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Kevin Sullivan On The Property Tax Burden

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Published June 1, 2010 at 8:24 a.m.
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"By any measure, Connecticut has one of the worst property tax burdens in the nation, routinely much higher than national average. With a state income tax that hits lower- and middle-income wage earners the hardest, over-reliance on property taxes adds immensely to the overall unfairness of tax burdens in our state. Property taxes perversely undercut "smart growth," drive expensive sprawl and foment no-win competition for development among cities and towns." - Kevin Sullivan ... Kevin Sullivan,

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Special Election in CT??? Yes!

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Published Jan. 30, 2010 at 10:10 p.m.

(cross-posted from My Left Nutmeg by Tessa)"What?" you say, "The Special Election was that MASSacre where the teabaggers elected one of their own to fill Ted Kennedy's Senate seat!"But No. Now it's Connecticut's turn, so Wake up Connecticut!There is a Special Election on March 2nd for State House of Representatives seat for the 120th District in Stratford!This is the reverse-Teddy Kennedy seat on ...

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Why is Ned Lamont the only "Greenwich millionaire"?

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Published Dec. 9, 2009 at 4:46 p.m.

Finally, someone (kevhill100 at The Laurel) has succinctly pointed out a weird case of media bias that has been rankling me for quite some time.For whatever reason, a goodly portion of Connecticut's reporters and news writers like to refer to Ned Lamont with the prefix "Greenwich millionaire" nearly always attached ... Which is fine, because it is the truth. It's a very narrow definition of the man ...

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A prediction

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Published Nov. 3, 2009 at 11:19 p.m.

Gov. Jodi Rell will announce within one or two days that she will seek another term as Connecticut's governor ... I'd bet the house on it.Not MY house of course ... I'm talking about THE house ... The one next door to me ... Boy, are they gonna be surprised if I'm wrong about this!OK, I'm going to bed now. It's been a long and strange day ...

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The Greening Of West Hartford

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Published Feb. 16, 2009 at 3:27 p.m.
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Solar Array on top of Town Hall ... Did you know that West Hartford is a "Clean Energy Community"? ... West Hartford became Connecticut's 2nd Clean Energy Community in June of 2005. More than 100 town residents and businesses signed up for the CTCleanEnergyOptions program ... There are more details at CT's Clean Energy website: ... West Hartford Town Hall received a 3 kW solar photovoltaic system from the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund. This system is comprised of three racks of five Sanyo

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