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State Rep. Tim O'Brien represents the 24th Assembly District (F. Gerratana photo) The August 31st closing of New Britain's Wal-Mart store, abruptly announced by the company this past week, has prompted State Rep. Tim O’Brien (D-24) to call for coordinated action to assist more than 160 displaced workers at the Farmington Avenue store. “It’s vital that we do what ever we can to stem any...
New Britain Community News - Sat 4:50 p.m. - 6 clicks 
The fallout from the revelation that State Rep/Brookfield Treasurer David Scribner FAILED to pay local property taxes continues. Bloggers in the hometown of Jodi Rell weigh in on Scribner's latest embarrassment" Brookfield Connecticut Politics: ...The Brookfield Town Treasurer has been unavailable to discuss the Brookfield Town Pension Plan. For months on end. Even though the town has been...
Hat City - Thu 4:00 p.m.
If the Washington Post can do it, so can we! For $20.00, The Groton Democratic Town Committee is offering lobbyists and association executives off the record, non-confrontational access to “those powerful few” — Chris Dodd.. maybe Joe Courtney, important members of the Town Council, Board of Ed, and RTM, powerful Town Committee members (some that head [...]...
CT Blue - Thu 12:38 p.m. - 5 clicks
Although Danbury High School has a new leader , lingering questions remain in regards to the principal search process used by the Board of Education and School Superintendent Sal Pascarella. Although the school board's site visit trip to Arizona has certainly generated quite a deal of criticism , what I found most interesting had nothing to do with the amount of the trip or the number of peop...
Hat City - Thu 9:38 a.m. - 2 clicks
Yes, the first Thursday of the month is arriving right on time. Come one, come all to the Southeastern Connecticut Drinking Liberally, at the Bulkeley House, Bank Street, New London, starting at 6:30. We will all lift at least one glass to Al Franken, and maybe another in memory of Atul’s hair, most of which [...]...
CT Blue - Wed 6:39 p.m. - 4 clicks
Video from Paul Bass and the New Haven Independent As far as I'm concerned, once you've run over the skunk, no amount of air freshener is going to get rid of the stink. And so is the case with Creepy Joe™ Lieberman, who shilled for the Republicans when he guessed, and guessed wrong, that he might find a power base in an alliance with his idealogical similar colleagues. After he and...
Caterwauled - Wed 2:21 p.m. - 3 clicks
While most Supreme Court coverage has focused on decision in the New Haven Firefighter’s case, I’m much more worried about another case the Court is expected to take up soon – one that could give Corporate America even more power than it currently has over our political process, as hard to imagine as that may seem. Watching [...]...
Connecticut Working Families - Tue 8:03 a.m.
The Hartford Courant arrived on my doorstep this morning (though they have called and threatened that it won't be much longer if I don't pay my bill), and the vertical has become horizontal once again. With the logotype at the top of the page once again, there won't be mistaking the front page for a section header anymore. But the blue highlights and subheads are horrible (as if a single co...
Caterwauled - Mon 12:10 p.m. - 4 clicks
Connecticut does the right thing, Republicans screech . In an unexpected move, Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell signed the US Senate vacancy bill which takes away the governor’s power to appoint someone to a vacant US Senate seat. "Although the current process for filling a Senate vacancy has worked well in our state for many decades, this bill gives directly to the people of Connectic...
DailyKos (Connecticut) - Jun 26 - 2 clicks
Thanks to Connecticut governor Jodi Rell , we can finally send Joe Lieberman on his much needed vacation to his new post as Ambassador to Where-the-Hell-Ever: In an unexpected move, Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell signed the US Senate vacancy bill which takes away the governor’s power to appoint someone to a vacant US Senate seat. "Although the current process for filling a Senate v...
DailyKos (Connecticut) - Jun 26 - 2 clicks
Members of the Board of Education discuss the appointment of Dr. Robert Rossi as Principal of Danbury High School June 24 Board of Education meeting. Photo by ctblogger I was on the interviewing committee...and this has nothing to do with the candidate, it has a lot to do with the process. I think as leaders, at time point when the flaws came in this particular situation, that we sh...
Hat City - Jun 25 - 3 clicks
Well, I'm back from my little vacation in Newport R.I. and I'm ready to get back into things. I'm a little behind in posts so it will take me a little time to get things back up to speed here so be patient. BTW: I got an iPhone 3G-S for Daddy's Day and I must say that it's the BEST PHONE EVA!!! Once UStreamTV updates their software, I'll be able to do live video feeds from anywhere in Danbury ...
Hat City - Jun 23 - 2 clicks
Jon Lender has another eye-opener in the Hartford Courant today explaining the potential for double-dipping by highly-paid state employees who are set to take advantage of a proposed retirement package. Two things occur to me. If someone is too valuable to send off to retirement, then shouldn't that position be excepted from the proposed package? But more outrageous is the number of state...
Caterwauled - Jun 21 - 3 clicks
(It ain't art. It's garbage. Hauled out of the river, after some hard paddling by Stephen Devoto.) Every time I get my kayak out on the Connecticut, Mattabessett and Coginchaug Rivers, I wonder why it's taken me so long to do it again since last time. With black clouds threatening from the South, I ventured out with a group of fellow paddlers to explore Wilcox Island and the confluence ...
Caterwauled - Jun 21 - 3 clicks
(Peter Case packs his case after a Buttonwood Tree gig in Middletown). I've been a Peter Case fan before I even knew I was a Peter Case fan. His group The Plimsouls had a hit (A Million Miles Away), during the early MTV era, which I loved, and since his first, amazing solo album, I was hooked. A few months back Case suffered a heart attack and had bypass surgery. He's recovering quickly...
Caterwauled - Jun 19 - 2 clicks
TOPIC: Ann Drive Ad-hoc committee Remember, you can now watch all the episodes of Danbury live at the show's official blog. ...
Hat City - Jun 16 - 2 clicks
As we come to the end of the school year, today, The Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now (ConnCAN) released its third annual comparison of official high school graduation for the area. The analysis, based on a comparison of graduation figures by the Connecticut State Department of Education and Education Week’s Diplomas Count project (an independent group), shows a gaps of up to 39 ...
Hat City - Jun 16
For those who want to see the real dark side of poltiics, this show is for you. Bethel Watch is a local access show on Comcast which is the equivalent of Danbury Live...for the exception that it catches local officials doing the strangest things. Case in point, watch this episode that came on last week regarding so-called changes to the Library Board's by-laws: After watching that e...
Hat City - Jun 15
As Gov. Rowland-Rell and the Republicans continue to spin their ridiculous rhetoric regarding their unlabanced budgets that target the middle-class, today, the Senate Democrats launched a new interactive Google budget map, which highlights how the governor's proposed budget will impact every municipality in the state. Since MOST people haven't taken the time to actually READ the governor's UNBA...
Hat City - Jun 12
It's been over a week since the News-Times' Dirk Perrefort published this astonishing quote from Mayor Boughton in which he states that individuals were "discouraged" from applying for the position of principal at Danbury High School. Boughton, who was a social studies teacher at the high school for nearly 14 years before entering politics, said he knows for a fact there were “internal ca...
Hat City - Jun 11
For those who say there isn't any good musical talent in Danbury, this new festure of HatCityBLOG is for you. From time to time, I'll do shameless plug on local musical acts in the area. First up to bat is the group Neil Boys Beach Diamond. I videotaped these guys at last week's Multiple Sclerosis benefit at Cousin Larry's... ...
Hat City - Jun 10
By MICHAEL K. NORRIS The other day I read an article in the Stamford Advocate, Rell Train and Bus Fare Hikes Draw Fire (on the print paper, the headline could be read in the newspaper box from across a street). The story details the proposal by Governor Rell to, well, jack up train/bus fares to help cover a [...] ...
DanMalloy.com - Jun 8
When it comes to a late mortgage payment, a foreclosure notice or re-financing "a lot of folks feel like they're on their own" said U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy (D-5) at a well-attended housing forum on those issues at New Britain's City Hall on Saturday, May 30th. The good turnout in New Britain affirmed why Murphy organized the forum: the record number of foreclosures and increasing numbers ...
New Britain Community News - Jun 2
