A new Quinnipiac University Poll released this morning shows Connecticut voters aren’t happy with Gov. Dan Malloy or his proposed $1.5 billion in tax increases: Connecticut’s new governor, Dannel Malloy, gets no honeymoon as voters disapprove 40 – 35 percent of the job he is doing, with 25 percent undecided, according to a Quinnipiac University [...]
Weekend Briefing – Saturday, March 5, 2011
March 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I’m feeling a bit under the weather today and don’t feel much like writing, but here’s few must read articles from my stack of stuff: Greenspan Says Government ‘Activism’ Hampering U.S. Recovery – Bloomberg News Connecticut bill seeks to unconstitutionally restrict political and religious speech by employers – Washington Examiner ATF Let Hundreds of U.S. [...]
Lunacy: Connecticut Town Ordered to Pay for Union Workers’ Coffee
March 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
From the you’ve got to be kidding me file: A Connecticut town must provide their union workers free coffee and milk, according to a ruling from the State Board of Labor Relations. The board also ordered town leaders to reinstate “Dress Down Fridays” for the union clerical and custodial workers. The dispute involved the town [...]
WTF?!? Bag of Uncounted Ballots Found in Bridgeport
November 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Tight races aren’t all that unusual in Connecticut, but a bag uncounted ballets suddenly appearing in Bridgeport during a hotly contested governors race is little unusually: In what has become one of the stranger twists in an already bizarre Governor’s race, a bag of uncounted ballots was found in Bridgeport Thursday night. Republican officials were [...]
Health Care Reform Bending the Cost Curve Upward in Connecticut
October 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I suppose this is one of times were I could say I told you so, but I won’t. Throughout the debate on health care reform President Obama and Congressional Democrats lectured us about how passing their health care reforms would bend the cost curve downward… It was bullshit and we’re starting to see the effects [...]
Rasmussen: Blumenthal’s Lead Over McMahon Down to Five
October 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The news media here in Connecticut has been hyping a Quinnipiac poll that shows current Attorney General Richard Blumenthal now has double digital lead in his in Senate race with former WWE CEO Linda McMahon… Don’t despair! Rasmussen Reports has a released a new poll which shows the race tightening: Democrat Richard Blumenthal now leads [...]
Poll: Blumenthal Loses Ground, Leads McMahon By Just Three Points
May 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The latest Rasmussen Reports survey of likely voters in Connecticut shows Attorney General Richard Blumenthal’s lead over potential Republican challengers has shrunk significantly following yesterdays revelations he exaggerated his military record: Following a New York Times report that he exaggerated his military record, Democratic Senate hopeful Richard Blumenthal has lost ground in match-ups against all [...]
Breaking: Connecticut Supreme Court Rules Bysiewicz Not Eligible To Run For AG
May 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The Connecticut Supreme Court today overturned a lower court ruling that would have allowed Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz to run for attorney general. The court’s 7-0 decision found that Bysiewicz’s duties as secretary of the state did not qualify as the practice of law, meaning she does not have the minimum 10 years [...]
NYT: Blumenthal Lied About Vietnam Service
May 18, 2010 By 2 Comments
The New York Times is raising questions about Senate candidate and current Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal’s claims he served in Vietnam: At a ceremony honoring veterans and senior citizens who sent presents to soldiers overseas, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut rose and spoke of an earlier time in his life. “We have learned [...]
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