This evening the Senate passed the motion for debate on the healthcare bill.
Here’s what Senator Dodd, who took over work on the HELP committee for his ailing friend and colleague, the late Senator Edward Kennedy, had to say:
if you’ve watched the debate here in the Senate over [...]
Toni Gold, resident and one of the panelists at this morning’s forum on transportation, commented that the POCD must be less timid and more aggressive if it is to be successful. The packed house of audience participants seemed to agree with her.
After some introductory comments from Chief Operating Officer David [...]
Former state Rep. Bill Dyson and media strategist Dean Pagani will be among the guests Sunday morning on "The Stan Simpson Show'' on Fox 61.
Dyson, the longtime co-chairman of the budget-writing appropriations committee who retired as the dean of the House of Representatives, and Pagani, the former chief of staff" [...]
Just as I was lamenting my inability to go see the Hartford Symphony Orchestra this year, I received notice from a friend that part of the HSO would be performing for free at Trinity College last night.
The performance was in the Trinity College Chapel, which I had [...]
Sen. Joe Lieberman isn’t worried about the political consequences of his stance on health care reform:
“I don’t think about that stuff,” Lieberman told POLITICO this week. “I’m just — I’m being a legislator. After what I went through in 2006, there’s nothing much more that anybody [who] disagrees with [...]
Rick Torres decision to run for the GOP nomination in CD4 against Himes, besides not making a heck of a lot of sense, also assists Sen. Dan Debicella as he seeks the nod. Torres is from the same town, the same Bridgeport GOP “club”, as it were, as former Sen. [...]
The University of Connecticut announced Friday that it has called off a controversial proposed merger between the UConn Health Center and Hartford Hospital - a deal that failed to gain enough support at the state Capitol.
The announcement came soon after the faculty at the health center voted this week to [...]
Wow. You take a few days away from blogging to focus on the job that pays and look what you miss:
1. Hearst’s drooling front page love fest on Linda McMahon
(see “McMahon’s wealth dwarfs resources of most GOP foes”).
McMahon’s money “makes her instantaneously … a formidable candidate,” [...]
According to Dennis House, former U.S. Attorney Kevin O’Connor won’t be running for Governor in 2010:
The 42 year old Republican made the announcement tonight during a taping of WFSB’s political program, “Face the State.” O’Connor is now an attorney with the Bracewell Giuliani law firm.
In the same upcoming episode [...]
The state's unemployment rate has jumped to 8.8 percent - although that is still lower than the national rate of 10.2 percent.
As the unemployment rate constantly increases, it becomes more and more of a political issue as the candidates head into the 2010 election.
"Today's announcement is yet another stark reminder" [...]
A report from Courant Staff Writer Edmund H. Mahony:
Kevin O'Connor, a Republican former U.S. attorney and former associate U.S. attorney general, said Thursday he will not run for governor, a decision that reshapes what is expected to be a hard-fought contest to replace Gov. M. Jodi Rell.
O'Connor, of West Hartford, [...]
The faculty at the cash-strapped University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington has voted to unionize.
The details are at [www.courant.com]
[...]Connecticut Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz has been touring the state for weeks holding ceremonies to honor veterans.
Some though, like Brian Lockhart at the Stamford Advocate, are raising questions about whether it is a proper role of the the Secretary of the State – an office charged with registering [...]
The Courant's Edmund H. Mahony reports the following:
Buried in debate over the Obama administration's decision to try conspirators in the Sept. 11 attacks in a civilian federal court in New York was talk about where the case could end up should the defendants succeed in seeking a change of venue. [...]
In the age of cell phones, sending text messages is a common occurrence.
But the technology isn't yet perfected to send a reliable text message to the 911 emergency call center.
The reason, as the legislature's public safety committee was told in a forum this week, is that some of the phone calls' [...]
Even as 5th District Republicans await word on whether state Sen. Sam Caligiuri is entering the race for Congress, Republican Justin Bernier continues to line up support.
Bernier announced today that he has picked up the endorsement of the Washington Republican Town Committee. He adds this latest vow of support to endorsements from Republicans [...]
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, D-CT, is a front-line supporter of the government takeover of this nation’s health care system and spares no one from her lash who stands in the way.
DeLauro’s irrational conduct was just part of the Obama administrations confusion convention this week over breast [...]
About 650 members of the Yale University community -- students, faculty and staff -- signed a letter urging Sen. Joseph Lieberman, a Yale grad, to reverse course on the health care bill.
Lieberman has said he opposes any healthcare bill that includes a government-funded insurance option and has threatened to filibuster any [...]
Per the Courant, Fifth Congressional District Rep. Chris Murphy is at the center of a controversy over his health care vote.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is running an advertisement criticizing his vote while a liberal-leaning health care reform group is praising the second term Congressman in a rebuttal ad.
So [...]
Two days ago Cityline published a letter that Rich Wareing sent to numerous individuals regarding the plan to house a “no freeze” shelter at the Center Church downtown. He wrote:
Indeed, that Mr. McGovern would seriously consider locating a facilty which the City estimates will be 50% utilized by registered [...]
Republicans yesterday thwarted an effort by Democratic Sen. Christopher Dodd that would have frozen credit card rates on existing balances.
"On behalf of several Senators on this side of the aisle, I object," Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Mississippi, said when Dodd attempted to raise the matter.
UPDATE 1: In response to a good question posed by [...]
Superstar Billy Graham ranked among the greatest professional wrestlers of his generation - winning the WWWF championship and helping to sell out Madison Square Garden nearly 20 times.
He traveled around the world and made plenty of money, but it came at a steep price.
Graham admits that he took steroids for [...]
The comments section knows all.
State Rep. Jason Bartlett has been arrested for driving on a suspended license:
Newtown Police Sgt. Dominic Costello says Bartlett was pulled over by an officer who saw him driving while speaking on his cell phone, without a hands free device. After a short investigation, [...]
One day after the Republican contest in the Fifth Congressional District was shaken up by the announcement that State Sen. Sam Caligiuri is considering switching from the U.S. Senate race to the Congressional race, GOP candidate Justin Bernier has received to big boosts to his effort.
The Torrington Register Citizen featured [...]
Superstar Billy Graham, one of the best-known professional wrestlers of the 1970s and 1980s, is criticizing Linda McMahon for recent changes in wrestling as she is running for the U.S. Senate.
World Wrestling Entertainment, which McMahon operated as the former CEO before announcing her campaign in mid-September, says the changes and [...]
Before he became a political operative, Chris Healy worked as a reporter at the Register Citizen in Torrington. (This was back in the mid-1980s, an era that is now recalled as the Golden Age of community journalism. Just about every governmental body in Litchfield County -- from the Norfolk board of zoning appeals to the Goshen [...]
“She may look like a Sunday school teacher,” Graham said, but he insists nothing could be further from the truth. “Linda McMahon’s hands are as bloody as her husband’s because she is aware of every move in the ring,” he said.
Further in the article:
An aspiring painter, Graham [...]
Aftet last week’s Quinnipiac Poll revealed continued weakness in Sen. Chris Dodd’s public standing, some commentators are reviving a drumbeat that began earlier in the year by suggesting that Mr. Dodd should strike his colors and depart the field of political battle before things get worse.
The Hartford Courant picked up this meme in [...]
Erratic drivers sure put a sparkle in my morning.
On some days, I have been taking a route to work that utilizes one of the few proper bike lanes in the city. While it’s marked well, that does not mean that it is kept free of debris or respected as a [...]
First came an e-mail statement from CTGOP Chairman Chris Healy:
Over the last few weeks, State Senator Sam Caligiuri and I have discussed his candidacy for statewide office. After much thought and discussion with other leaders and activists, I have urged him to focus his energies on the Fifth Congressional district where [...]
http://blogs.courant.com/cityline/2009/11/downtown-no-freeze-shelter-con.html
Downtown “No Freeze” Shelter Concerns Residents, Business Owners
By Jeffrey B. Cohen
on November 17, 2009 12:32 PM
The city plans to open a men’s “no freeze” shelter for the homeless in an annex of Center Church in the heart of downtown, but the idea has raised concerns of nearby residents and business [...]
In a move that would shake up two political races, the state Republican chairman is publicly asking state Sen. Sam Caligiuri to run against Democratic incumbent Rep. Christopher Murphy in the 5th Congressional district.
As the former acting mayor of Waterbury, Caligiuri is well-known in the Greater Waterbury area, which is near the core [...]
The Connecticut League of Conservation Voters has announced its top 12 "green'' legislators for their support of the environment.
The entire legislature was rated by the CTLCV with ratings ranging from 24 percent to 100 percent - based on votes at both the committee level and on the floor of the" [...]
A reminder plug for the Genghis Conn/Chris Bigelow fete tomorrow night in Hamden.
Where: Eli’s On Whitney
2392 Whitney Ave
Hamden, Connecticut 06518
Phone Number: 203-287-1101
Website: [www.elisonwhitney.com]
Directions, RSVP information, etc. is included Bob’s original post. All are welcome.
[...]Vice President Joe Biden, the man that some have called the fundraiser-in-chief, will be in Hartford on December 11th for an event to benefit Sen. Chris Dodd’s re-election campaign.
Per CTNewsJunkie:
“We expect this event to be an entertaining one, with a lot of good-natured ribbing, as well as some [...]
In case you had not heard, Dean Pagani, Gov. John G. Rowland's former chief of staff and longtime spokesman, is leaving for Washington, D.C.
A former reporter for WPOP-AM in its heyday, Pagani covered everything from local Manchester politics to the creation of the state income tax in 1991. He eventually' [...]
This book, copyright date of 1928, is the definition of quaint.
I happened across this at the library while looking for information on Hartford’s Dutch roots. Sure, I could use the card catalog, but I like to be surprised by what is on the shelves. The purpose of this book is [...]
I just came across this old Love and Rage newspaper article and thought it looked relevant and interesting. The Love and Rage Archive can be viewed here.
The ongoing challenge in feminist discourse over social constructionist versus biological determinist views of gender often remove us from the people feminists would hope [...]
According to a report by ABC News, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the Stimulus) has created 25 jobs in Connecticut’s 42nd Congressional District.
In Connecticut’s 42nd District (which also does not exist), the website claims 25 jobs created with zero stimulus dollars.
Thankfully, here in Connecticut it didn’t cost any money [...]
Vice President Joseph Biden will be the headliner at a luncheon fundraiser for his close friend, U.S. Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, on Friday, December 11 in Hartford.
The new Connecticut Science Center, overlooking the waterfront, is the venue.
Daniela Altimari has the details at [www.courant.com]
[...]When longtime Stamford Mayor Dannel Malloy came in third place in the Quinnipiac Poll last week with 9 percent of the vote in a potential Democratic primary that is almost 10 months away, some insiders were surprised at his lack of name recognition.
Malloy spread his name around the state by [...]
To all our readers:
You should know that we've been having some technical computer problems that is slowing down both the publishing of various posts and your comments. You should also know that it is being worked on.
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For those who think Sen. Chris Dodd is going to pack it, Monday’s announcement that Vice President Joe Biden is coming to town to do a $500 a head fundraiser is short-term proof that the senior Senator is going nowhere.
Last week, Sen. Dodd continued to get [...]
Gov. M. Jodi Rell's executive assistant, Lt. Col. Fran Evon, is heading off to Afghanistan as part of the largest deployment for the Connecticut National Guard since the Korean War.
Rell and some of her staff members gathered at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford - as part of a larger [...]
In a discussion on health care reform on Fox News Sunday last week, Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) told Chris Wallace, “If the public option plan is in there, as a matter of conscience, I will not allow this bill to come to a final vote.”
Last night over 500 people [...]
Anonymous state employees used Brian Lockhart’s piece on Lisa Moody in the Greenwich Time to take potshots at the outgoing Governor’s Chief of Staff:
“She seems to delight in keeping people, whether commissioners or her own staff, miserable. She’ll play people off against each other, especially the governor’s staff. And [...]
Former state Sen. Gary Hale, who is now a lobbyist in Hartford, owes nearly $78,000 in state income tax.
Hale became well-known in the hot summer of 1991 for providing one of the crucial votes that allowed for the creation of the state income tax under then-Gov. Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.
The [...]
