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An open letter to Dave Collins

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Dear Dave, I hope you didn’t miss it! Heather Somers, Republican candidate for the State Senate, has taken and failed your Trump test. You remember. Here’s what you wrote: “I would suggest calling this the Trump test, one I intend to try on every state Republican candidate I encounter this election season. It’s pretty simple: […]

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I’m flattered, but…

Sunday, August 28, 2016

One thing you can say for our Republican State Rep, John Scott: He may or may not be voting for Donald Trump, but like the Donald, he can’t stop himself from replying to any tweet or Facebook post that targets him, even when most people with an ounce of sense would see an advantage in […]

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Ethically challenged John Scott flunks Trump Test

Thursday, August 11, 2016

It’s not every day that a Republican Congressman is both less ethically challenged than my local State Representative and is, nonethless, facing ethics charges in the House, so I really must submit the facts to a candid world: Texas Rep. Roger Williams is an auto dealer, and he has come under scrutiny by the House […]

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Refreshing

Thursday, June 30, 2016

Good for Kevin Lembo: State Comptroller Kevin Lembo added his name to a growing list of advocates and officials asking Insurance Commissioner Katharine Wade to recuse herself from reviewing the Anthem-Cigna merger. “With each passing day I grow more concerned about both the process by which the review is being conducted and the eventual impact […]

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A bad idea

Tuesday, June 28, 2016

The State of Connecticut is, if every so timidly, exploring the idea of imposing a mileage tax in Connecticut. The state of Connecticut is on the road to testing the possibility of a ‘Mileage Tax.’ The brakes were put on this plan one year ago when News 8 first reported about the idea, but now […]

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A legal question

Saturday, June 11, 2016

Two federal judges have declared recent changes in Ohio’s voting laws unconstitutional: Judge Michael H. Watson, appointed by George W. Bush, made his 120-page ruling May 24. He stated that the GOP-run Ohio legislature in 2014 had violated the U.S. Constitution and Voting Rights Act by cutting the period of early voting from 35 to 28 days. Lawmakers also got rid of “Golden […]

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Local Developments

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Recently my wife posted a mocked up newsflash on the Groton Democrats Facebook page, attacking local Republican state reps, John Scott and Andre Bumgardner, as “do-nothings”. That meme is in the news lately, as Groton has taken quite a hit on education funding, with both of them whining about how unfair it was that they […]

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Local grifter suffers another setback

Sunday, March 6, 2016

Local Grifter John Scott, who has represented John Scott in the legislature for the past year or so, suffered yet another setback recently. I reported back in January of 2015 that John, an insurance agent who had a contract with UConn to sell health insurance to students, had selflessly (or is that selfishly?) proposed a […]

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Sausage making in Hartford

Thursday, July 9, 2015

There’s an old saying to the effect that you really don’t want to know how legislation or sausage is made. I’m not sure about the meat variety, but I’d actually love to know how this sausage was made. It is Section 57 of the budget bill just passed by our legislature. It reads as follows: […]

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We’re number 1!

Friday, March 20, 2015

On a number of occasions I’ve noted that we here in the rational states lead the nation in a number of respects. We may, for instance, be godless, but somehow we also manage to have the lowest divorce rates and the lowest rates of births out of wedlock. But, being rational, I’m bound to admit […]

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