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Ben Blake for MilfordBen Blake accepts the Democratic Party nomination for Mayor of Milford. There is no centrism.
From The Centrist Cop-out House spending bill slashes environmental protectionsBy Eric W. Dolan
Environmental groups are aghast at proposed legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives, which they claim is "larded up with giveaways to polluters and corporate donors." The U.S. House of Representatives began debate Monday on the Fiscal Year 2012 Interior and Environment Appropriations bill. The House Appropriations Committee approved the legislation by a 28 to 18 vote on July 12, allotting $27.5 billion in spending for the Department of the Interior, the Environment Protection Agency (EPA), the Forest Service, and various related agencies. The legislation includes an 18 percent funding cut for the EPA and a 7 percent cut for the Department of the Interior. "The House of Representatives, led by anti-environmental Republicans, are sharpening their knives to gut key health and wildlife protections that could benefit millions of Americans," Marty Hayden, Vice President of Policy and Legislation at Earthjustice, said in a statement. "These are no small cuts; this is a complete butchering of environmental safeguards." Bob Joy Votes to De-fund Milford Library but Fund Stratford Garbage MuseumAlderman Ben Blake is absolutely right when he takes Bob Joy and the Republican Aldermen to task for approving $26,500 in taxpayer dollars to a fund Joy and his fellow Republicans, the same group who voted to approve spending $700 a piece for office chairs, need to get their priorities sorted in a hurry. How can Joy and his fellow Republicans possibly justify cutting firemen, teachers and closing the library on Saturdays while at the same time funding a Garbage Museum? How can Alderman and Real Estate Agent Joy run for Mayor of Milford when he is obviously more concerned with museums in Stratford than with Firemen and Teachers in Milford? By Rich at 06/29/2011 - 3:01pm | add new comment
Republican Chair's Statements ShamefulIn the more than 30 years I have been involved in Milford politics, I have never once seen, nor would I have expected to see, anything more appalling, more disgusting, more desperate and more beneath local political protocol than the Milford Believe it or not, Tom Jagodzinski and Jack Fowler, (the anti-tax when Democrats pass them but silent when Republicans pass them guys) have linked the fact that a few people anxious for change in local Government posted Democratic yard signs in their yards to the downing of the Twin Towers in NYC and the death of thousands of innocent people. Is nothing sacred to these characters? I hope that reasonable and thoughtful Republicans across the city call for the Chairman's resignation. He and Jack have crossed every and any line of common decency. How sad and pathetic that they would invoke the solemn memory of 9-11 to score political points about yard signs. I don’t know what else to say other than it's a sad day in which local politics has reached a new low. By Rich at 06/29/2011 - 2:38pm | add new comment | read more
Republican's to Seniors: PAY MORE
Joy in Sunny MexicoIs the republican Mayoral candidate running for Mayor, or running for the Border? Alderman Bob Joy Checks In Alderman Bob Joy has missed more than one-third of the BOA meetings during his first and only term as 2nd District Alderman. Jagodzinski: At it AgainDoes the Republican Town Chair feel that he must always be attacking Democrats, even when his attempts appear completely foolish, uninformed and desperate? Tom, give it a rest, even Republicans think your attack on Ben Blake is out of line and off the mark. By Rich at 06/06/2011 - 2:32pm | add new comment | read more
Rush Limbaugh in Connecticut
Drug enforcement officers take notice. Mayor James L. Richetelli Lacks Required State CertificationFrom CT Post Article 5-12-2011
The School Business Administration Certificate, called an "085" because that is its test code, requires experience and background in finance and related areas, said Thomas Murphy, spokesman for the state Department of Education. "He, like anyone, would need to have that certification to hold that job," Murphy said. Superintendent Elizabeth Feser, who hired Richetelli, said she expects no problem. "It is my understanding that he will qualify," Feser said. "We believe that he has experience in enough of the areas mentioned to receive certification." But Nancy Cole, president of the Connecticut Association of School Business Officials, said it is college-level course work -- not job experience -- that determines whether a person can be certified for the job. "The requirement is at least a bachelor's degree with the following core courses: education law, education finance, collective bargaining and personnel," she said. "We are seeing more people becoming school business managers from the private sector. They are usually CPAs Read more: CT Post By Rich at 05/12/2011 - 5:30am | add new comment
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". . . if one party declared that the earth was flat, the headlines would read 'Views Differ on Shape of Planet.' But would that cult still rule in a situation as stark as the one we now face, in which one party is clearly engaged in blackmail and the other is dickering over the size of the ransom?" - Paul Krugman
Garbage Museum in Stratford while refusing the funds needed to keep Milford’s library open on Saturdays. Stratford has not even agreed to fund the museum! It may be a fine cause but the timing and the priority is all wrong here. 
Republican Chairman's exploitation of our national tragedy of September 11th for cheap political gimmickry and gain, tying it to local yard signs of all things! 
MILFORD -- Mayor James L. Richetelli Jr. lacks the required state certification for his new job as school department finance director, officials said Wednesday.