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Bristol Blog: Nothing against Leone, but...

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:55:00 -0500

If you really wanted to get something done in Bristol the past quarter century, you got John Leone on your side. The former mayor, and former head of the chamber of commerce, has the tenacity and damn-the-obstacles focus to ram most anything through all but the stiffest of opposition.
So [...]

ConnPolitics News: Donovan accuses Gov. of hiding $100 mil

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:48:34 -0500

Wallingford (WTNH) – Lawmakers are scheduled to address the latest round of budget cuts Tuesday. The Speaker of the House is accusing the Governor of not telling the whole story in the budget crisis.

Original post blogged on b2evolution.

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Bristol Blog: They can't decide which developer. Really.

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:46:00 -0500

Number of comments: 1
So the rumors turned out to be right: former Mayor John Leone is abstaining from the vote, leaving the choice of who the developer should be to the other six members of the Bristol Downtown Development Corp.
Dick Kallenbach kicks things off by moving that the city hire D'Amato Realty' [...]

My Left Nutmeg: It's all our fault

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:23:08 -0500

Well, I guess when it comes to LIEberman screwing the MAJORITY of Americans who want health care reform (WITH A PUBLIC OPTION), it's all our fault

Nothing makes me happier than knowing that Joe's still bitter over those "pesky" bloggers who drove him nuts back in [...]

ctnewsjunkie.com: Lawmakers Will Ignore Rell’s Proposal In Favor of Their Own

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:05:35 -0500

The General Assembly will convene Tuesday for a special session, but it won’t be the one Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell requested.

House Speaker Chris Donovan said Monday evening that the legislature will return Tuesday morning, but won’t take up Rell’s recommended $337 million in spending cuts.

Instead, [...]

CT Blue: It ain’t so about Joe

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:02:01 -0500

There has been much weeping and gnashing of teeth about Joe Lieberman, with many trying to divine the reason for his health care obstructionism. Steve Benen at the Washington Monthly, points us to a new theory:

There’s been ample speculation about what motivates Lieberman, and what compels him to be [...]

ConnPolitics News: Lieberman supported Medicare expansion

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:42:21 -0500

Number of comments: 2

WASHINGTON (AP) – Sen. Joe Lieberman was for a Medicare expansion before he was against it.

Original post blogged on b2evolution.

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yourCT.com: Exit Dodd, Enter Blumenthal

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:41:46 -0500

With recent headlines bemoaning polls, and pundits referring to Senator Chris Dodd as the embattled Senator, it’s no surprise that the drum beats from Washington are beating the tune that privately Connecticut Democratic officials have been privately saying for weeks, Dodd is practically unelectable and so …. Sharira Toeplitz of CQ-Roll call makes [...]

Corner Report: UK court 'issued warrant for Livni'

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:31:00 -0500

Livni served as Israel's foreign minister during the country's war in Gaza earlier this year [REUTERS]

A British court reportedly issued an arrest warrant for Israel's former foreign minister on charges relating to Israel's 22-day war on Gaza, before apparently withdrawing it after it was found she [...]

Hat City Blog: Complaints on boot program on the rise

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:17:00 -0500

Ever since the start of the city's boot program, my inbox and sources have been flooding me with complaints from outraged residents...and it's not good.

For the last 2 weeks, I've been researching on VioAlert, the company behind the boot program whose history...and lets just say that their practice' [...]

Connecticut Bob: It's All Our Fault

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:13:00 -0500

Flash! Just now, on Hardball, Howard Finemann said he talked to the LIEberman people to find out what his gripe is about health care. Finemann said that -- this isn't about Obama -- this is an act of political revenge against the grassroots left -- the Daily Kos, the Firedoglake,' [...]

ConnPolitics News: AG fights credit card rate hikes

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:21:42 -0500

Number of comments: 3

Hartford (WTNH) – Attorney General Richard Blumenthal says consumers are being gouged in anticipation of the new federal credit card law.

Original post blogged on b2evolution.

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My Left Nutmeg: Joe Lieberman vs Joe Lieberman: The Medicare expansion edition

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:16:28 -0500

It's getting hard keeping track of Joe Lieberman's contradicting statements.

A few months ago, our disgraceful junior senator did an online interview with Keith Whamond of the Danbury News-Times/Connecticut Post where he took with a series of questions form the public.

Here's what he said about expanding Medicare.

My proposals were [...]

Connecticut Bob: Notorious!

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:06:00 -0500

NOTORIOUS!(Obscure reference alert: Sparkle Motion from the film "Donnie Darko", because they perform a routine to Duran Duran's "Notorious"...get it?)I always said Jane Hamsher was totally awesome, but I didn't know she was "notorious"! Here's what she said about Hadassah that apparently got Joe all riled up. In a press' [...]

Pray Connecticut: Popular mayor says State is “on the brink”

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:34:21 -0500

Danbury mayor and possible gubernatorial candidate Mark Boughton, in his personal blog (which posts also to his widely-distributed Facebook page) says we’re on the brink.

Here is a news flash…the State of Connecticut is broke. Busted. Cleaned out.

Here is another news flash…it is not going to get any better anytime [...]

CAPITOL WATCH: Rob Simmons picks up an endorsement in Linda McMahon's backyard

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:14:50 -0500

Former state Sen. Bill Nickerson is backing Simmons for U.S. Senate, not Greenwich home girl, Linda McMahon.

"Having worked with Rob Simmons in the General Assembly and during his tenure as business advocate, I know that his commitment to public service and distinguished record make him the clear choice for Connecticut," Nickerson [...]

My Left Nutmeg: Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and The New Democrats

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:14:25 -0500

The approval by the U.S. House of Representatives of its financial regulatory overhaul bill, H.R. 4173, including the creation of a strong consumer regulator, is a step in the right direction. But more must be done to protect American homes and savings and prevent the big banks and [...]

Undercurrents Hartford IMC: Hartford Transgender Woman Reports Threats on Her Life

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:05:32 -0500

HIMC has learned that a transgender woman in Hartford’s West End reports she was recently harassed by another West End resident. The woman says she has been harassed verbally by the man on numerous occasions and he has allegedly made threats on her life. HIMC will post more information on [...]

ShellySindland's blog: OUR NEW HOME

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:41:51 -0500

I know I said I wasn’t going to blog for a while but I just had to blog about this. After 14 1/2 years of driving to One Corporate Center to go to work, today, I changed paths and ended up at 285 Broad Street! Fox 61 is now located in [...]

Connecticut Local Politics: Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:54:11 -0500

After another active weekend in the U.S. Senate for Sen. Joe Lieberman and his colleagues, Connecticut’s junior Senator continues to be skeptical of the health care reform debate in Washington.

Lieberman announced on “Face the Nation” yesterday that he could not support the compromise agreement proposed late last week by moderate Democratic [...]

My Left Nutmeg: Punish him

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:42:37 -0500

As Joe Lieberman continues to block ALL efforts for the Democrats to pass meaningful health care reform, a new poll conducted by Research 2000 shows that 81 percent of Democrats want the junior senator from the state of Atena stripped of his chairmanship if he joins the [...]

MayorMark's Blog: Connecticut on the brink..

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:17:00 -0500

Recently I was asked by Governor Rell serve on a municipal mandate relief commission to help with the growing budget crisis in Hartford. Our charge was to develop a list of unfunded mandates that are passed along to cities and towns by the state and present them to the Legislature [...]

ctnewsjunkie.com: 36 Percent of Gov.‘s Cuts Target Children

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:05:07 -0500

A group of advocates and lawmakers said 36 percent of Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s proposed spending cuts directly target children and would add another 5,000 workers to the state’s unemployment roll.

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CAPITOL WATCH: Linda McMahon bolsters her conservative bona-fides by winning the backing of a leading family values lawmaker

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:52:54 -0500

She picked up the endorsement today of state Sen. Michael McLachlan, R-Danbury, a freshman who has quickly earned a reputation as one of the General Assembly's most prominent social conservatives.

"Linda knows how critical small business job creation is to economic growth. She understands that Washington's 'stimulus' is failing because it" [...]

CAPITOL WATCH: Lieberman's office lashes back

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:36:30 -0500

U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman's office responded to what it called false statements and smears against the senator's wife, Hadassah Lieberman.

"It is a sad day when a false guilt by association smear of a spouse of a public official by a notorious political operative and blogger is given so-called legitimacy in" [...]

CAPITOL WATCH: Dodd not a dirty word to the Dump Dodders

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:10:34 -0500

The national GOP may be strategically silent on the state's senior Senator, but that doesn't mean the grassroots activists are holding their fire.

According to an interesting story in POLITICO last week by reporters Manu Raju and Glenn Thrush, "Dodd has become a dirty word to national Republicans." They are' [...]

Bristol Blog: Guess who gets picked as the downtown developer

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:18:00 -0500

Number of comments: 18
All the insiders are gossiping away about the likely outcome of tonight's possible showdown vote by the Bristol Downtown Development Corp. It's the hometown favorite, D'Amato Realty, versus the Long Island-based Renaissance.
Rumor has it that one of the seven BDDC members will abstain because of some sort of conflict' [...]

CAPITOL WATCH: Komen stands by Hadassah Lieberman

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:47:44 -0500

Despite liberal blogger Jane Hamsher's call for the Susan G. Komen For the Cure Foundation to sever its relationship with Joseph Lieberman's wife Hadassah, the group is standing by the senator's wife.

"Hadassah Lieberman is an important and valued Global Ambassador for Susan G. Komen for the Cure,'' the group said in" [...]

Middletown Eye: Rescheduled Schools Meeting Tonight!

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:42:00 -0500

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Tonight: December, 14th.Where: Macdonough School CafeteriaTime: 6:00 pm.Childcare and Dinner will be providedWhat: Come discuss the future of our schools. The focus for this workshop will be North End schools, but the implications could touch all of downtown, as well as property values and quality of life. Everyone should attend [...]

ConnPolitics News: Conn. senator questions rest stop deal

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:37:05 -0500

Number of comments: 5

Stamford (AP) – A Connecticut lawmaker is questioning whether the state will get its fair share of income under a deal letting a contractor run the state’s 23 highway rest areas.

Original post blogged on b2evolution.

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Woodstock Cafe: The Character Counts Philosophy is Practiced at Hyde School

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:31:56 -0500

by teachref09

Teacher has expressed a deep sense of frustration with replies to Taxpayer’s questioning of the value of the Character Counts program. One has only to look across the street from the Woodstock Middle School and see an entire educational facility dedicated to the Character Counts philosophy. Hyde School is [...]

Drinking Liberally in New Milford: Monday Morning Peak

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:07:00 -0500

Image Taken From National Geographic

Forget about Wednesday being hump day this week. The peak was already hit this morning, if you are among today's sleepy heads that stayed up to watch the Gemenids meteor showers:
Coming fast on the heels of its more [...]

Connecticut Bob: Keep encouraging the hatred, Teabaggers

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:01:00 -0500

When you carry signs like this at Tea Parties:(CT Blogger photo)You get disgusting people like these crawling out from under their slimy rocks:Three pseudo nazi's, their faces covered in masks wave Nazi flags and shout obscenities at members of Chabad Shlame Landa of Fairfield, families and young children, holding a' [...]

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Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:55:45 -0500

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Rick Green | CT Confidential: Unwrapped! Linda McMahon's xmas gift for Rob Simmons: Rick Green | CT Confidential

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:32:15 -0500

Actually, I don't know. But this is also suitable for children (!!!) or Chris Dodd!

' [...]

ConnPolitics News: Obama pushing banking execs

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:29:29 -0500

Number of comments: 8

By PHILIP ELLIOTT and DANIEL WAGNER
Associated Press Writers

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama is asking bank executives to support his efforts to tighten the financial industry, while bankers are prepared to tell the president he should stop oversimplifying their concerns if he wants good-faith collaboration.

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CAPITOL WATCH: U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy Holding Fundraiser Today With Lobbyists At Officers Club At State Armory At 12 Noon

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:37:58 -0500

State Capitol lobbyists will be gathering at 12 noon Monday for a fundraiser for U.S. Rep. Christopher Murphy, who is running in a spirited race against state Sen. Sam Caligiuri and several others in the 5th Congressional District.

The fundraiser has been the subject of some conversation at the Capitol and the [...]

ctnewsjunkie.com: Commission Holds Hearing

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:27:34 -0500

The commission formed to make state government more efficient will meet Monday to hear about its preliminary proposal to streamline government.

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Consent Of The Governed: The Environmental Hoax - Environmentalism Is Just A Substitute For War

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 06:00:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
These two videos expose the hoax, as well as those hacked emails.

It's all about taxing you more.
It's all about money.

There is much money to be made by people like Al Gore on carbon credits and cap and trade.
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Woodstock Cafe: Teaching Personal Responsibility, Choice and Judgement

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:39:15 -0500

Number of comments: 2

by Con

I don’t know much about this Program and so am giving benefit of the doubt by the ideal suggested by it’s title - and I don’t understand objections to a program like this. What could be more important for young people to learn, develop, acquire, etc., than Character?

Tax says [...]

The Cool Justice Report: Gaby's Upcoming Bout @ Sunken Garden -- If She Gets By The Iceman

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:36:00 -0500

June 23, 2010
Wednesday
6:30—8:30 pm

SUNKEN GARDEN POETRY & MUSIC FESTIVAL,
aka
Scene Of The World's
Largest Traffic Jam
For Poetry

Hill-Stead Museum
35 Mountain Road
Farmington, CT 06032
Tel: 860.677.4787

Marie Ponsot and Gabrielle Calvocoressi

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Middletown Eye: Connwood Foresters Christmas Trees

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:00:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
This year we again went to Connwood Foresters in Rockfall for our Christmas tree. Connwood is a forestry consulting firm in Rockfall, at 39 Cherry Hill Road. Connwood has both standard sized beautiful Christmas trees for $20 to $40, and a pretty extensive selection of blue ribbon specials--trees tagged with [...]

nutmeg grater: i was out an about yesterday

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:40:00 -0500

it was raw out and it definitely was rainy. at first it TRIED to snow but it couldn't so it just rained and rained. the windshields were not freezing and i saw cars moving easily up and down the street (from the safe and cozy' [...]

apublicdefender.com: Judicial blindness to eyewitness ID

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:34:17 -0500

Number of comments: 1

A new paper, evaluating judicial response to eyewitness ID across the states [pdf here].

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ConnPolitics News: Lieberman speaks out on Health Care

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:21:53 -0500

Number of comments: 8

Washington (AP) – Republicans say you shouldn’t bet on a health care bill coming out of the Senate before Christmas.

Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell says Americans are “overwhelmingly opposed” to the bill. McConnell says it’s a stretch to think the Senate will ignore public opinion and “jam this through [...]

The Cool Justice Report: PODCAST: Poets Gaby Calvocoressi & Felicity Sheehy, Iceman John Scully, Andy Thibault Preview CT Young Writers Triple KO Event On WPKN

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:20:00 -0500

Registration Form pdf

2010 YOUNG WRITERS ENTRY FORM

2009 STATE POETRY CHAMPION
FELICITY SHEEHY,
MARK TWAIN

Special Thanks
To WPKN DJ Scott Shapleigh
for post-production work
on THE BINNIE KLEIN SHOW

PODCAST, [...]