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Richard Blumenthal's acceptance speech

Published May 24, 2010 at 1:25 p.m.

I'll try to post all the acceptance speeches from the convention over the next several days. From Friday night at the State Democratic Convention ... Attorney General Richard Blumenthal accepts the endorsement of the party ... The roll call vote was stopped by Merrick Alpert, who withdrew his candidacy and endorsed Blumenthal ...

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RadioActive: CT AIDS Resource Coalition

Published May 24, 2010 at 8:37 a.m.

John Merz, Executive Director of CARC, discusses their mission, history and current program.  We also discuss the upcoming Art for AIDS fundraiser and how you can get involved.Click here to download the MP3 ...

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Stephen Ostertag on Arizona Immigration Law Concerns

Published May 24, 2010 at 8:00 a.m.

Well, there are a couple things that concern me.First, what’s the goals of the law and is it designed to achieve these goals. From the bill, “The provisions of this act are intended to work together to discourage and deter the unlawful entry and presence of aliens and economic activity by persons unlawfully present in [ ... ] ...

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A Response to the Murder of Aiyana Jones

Published May 24, 2010 at 3:08 a.m.

We mourn because a little girl is dead for no reason. We mourn because a little girl is dead for terrible reasons. We mourn for Aiyana Jones, because she is yet another victim of police violence, and because as a community, we want to stand in solidarity with her community and her family – and all those who suffer at the hands of the prison-industrial complex in America ...

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Joke of the Weekend

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Published May 23, 2010 at 8:17 p.m.

This has got to be the laugher of the weekend -- Janet Peckinpaugh says she will primary in the 2nd CD -- against 2 other candidates on the Republican side to run against Joe Courtney. Last week, on Face the State, she couldn't recall who she voted for in November of 2008, or, um, if she voted at all. Probably couldn't tell you who was running, either ...

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Merrick Alpert withdrawing from race video

Published May 23, 2010 at 2:07 p.m.

My first video from the convention shows Merrick Alpert withdrawing from the Senate race about halfway through the roll call and endorsing Richard Blumenthal ... I only just turned on my camera well into Merrick's speech, so I apologize for not capturing the whole thing ... I'm sure the entire video is available somewhere on the CT-N website.At that point Alpert had only garnered about 5% of the vote ...

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Budget Referendum For West Hartford

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Published May 23, 2010 at 1:52 p.m.
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The West Hartford Taxpayers Association had a small army of citizens out gathering signatures, and they claimed that people couldn't sign the petitions fast enough, despite an effort put out by WHFirst to pass out leaflets asking people to refrain from signing and to "support the schools" ... The Town Clerk verified that the WHTA gathered more signatures than the required 6 percent of registered voters. The actual number of signatures needed was 2,295 and the Town Clerk certified 2,405 names,

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NY Times Responds

Published May 23, 2010 at 4:44 a.m.

In Sunday's Times, the Public Editor does a post mortem on the Blumenthal Marines story that fronted the paper on Tuesday. Read it yourself.Colin McEnroe did his own dissection on the story earlier this week. While it's no secret that Colin articulates the left position on most issues, this is not a bought and paid for defense. Even today, his journalism continues to be more careful than most ...

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The Convention Delegation

Published May 22, 2010 at 4:26 p.m.

Richard Blumenthal, Dan Malloy, Nancy Wyman, George Jepsen, Kevin Lembo, Denise Napier, and Denise Merrill round out the winners of the 2010 State Democratic Convention!I'm packing out and heading home ... It was a great time (except, did I mention the wifi had a couple problems?)Thanks so much for your energy, Kirby! ...

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Lembo wins Comptroller nomination

Published May 22, 2010 at 4:18 p.m.

The voting results are in ... Kevin Lembo recieved 998 votes (55%) against Tom Reynolds (25%) and Mike Jarjura (19%) ... All three candidates qualify for the August primary if they so desire ... Kevin is speaking right now. Right after that, I expect the adjournment ...

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