2009? An excellent suggestion. One would think that by now even Jim Amann, who actually […]

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What are they thinking? (Groton Edition)

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Today’s Mystic River Press (no link available) reports that sentiment in the Groton Town Council appears to favor giving a tax break to encourage Groton Hospitality, LLC to build a hotel in town. The fact that the hotel is about 99% complete, sans tax break, apparently had an effect on the Council, which is thinking […]

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