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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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Discrimination in New London

Monday, January 17, 2011

Should anyone doubt that Martin Luther King’s work is far from over… The New London Day reported yesterday that the City of New London has not hired a black firefighter since 1978. At the current time it has one black firefighter (who must be a rather elderly gentleman by this time), and two Hispanics. The […]

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Sustinet lauded by Firedoglake

Monday, January 17, 2011

The folks, or at least one contributor to, Firedoglake think very highly of the recently announced Sustinet Board’s Draft Report: Both the new health care bill and other federal laws like ERISA make it very hard to for states to adopt my preferred solution of single-payer health care, or even my secondary choices, like a […]

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Drinking Liberally survives

Saturday, January 8, 2011

We may have taken a shellacking (nationally) in November, but our spirits remain high here in New London County, as this picture from our last Drinking Liberally meeting demonstrates. This was our first meeting at Hanafin’s, since the Bulkeley House may or may not be permanently closed, though it was certainly closed this past Thursday. […]

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