Connecticut
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The tornado warning associated with this storm has been allowed to expire, and the rotation has weakened. There is still a severe thunderstorm warning associated with this line of storms across extreme southern Massachusetts, eastern Connecticut and all of Rhode Island. Even though the threat of a tornado is no longer an issue, keep aware of the threat of damaging winds, large hail, heavy...
DailyKos (Connecticut) - Mon 9:40 p.m.
On the evening of September 20, 1938, there were news reports from Europe that Hitler was preparing to invade Czechoslovakia (The Czech Republic and Slovakia on today's maps). WWII's European theater was opened by the German invasion of Poland 19 days earlier. Poland would fall in roughly 2 weeks. My mother was living in West Haven, CT at that time. She was 17 when the eye wa...
DailyKos (Connecticut) - Mon 9:40 p.m.
Hartford, Connecticut Mayor Pedro Segarra has become the nation's first legally married gay Mayor. Segarra is married to his partner of fourteen years, Charlie Ortiz . His Inaugural Ball was this past Saturday night, January 21, 2012. Photo Credit: Andrea Wise, special to The Hartford Courant Segarra had previously been the president of Hartford's City Council and finished the ...
DailyKos (Connecticut) - Mon 9:40 p.m.
What happened to the truly small businesses? • Small businesses actually create jobs. • The USA needs to regain its manufacturing jobs. Talking points from Washington. Unfortunately, the talk isn’t translating into discernable action. This is going to focus on the local and personal impact of the economic recession on small business. For me,...
DailyKos (Connecticut) - Mon 9:40 p.m.
Connecticut joins in. With the recent bills enacted in Hawaii and Nevada providing protection from employment discrimination for transfolk, we seemed to be on a roll. Well, keep on rollin'. The Connecticut Senate voted to provide protection for transpeople for discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations , 20-16. The bill will move on to the Gov. Dan Malloy (D), w...
DailyKos (Connecticut) - Mon 9:40 p.m.
In 1842, the monument for Mohegan leader Uncas was completed in Norwich, Connecticut. Historian William Leete Stone traveled from New York City to speak at the unveiling. Stone told people that Uncas “was the white man’s friend, at a period when the friendship even of savage royalty was most welcome.” He also said of Uncas: “In a different hemisphere, and belonging to another race, he migh...
DailyKos (Connecticut) - Mon 9:40 p.m.
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy (Official photo) Coming out of the disaster of the 2010 elections, Connecticut has been one of the few bright spots. In June, DemFromCT listed a few noteworthy accomplishments of his state's governor and legislature, including their efforts to work with the state's unions and avoid layoffs, as well as: ... paid sick days (CT is the first state in the nat...
DailyKos (Connecticut) - Mon 9:40 p.m.
A History Lesson In 2000, the (absolutely beautiful) state of Connecticut lost a Congressional district, going from six to five seats. At the time, freshman Congressman Rob Simmons held CT-02, Chris Shays held CT-04, and Nancy Johnson held CT-06. Because of the bipartisan commission, and a Democratic legislature with Republican John Rowland in Hartford, a compromise was passed. Johnson and...
DailyKos (Connecticut) - Mon 9:40 p.m.
Let me be clear, I am no fan of Connecticut's Governor Dannel P. Malloy -- after he killed the SustiNet public option -- at the request of Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini -- I pretty much wanted to pull every piece of my hair out. Even so, what just passed both legislative bodies and will be heading to his desk soon is a real Biden BFD -- at least for the United States...the rest of the civilized wor...
DailyKos (Connecticut) - Mon 9:40 p.m.
Hi homophobes. We need to talk. You've been kind of busy lately, and you've had a few victories. But I'm here to tell you something: It. Gets. Worse. ...
DailyKos (Connecticut) - Mon 9:40 p.m.
The lockout at the West River Health Care Center in Milford, Connecticut continues, with HealthBridge Management still threatening to expand the lockout to its five other unionized nursing homes in Connecticut. HealthBridge first refused to go to binding arbitration unless the union accepted a pension freeze before entering arbitration—the "surrender outright to one of our two big demand...
DailyKos (Connecticut) - Mon 9:40 p.m.
There's a new report from the Pew Center on the States, that health insurance premiums are continuing their inexorable upward spiral despite the passage of the Affordable Care Act. In fact, insurance premiums nationally have gone up more than 16 percent since the law was enacted a little more than a year ago. In some parts of the country, increases have been as much as 30 percent. . . .The ...
DailyKos (Connecticut) - Mon 9:40 p.m.
So, as we probably all know, the House of Representatives has 435 members, a number that's pretty much set in stone. But what would happen to districts if the number of members changed? Usually the change goes more in the direction of increasing the number of districts, such as in the so-called "Wyoming" rule, wherein every Congressional district is as close as possible in population to the popu...
DailyKos (Connecticut) - Mon 9:40 p.m.
This is part 1 of a little series I'm working on. The goal is to create the largest possible non-completely crazy-looking Voting Rights Act district in each state. A Voting Rights Act-district is defined as a legislative district in which one minority group makes up more than half of the adult population. ...
DailyKos (Connecticut) - Mon 9:40 p.m.
Cross-posted at The Employee Advocate Forum Hallelujah! My home state, Connecticut, has just passed the first law in the country requiring employers to offer paid sick leave. Governor Malloy has already said he will sign the bill into law. ...
DailyKos (Connecticut) - Mon 9:40 p.m.
(And yes by extension NY, NH, ME and VT Kossaks as well - and I guess if you other Kossaks are going to read this the info contained here-in could benefit you as well.) A deadline is coming and you probably aren't aware of it. Heck you may not even be aware of THE event coming to our neck of the woods next June. As I learned yesterday that a certain MA kossak didn't know and I was sh...
DailyKos (Connecticut) - Mon 9:40 p.m.
Now that a lot of redistricting maps at all levels-- Congress, State Legislatures, local-- are complete I thought it would be a good idea for the redistricting community here to work on getting the official maps into the tool of our choice-- Dave's Redistricting App. I started a GDocs folder to collect these maps, but I'll put the links to the maps themselves in this diary as well, and upd...
DailyKos (Connecticut) - Mon 9:40 p.m.
Sixty seven members of Congress have signed onto Progressive Caucus Representative Grijalva's and Representative Ellison's letter to Nancy Pelosi, which states in part Especially in these tough economic times, we should not be cutting Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid benefits that millions of our constituents paid into and depend on. Such benefit cuts should be off the table in curr...
DailyKos (Connecticut) - Mon 9:40 p.m.
My idea is to see what congressional districts looked like if they were done strictly by population. How it would be done would be that there would be 432 districts in the contiguous u.s. and the population would be divided by 432. In 2000, that nets us around 645,000 people. What happens then is each state would still be allowed to have the legislature do redistricting, but there would be "inte...
DailyKos (Connecticut) - Mon 9:40 p.m.
As reported by MSNBC , Roll Call , The Hill , and CNN , the Progressive Change Campaign Committee is proud to endorse three bold progressive fighters whoe will give Elizabeth Warren the allies she needs in Congress: Chris Donovan (CT-05), Ann McLane Kuster (NH-02) and Ilya Sheyman (IL-10). They join our previously endorsed candidates: Warren and Eric Griego (NM-01). With just hours left b...
DailyKos (Connecticut) - Mon 9:40 p.m.
Let's say you are a mayor of a town that has terrorized brown people for years. Four of your cops get arrested and charged with violating the civil rights of Latino residents, who make up 10 percent of your town. The local station interviews you about the arrests and asks you what you are doing to heal the wounds. Here's some advice—don't talk for four minutes about your dinner options. ...
DailyKos (Connecticut) - Mon 9:40 p.m.
A 6.0 earthquate just hit Virginia, Washington DC, Maryland and NY. And yes, Connecticut too! I was sitting at the desk, browsing DailyKos, when the computer started to dance in front of my eyes. Then my chair joined in. I knew immediately what was happening. Earthquake. I briefly debated whether to crawl under the desk or to stand in doorway. I opted for the latter and prayed. Watched eve...
DailyKos (Connecticut) - Mon 9:40 p.m.
I live in Connecticut, good old blue Connecticut. It is good in many ways. Not perfect, but good. As s resident, I'm a constituent of Senator Joe Lieberman. Did you know that after he was re-elected as an Independent after losing the Democratic primary to Ned Lamont that the Connecticut State Legislature passed a law in his honor prohibiting any politician to run for an office for which (s)he ha...
DailyKos (Connecticut) - Mon 9:40 p.m.
Police chief Leonard Gallo, whose department is under federal investigation for egregious racial profiling and more as a result of its mistreatment of Hispanic residents of the town of East Haven, Connecticut, has announced his retirement, effective at the end of the week. For background, per CNN : East Haven police Sgt. John Miller and officers David Cari, Dennis Spaulding and Jason Zullo ...
DailyKos (Connecticut) - Mon 9:40 p.m.
Remember this guy? Well, after discussing his interesting theory on eating tacos to heal racial rifts, he's back for seconds . In an extensive discussion that followed a reporter’s observation that [East Haven, CT, Mayor Joseph] Maturo didn’t appoint any of the Ecuadoreans who appear to make up the bulk of East Haven’s fast-growing Latino community and own most of the Latino...
DailyKos (Connecticut) - Mon 9:40 p.m.
There's a fellow syndicated in my local paper who's upset that Wall Street is being occupied and blamed for a whole lot of stuff he considers unfair. His name is Larry Elders and he writes for creators.com. The URL is generic, so I won't bother providing a link. But here's his beef-- Hey, Occupy Wall Street: What, No Anti-Obama Signs? The Occupy Wall Street folks tell us to blame ...
DailyKos (Connecticut) - Mon 9:40 p.m.
In the early morning hours in the Occupy encampment in New Haven, Connecticut it was not the police armed and harassing the Occupiers but a random group of men. there were no injuries and one of the perpetrators was caught. We need to not only watch out for police harassment but now that the 1% know we are here to stay they can and will use proxies to harass and injure protesters as well. Th...
DailyKos (Connecticut) - Mon 9:40 p.m.
In the days of backwards-assed Republican governors cutting budgets to the bone and targeting teachers and state workers, one governor has been taking a different approach. Instead of all cuts, all the time the governor of Connecticut figured that if other state leaders were going to act like stupid morons, he would take advantage of that by luring their smart, talented people to...
DailyKos (Connecticut) - Mon 9:40 p.m.
Crossposted at Scott Marshall Harris In an alternate universe, Republicans are locked in a titanic struggle to dismantle our social safety net with an opposition, the Democrats, so erstwhile in their defense of it that debate over even the slightest change brings forth absolute condemnation and kept promises of electoral revenge. In this universe, Republicans are locked in a titanic stru...
DailyKos (Connecticut) - Mon 9:40 p.m.
The current brouhaha concerning the Susan G. Komen Foundation has brought to mind the history of Planned Parenthood, an organization of such long standing that most Americans alive today can’t remember when it didn’t exist. An excellent film, Choices of the Heart , was made some years ago about Margaret Sanger, generally considered the founder of Planned Parenthood. When shown on TV in 1995 the...
DailyKos (Connecticut) - Mon 9:40 p.m.
Chris Bowers recently posted Think Big: Choosing the fights that build progressive power . He posited: We have to win elections in which people believe the outcome was determined by popular support for progressive policies, and a backlash against those who opposed them. …A wide array of pundits, candidates and political professionals must believe that opposition to progressi...
DailyKos (Connecticut) - Mon 9:40 p.m.
Sixty seven members of Congress have signed onto Progressive Caucus Representative Grijalva's and Representative Ellison's letter to Nancy Pelosi, which states in part Especially in these tough economic times, we should not be cutting Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid benefits that millions of our constituents paid into and depend on. Such benefit cuts should be off the table in curr...
DailyKos (Connecticut) - Mon 9:40 p.m.
A few days ago I wrote about Jan Brewer’s book buying scam. Here’s how it works. Start a PAC. Have the PAC buy multiple copies of your own book at full price. Repeat until you run out of suckers. Apparently, it’s a common scam. Christine O’Donnell, the woman who is not a witch, gave her [...]...
CT Blue - Mon 3:49 p.m.
I saw a butchered version of the exchange referenced in this article on the Daily Show. Stewart was trying to play it for laughs, or course, so he cut off the portion about the H-1B visa issue. The basic story is that a woman asked Obama why her husband had to compete with holders of [...]...
CT Blue - Mon 3:49 p.m.
CTMirror: Gov. Dannel P. Malloy defended the Obama administration on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" today over its requirement that faith-based employers include contraception coverage in their health coverage. "I think it's the right rule," Malloy said. A rarity for his chats on the program, Malloy managed to get through more than 9 minutes on camera without being drawn into some disagree...
My Left Nutmeg - Mon 9:23 a.m. - 13 clicks 
Not being able to stomach David Brooks, I was unaware that he was touting a book by racist pseudo-social scientist Charles Murray. Apparently Murray has discovered that the white working class is also genetically inferior-hence income inequality. A blogger named Peter, at Ph.D. Octopus (disclosure: he shares half my genes) says all that need be [...]...
CT Blue - Mon 9:23 a.m.
I came upon this post at Politics USA via Angry Black Lady Chronicles. It’s about a Fox News contributor defending Romney’s “I don’t care about the poor remark” by basically arguing that the poor never had it so good because some of them get gout. This is standard Fox stuff, but what I find interesting [...]...
CT Blue - Sat 6:23 p.m.
From the Times: Republicans Sharply Question Bernanke for Fed’s Focus on Job Market Summary: Why are you trying to block our attempts to tank the economy? Don’t you know we have an election to win?...
CT Blue - Sat 6:27 a.m.
The furor over the Susan Komen situation has gotten a lot of people upset and has raised a lot of questions. It got me thinking of the ACORN fiasco a few years ago. Recall that ACORN then, like Planned Parenthood now, had, for reasons having no rational basis, become the whipping boy for the right [...]...
CT Blue - Fri 4:07 p.m.
(From Wait, What? at www.jonathanpelto.com) Seven years ago, the Connecticut General Assembly adopted the Citizens Election Program. As a result of that monumental action,Connecticut put in place a campaign finance system that would ensure our citizens enjoyed the fairest, cleanest and most honest campaigns in the nation. With a national election and campaign finance system spiraling out o...
My Left Nutmeg - Fri 3:06 p.m. - 12 clicks
Maturo and Gallo=[bigoted] friends forever. Looks like Mayor Taco will allow his "allegedly" racist BFF Police Chief Len Gallo to walk out the door with over 150,000 in benefits by allowing him to resign as opposed to having to top cop face termination. New Haven Register: Mayor Joseph Maturo Jr. said Friday on retiring Chief of Police Leonard Gallo's last official day on the job tha...
My Left Nutmeg - Fri 1:01 p.m. - 13 clicks
Faced with mounting criticism, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation restored Planned Parenthood funding for breast cancer screening. Susan G. Komen for the Cure said today it was retreating from a decision to cut funding to Planned Parenthood, which provides abortion and birth control services, and apologized for a move that thrust the world's largest breast cancer charity int...
My Left Nutmeg - Fri 9:10 a.m.
Take this, Stephen Colbert: Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) launched a special fundraising political action committee in October, pledging to use the money to fight illegal immigration and take on other issues she believes in. But based on financial disclosures filed this week, she has so far used it to do little more than buy [...]...
CT Blue - Thu 6:48 p.m.
Oh, this is rich! When the officers were arraigned last month, U.S. Magistrate Holly Fitzsimmons indicated their next court apperance would not be until March 15. But Judge Alvin Thompson, who will now oversee the case, ordered the officers and their attorneys to appear in his court Thursday. [...] U.S. Attorney David Fein has said that the investigation was continuing and more arrests could...
My Left Nutmeg - Thu 3:03 p.m. - 11 clicks
UPDATE: I'm currently in possession of legal documentation which will show that Republican City Councilman Charles Trombetta LIED to the News-Times on several occasions regarding his possible move from the 2nd ward. Post to come tomorrow on Monday Tuesday morning! In honor of the multitude of lies Charles Trombetta told the News-Times regarding his well known bolt from Danbury, here's ...
Hat City - Thu 2:03 p.m. - 18 clicks
Because it's been a while... Will the state get involved in the East Haven controversy? Michael P. Lawlor, the state's undersecretary for Criminal Justice and Planning, said Wednesday evening that the state may examine the convictions of defendants who were arrested by the four local police officers now facing federal charges stemming from a racial-profiling investigation. "These four offi...
My Left Nutmeg - Thu 8:30 a.m. - 13 clicks
Newt’s still in it. Sarah says that a vote for Newt will annoy a liberal and all I can say is that I’ve never enjoyed being annoyed so much. You have to love the guy. He lives in the eternal present, totally lacking in self awareness or shame. Today he lectured Mitt Romney for saying [...]...
CT Blue - Wed 4:40 p.m.
Back in the 60s, I used to watch a TV series called The Defenders, about a father-son team of defense lawyers. I remember in one show the father quoted an aphorism to his son to the effect that it was better that 1000 guilty men go free rather than one innocent man be convicted. Of [...]...
CT Blue - Wed 4:26 p.m.
Today, Senator Richard Blumenthal announced his support for The Paying a Fair Share Act, a proposal introduced by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) that will adjust the tax rate for those so that individuals who make over 1 million dollars a year (including revenue from capitol gains and dividends) pay taxes that are more in proportion to taxes paid by working families. Press release: Last ...
My Left Nutmeg - Wed 2:26 p.m. - 16 clicks
This is interesting: .. [I]n Illinois, the bipartisan League of Women Voters is challenging gerrymandered districts based on a new legal claim: that it violates free speech. While a district court already dismissed its claim, the League of Women Voters can—and has—appealed to the Supreme Court. Because it’s a redistricting case, the court will [...]...
CT Blue - Tue 6:04 p.m.
City Council discussion on NEA teachers contract, Jan 2012 In advance of today's education budget workshop meeting here's an email Mayor Boughton sent to members of members of the city council, and School Superintendent Sal Pascarella and Kim Thompson, Director of Human Resources & Counsel to the Board of Education. The letter is regards to confusion on the mayor's part regarding sal...
Hat City - Tue 12:08 p.m. - 21 clicks
I'm taking a small break to do some LONG OVERDUE updates to the site. It's been a long time since I tweeked the site's code and I need to re-arrange things. Don't worry if you see things on the site go wacky...it's just me moving stuff around. Be back soon... ...
Hat City - Tue 7:28 a.m.
We've all heard about Mayor Joseph "Let them eat tacos" Maturo of East Haven, CT. We've all heard his repulsive remarks and how they have infuriated the country. Well today, he got a dose of humility. 2,000 tacos were delivered to his office today. The delivery was organized by Reform Immigration For America . Thousands of people texted orders, including a bulk order of 500 which was ...
DailyKos (Connecticut) - Jan 27
Trust me, the mayor is not fooling the people who know the REAL Mark Boughton. You gotta be kidding me! Here's the dishonest one chiming in on East Haven Joseph Maturo's idiotic regarding Latinos in his city Republican Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton said Maturo should dismantle and rebuild his police department. "There seems to be a pervasive attitude, at least among some members of th...
Hat City - Jan 25 - 5 clicks
Victims family members in Connecticut are fed up with the death penalty and starting to demand repeal and policies that will actually help them. To enhance their voices they've found a new venue to share their experiences - CT Victims voices for repeal Elizabeth Brancato, a Torrington woman whose mother was murdered, has started this blog to give voice to the many victims' f...
DailyKos (Connecticut) - Jan 23
Redistricting in CT is all but concluded. Although Democrats control the Governorship and both houses of the state legislature, they cannot draw their own Congressional map without 2/3rds vote margins. Therefore, it went to the state Supreme Court. They appointed a special master to draw the maps. David Nir said that when a similar stalemate happened in 1971, the Supreme ...
DailyKos (Connecticut) - Jan 18
In light of Joe DaSilva's plea deal in the negligent homicide of Ecuadorian immigrant Luis Encalada Bueno , here's a video recap of how the news media in Ecuador reported on the tragic incident. Originally posted on HatCityBLOG, Jan 30 2010 ETV Telerama var so = new SWFObject('http://www.etvtelerama.com/videos/etvplayer.swf', so.addParam ('allowscriptacc...
Hat City - Jan 18
Residents crate a makeshift memorial at the location where the alleged assault of Luis Encalada took place (58 Town Hill Ave). Photo by ctblogger 03.03.10. There was rumblings at the Danbury Superior Court House that an plea deal was about to be reached in the Joe DaSilva manslaughter case...and now it's done. About 20 minutes ago, DaSilva accepted a plea bargain of negligent homicide ...
Hat City - Jan 18 - 16 clicks
Global competition is often sited as the stimulus for the mind numbing arguments that we NEED standardized education or the sky will fall. Here's a sample of what that globalized competition looks like : and here's the backstory : " And I say to her, you seem kind of young. How old are you? And she says, I'm 13. And I say, 13? That's young. Is it hard to get work at Foxconn when you're-...
Region 19 BOE Gazette - Jan 15
With the laundry list of motions to suppress evidence by the defense attorney in the Joe DaSilva manslaughter trial, I thought now would be a good time to go back and take a look at police warrant on the matter. One look at the affadavit and you can understand why defense attorney Eugene Riccio is trying his best to keep the jury from hearing certain pieces of evidence in the case. Origina...
Hat City - Jan 12
During my time in the Hat City, I've been a participant of countless conversations with people who go out of their way to give their take on the political history of Danbury...and time and time again there's always a reasonable chance that the name Mary Ann Doran will be referenced. Who is Mary Ann Doran? For a new generation of post-Danbury Fair residents, few know the full history of one o...
Hat City - Jan 11 - 7 clicks
Here's a web site that announces a national action to opt out of high-stakes, high-stress testing . We are requesting to everyone that this remain a PEACEFUL occupation with NON-VIOLENT actions. Be sure to click the link and read the guidelines carefully. Given how the Obama administration has perversely botched education policy in this country, the very idea that people are still ...
Region 19 BOE Gazette - Jan 10
Dixon: CT Post: The governor's Two Storm Panel adopted a list of 82 recommendations Monday morning aimed at preparing the state for the next big storm. The top suggestion calls for "reasonable performance standards" for utility recovery and restoration. The recommendations, in eight chapters, also call for revisions to state engineering standards to anticipate higher sea levels due to clima...
Hat City - Jan 9
Hey guys, real bummer for us redistricting nuts about Connecticut's process. We spend all our time coming up with maps containing radical changes, but Connecticut's Supreme Court (fun fact, it used to be known as the Supreme Court of Errors, which is the best name ever for a court) told the Special Master to do a least change map. No Connecticut district is over- or underpopulated...
DailyKos (Connecticut) - Jan 7
Great news in Connecticut. State Supreme Court has ordered its "Special Master" to tread lightly on current congressional lines, only make such changes required by population shifts. Republicans had been hoping for geographic compactness to be bigger factor. Result should be to retain the five Democratic districts. Here's the link to the news: http://www.ctmirror.org/... Only thing to ...
DailyKos (Connecticut) - Jan 6
This time last year, Desiree Rosado, a school bus driver in Groton, Connecticut, was dreading flu season. "Working without paid sick days, you're always worried about what will happen if you get sick," she said. "When my kids caught the swine flu, I missed a week of pay to stay home and take care of them, and I'm still paying off the credit card bills I racked up.” But as of January 1, Desiree...
DailyKos (Connecticut) - Jan 4
Today, the governor's office announced state funding for infrastructure improvement projects in Bethel and Ridgefield. PRESS RELEASE: (HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Dannel P. Malloy announced the last round of Small Town Economic Assistance Program (STEAP) awards today. Towns across the state were awarded funds to make infrastructure upgrades, strengthen business corridors and local economies, and...
Hat City - Jan 3 - 4 clicks
Workers at a Connecticut nursing home will remain locked out of their jobs at least through Christmas after their union's effort to get nursing home management to agree to binding arbitration failed. The lockout of about 100 workers at the West River Health Care Center in Milford, Connecticut began Dec. 13 . This week, SEIU 1199, the union representing the workers, asked HealthBridge Mana...
DailyKos (Connecticut) - Dec 23
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Hat City - Dec 22 - 5 clicks
He just doesn't get it! The Mercurial's Amanda Bloom hit the nail on the head in her write-up regarding the laughable claim from the honest one that Danbury is the "6th best city in the United States for the Arts" ON NOVEMBER 30, The Atlantic Cities published "The Most Artistic Cities in America", in which Danbury was listed as the number six most artistic city. The title of th...
Hat City - Dec 21 - 5 clicks
H/T to the Great John N for the video! State of the City 2011 Danbury, Connecticut Thank you, and of course I would like to thank you for attending today’s event. Congratulations are in order for Jim Marquis and his team as the recipient of the Cecil J. Previdi Award. As Mayor of Danbury I am proud to see Jim and his business flourish in our great city. Kimchuck’s success is a direct...
Hat City - Dec 21 - 5 clicks
Even during X-Mas season, our mayor is being dishonest and misleading...I guess he'll get a lump of coal in his stocking. Okay people. calm down... All the spin over a report from The Atlantic Cities naming HatCity as the 6th best city in the United States for the Arts is about as misleading as Mayor Boughton outlandish "Danbury Triple A Bond Rating" claim. I'll let the break...
Hat City - Dec 20 - 4 clicks
Photo courtesy of Dave Bonan Dave Bonan sent me this tweet on Sunday morning... ...
Hat City - Dec 19
Union workers at West Hartford’s Colt Firearms plant are scared for their jobs after the company announced they will open a new manufacturing plant in Central Florida. The move can't help but remind one of this year's NLRB complaint against Boeing for moving a plant of theirs to South Carolina from Washington as retaliation against their union workforce. After 175 years in Hartford, Colt...
DailyKos (Connecticut) - Dec 14 - 14 clicks
The Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents (CAPSS) recently issued a comprehensive set of recommendations in a document called NextED - Transforming Connecticut's Education System . In examining the documentation, the Superintendent's get the right answer but cheat when it comes to the details. They haven't done their homework. What they get right is that children need t...
Region 19 BOE Gazette - Nov 12 - 4 clicks
A few days ago, Stephanie Reitz reported in the Courant that UConn had funded a study of "recommendations from McKinsey & Co., which it paid $3.9 million last year to suggest ways to cut costs and boost income as the school's state subsidies drop." Wow. Four million dollars to find ways to cut costs or increase revenues. That's a pretty amazing amount of money to throw at...
Region 19 BOE Gazette - Nov 12 - 4 clicks
