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Fri
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Jan '08

Leaked draft of findings for the W/S Development Zone Map Change

Note: This is cross-posted over at the Cheshire Town Post.

It is the opinion of the Commission that this proposal meets the requirements of this standard.
This doesn’t look like good news for fans of process. In fact, it’s downright humiliating for anyone that has endured hours of meetings listening to a W/S sales pitch while waiting […]

Sat
21
Jul '07

A Conversation With The Cheshire Herald About Their Misleading Poll

Note: This is cross-posted over at the Cheshire Town Post. I’ll often be doing that. This is still my primary blog for local or political issues. The CTP is an open forum for everyone, and over there I’m just another poster (or, I will be once people get used to writing their own posts).
Two days […]

Mon
16
Jul '07

The Cheshire Town Post is now open.

Please drop by to visit, and register for, The Cheshire Town Post . It’s an open forum where residents provide all the content. Councilman Tim White’s blog, Tim White Listens, has done a great job of bringing Cheshire together for discussion. In that tradition, I am hosting the Cheshire Town Post in order to provide […]

Sun
1
Jul '07

Freedom River 1971

Freedom River (1971) is narrated by Orsen Welles and written by Joseph Cavella (screenplay) and Warren H. Schmidt (parable). I’d bother convincing you how timeless and relevant this short film is, but Schmidt drives home the point well enough on his own. Let’s not throw it away — democratic freedoms cannot last when they are […]

Thu
21
Jun '07

Cheshire Developers are Bending the Rules and Selling-Out the Town

Cheshire, we’re getting screwed.
A handful of local developers have stitched themselves into the political fabric of this town. For years they’ve used their pull to shape Cheshire as one might design a product or grow a brand. People have come for the schools, the very visible and very charming pockets of farmland, the tree-lined low-crime […]

Thu
7
Jun '07

Join Senator Dodd in Restoring Habeas Corpus

Where the hell did Habeas go and how do we get him back? Listen to Senator Chris Dodd detail the legislation he submitted to help restore habeas corpus and then sign on to citizen-co-sponsor the bill.
Restoring the Constitution Act of 2007

In February, I re-introduced the Restoring the Constitution Act of 2007. The bill will restore […]

Wed
2
May '07

Monitor Your Senators’ and Representative’s Votes via E-mail!

If you’ve seen this already, move along. Otherwise, this is worth checking out. Congress.org provides a terrific way for you to keep track of your representatives. The free MegaVote service sends you a weekly update letting you know how your reps voted over the past week and what votes are coming up. I just received […]

Fri
30
Mar '07

Firing Federal Prosecutors For Political Reasons Is an Impeachable Offense

What next step should the representatives of ‘We the People’ take once it’s been proven that the president and his goon squad fired senate confirmed appointments for political purposes? According to James Madison, the president should be impeached.
Thom Hartmann recently gave voice to a discussion in The Congressional Register from 1789. At the time, no […]

Thu
4
Jan '07

Newsies. Mediocre Musical, Worthy Message

The accents are a joke and I’m not quite sure if the overacting was intentional, but Disney’s 1992 box office failure Newsies warrants some renewed attention. It’s very loudly pro-labor. The movie was inspired by the NYC Newsboys strike of 1899 when homeless newsboys organized to take on media giants Pulitzer and Hearst over a […]

Thu
7
Dec '06

Can the Connecticut for Lieberman Party’s Presidential Hopeful Reverse the Damage Done to the Party by Joe?

I’m amazed that I haven’t switched over to this party yet… there’s even a presidential hopeful. First, here’s a refresher.
The Connecticut for Lieberman party has had its share of crooked politicians (1 for 1 thus far. Go Joe!), but the party actually had no registered members. So, John_Orman registered and seized control after the November […]