Yesterday the Groton Federation of Democratic Women, over which my wife presides, hosted a “tea”. The object was to raise money, which they did, to as great an extent as we can ever do in Groton. The usual suspects were there, including State Comptroller Nancy Wyman and Attorney General Dick Blumenthal.
The event took place at the Zbierski house in the City. In attendance were the present and immediate past (Democratic) mayor of the City, Catherine Kolnaski and Dennis Popp, seen below:
For my Groton readers I’ve posted some pictures on a separate page, the link to which you’ll find on the upper right hand corner of this page, or you can click here.
We heard from most of the elected officials present, including Dennis, State Reps Ed Moukawsher and Elissa Wright, State Senator Andy Maynard, and both Wyman and Blumenthal. Lon Seidman also spoke on behalf of Joe Courtney.
I thought Wyman’s remarks were the most interesting, because she talked about the budget negotiating process between the Democrats and Rell. Well, not really Rell, it turns out, because she herself attended none of the sessions. Wyman says there’s a rumour about that Rell was going to attend a session, but Lisa Moody wouldn’t let her. Whether the rumour is true or not is almost beside the point, it illustrates something everyone knows: that Rell is simply a figurehead.
My wife has organized so many of these fundraisers (this one included) that I’m sure we couldn’t remember them all. Since this is my blog, and I can say anything I want, I am hereby recognizing the tremendous amount of work that she, and a few others, do to put these type of events together. It sometimes seems it would be easier to just write a check and avoid the work, but the real value of these events is the opportunity everyone has to get together, spew venom on Republicans, and listen to our officeholders and candidates.
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