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Lon Seidman hits the big time

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Lon Seidman, who I’ve kidded here on occasion for his technophilia, has been invited to the White House to tweet the State of the Union address. You can follow Lon at @lonpaul.

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One of our own hits the big(ger) time

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Congratulations to Noank’s own Karen Buffkin:  Karen Buffkin of Noank has been appointed deputy secretary of the state Office of Policy and Management, replacing Mark Ojakian, who has been named chief of staff by Governor Dannel P. Malloy. Buffkin had served as Undersecretary for Legal Affairs for OPM. “I’m thrilled to be able to make […]

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Tip of my hat

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Never let it be said that I don’t give credit where credit is due, though I suppose sometimes I don’t. But I want to do so today, to Commissioner of Consumer Protection William Rubenstein.    I happen to represent a tenant’s association at a mobile home park. The tenants have found themselves in a dispute […]

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A crime prevented

Saturday, September 24, 2011

We here in Groton held a fundraiser last night, to raise money for the upcoming off year elections. It was a “celebrity” auction. Folks got to bid on items donated by politicians, etc., including stuff from Malloy (green tie), Blumenthal (not-green tie), Nancy Wyman (print), Chris Murphy (lunch), Joe Courtney (poster) and Denise Merrill (scarf). […]

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A primary in New London

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Time for some local news, of the just desserts variety. New London held a primary yesterday. A fairly important primary. For years a local pol named Michael Buscetto has been campaigning to institute a strong mayor system in New London. It may come as no surprise that he considered himself the perfect, indeed the inevitable, […]

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My hat’s in the ring, sort of

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Thursday night I was nominated for not one, but two offices in the upcoming local election: town council, and Representative Town Meeting member for the district in which I reside. I agreed to have my name placed in nomination because we did not have enough candidates to fill our slates. So long as a real […]

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Not exactly a Profile in Courage

Thursday, May 12, 2011

It is with some regret that I must take notice of the fact that our local State Senator, Andy Maynard, has not covered himself in glory in the past week or so. My wife has worked long and hard for Andy, and I’ve contributed both money and time. I, for one, have to wonder whether […]

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Having it both ways with the unions

Friday, March 4, 2011

This is the second time I’ve read that Malloy claims that he won in November because of the unions, and that the race was as close as it was because of the unions. It’s a clever formulation. Sure, the unions helped push him to victory by busting their asses, but they only needed to bust […]

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The Definition of Chutzpah

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

This is rich: Robert G. Burton wants UConn to give him his $3 million back.Burton gave the money to the University of Connecticut to build the Burton Family Football Complex in Storrs. Now, citing disagreements with the school’s athletic director and a desire to be consulted about the new football coach, he wants that donation […]

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What’s with Enfield?

Sunday, January 23, 2011

It would appear that the Republicans that are running Enfield have a secret agenda: enriching the ACLU, which is entitled to attorneys fees from losing defendants when it vindicates the constitution. After handing the ACLU a slam dunk victory when they insisted on having the high school graduation in a church, the Enfielders decided to […]

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