(Photo from Quinnipiac University Polling Center)In the Quinnipiac poll released earlier today, the numbers seem to indicate that Sec. of State Susan Bysiewicz is in a statistical tie with Ned Lamont for the Democratic nomination for governor ... Bysiewicz has 26% and Lamont 23%, which falls within the margin of error ... Stamford Mayor Dan Malloy trails with 9% ... And the only declared candidate in ...
Per the Connecticut Post:All I want is exactly what Sonia Finch, the first lady of Bridgeport, has — a law enforcement chauffeur to shuttle me where I want to go and be at my beck and call. Election night taxpayers footed the bill for the Park City’s first lady to join her husband Mayor Bill [ ... ] ...
Congratulations to those elected to the West Hartford Town Council: ... Scott Slifka - re-elected Mayor ... Tim Brennan ... Shari Cantor ... Joe Verrengia ... Rob Durbin ... Judy L. Casperson ... Denise Berard Berard Hall ... Steven I. Adler ... Leon Davidoff ... Congratulations to those elected to the West Hartford Board of Education: ... Elin Katz ... Clare Kindall ... Naogan Ma ... Lib Brassil Spinella ... Thanks to those who also ran and gave the public a choice at the voting booth: ... Joe
Mayor Currey re-elected - wasn’t difficult to do without an opponent..Town CouncilKehoe 3261Horan 2860Russo 2658Rossi 2602Leclerc 2449Weinberg 2354Pitkin 2187Thompson 1940Skowronek 1933 Challengers who were not elected:Kneip 1771, Gaudette 1705, Roczynski 1542, Searles 1335, Harmon 1316Board of EducationJ. Currey 2802Hall 2629Harris 2364Damaschi 2105 Oladel 1795Challengers who were not
Tax collection is higher than expected: The Revenue Collection Office reported that, despite the struggling economy, tax collection exceeded the 99% collection rate by 0.1% for fiscal year 2008-2009. - WH Town Manager Council Briefs August 21, 2009 ... Even though tax collections are up and we seem to be muddling though this poor economy in our town, we are still seeing store closings in The Center. The last casualties were Zachers Photo Shop and Mimi's Maternity. We haven't heard a peep from
On June 9 the West Hartford Town Council voted to halt the 2006 revaluation 5 year phase-in after the State Legislature passed legislation to allow towns to freeze the revaluation phase-ins that towns in CT had been engaged in ... See complete legislative bill details here ... Representative Beth Bye was the only West Hartford legislator to co-sponsor the legislation, although she was absent from the House floor vote along with Rep. Andrew Fleischmann ... Rep. McCluskey voted for the measure,
These will probably be the last videos from the Jefferson Jackson Bailey Dinner for a while ... Thanks to Nancy DiNardo, Chair of the Connecticut Democrats, and Justin Kronholm for arranging the press pass for the event, and we also appreciate the blogger's table that was set up next to the camera riser ... John Olsen of the Connecticut AFL-CIO, introduced by Attorney General Dick Blumenthal:New ...
Some people say that Bruce Nauman is the most influential American artist since Andy Warhol, but when Nauman arrived at art school way back in 1964, he had almost no idea where he was headed. Fresh from being a math and science student back in Wisconsin, the tall, laconic young Nauman painted the most mundane of subjects: landscapes. "I thought art was just something I'd learn how to do, and then I would just do it," he says. He'd landed almost by chance at the University of California, Davis,
It's baaaaack ... oh yes, the issue of racial imbalance ... You didn't really think that the State would go away on that issue, did you? Just when the West Hartford community could come together and not be divided over a budget referendum, we get race thrown at us from the State and its social engineering mandates ... In a move to somehow make more white students attend Smith School and Charter Oak Academy of Global Studies, school officials are considering demolishing the 80-year-old Charter
Okay, so Jeff Currey is running for Board of Education. First he has to pass thru the Democratic Town Committee nomination process however, does anyone have any comments on this? Afterall, he is the Mayor’s son and seeking an elected office. Does anyone see a conflict? ...