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Colin McEnroe discusses the debate about debates within the Democratic race for governor in the Hartford Courant:Pretty soon now, the 2010 candidates will start having debates, but right now they're in the phase of having debates about whether to have debates.The person who most wants to have debates is Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dannel Malloy, who has challenged his immediate rival Ned ...

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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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Courant to Rell: Build more bike trails

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Published June 1, 2010 at 5:00 a.m.

In a Sunday editorial, the Hartford Courant called upon Gov. Rell to release some previously authorized funds so planned greenway trails can be built.In the past month, three bicyclists have been badly injured — two critically — in collisions with cars. These awful accidents underscore the need to separate, wherever possible, the places where people drive cars from the places where they ride ...

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Memorial Day Parade - West Hartford

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Published May 30, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.

From West Hartford Town Website - ... West Hartford Memorial Day Parade ... May 31, 2010, 10 AM ... The parade is scheduled for Monday, May 31, 2010, and will commence promptly at 10 AM from the corner of Woodrow Street and Farmington Avenue and proceed to the Town Hall. After the conclusion of the parade, a brief memorial service will be held at the West Hartford Veterans Memorial, located at the corner of Farmington Avenue and North Main Street ... Assembly of parade units will take place at

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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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RadioActive: The Parkville Project

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Published May 17, 2010 at 8:49 p.m.

Helene Kvale of Bated Breath Theatre Company discusses their latest play, The Parkville Project. The play takes place in Hartford’s Parkville neighborhood amidst the backdrop of an ICE raid and is based on interviews with Hartford residents. It runs July 7- 18.Click here to download the MP3photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kelli78/ ...

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Davidoff Doublecross

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Published May 12, 2010 at 7:00 a.m.

He ran as a Republican ... Now he's a Democrat ... Yawn ... It's the same old Barbara Carpenter/Joe Verrengia escapade ... His run last fall, as well as the time before that, on the Republican ticket was essentially a lie ... Why should anyone be surprised that Davidoff has finally come out of his political closet? Truth be known, he's been voting with Democrats all along anyway ... So, now "the voice of reason" can go off and be verbose on the Democrat side of the table ... The Hartford

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The Taxpayers Association Petitions For A Budget Referendum

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Published May 11, 2010 at 7:47 a.m.

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Sure they know a referendum will cost the town roughly $40k (which is less than $1 per resident), sure they know it's only a 2.74% tax increase, but the fact of the matter is the Board of Education once again is out of control ... As a result, taxes are going up ... again ... For what it's worth, here is the WFSB video and the article in the Courant ... They will pooh pooh it as a minimal increase - but to them it's ALWAYS a minimal increase ... When does it stop? ... People are already

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The Wars Are Coming Home Everyday

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Published May 8, 2010 at 2:47 p.m.

I am here as always to exercise my constitutional right to speak as an American citizen, a Hartford resident and home owner and as a combat veteran of Viet Nam. I will first of all read the names of the KIA in Iraq and Afghanistan for the month of April. I do this because no [ ... ] ...

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Town Council Votes For Another Tax Increase

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Published April 27, 2010 at 7:00 a.m.

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The West Hartford Town Council voted and passed a 2.24% tax increase with its $216.7 million budget, bringing the mill rate to 38.38 mills ... Looks like it's referendum time in West Hartford ... There was one dissenting Democrat (council member Robert Durbin) and that was because he said that the budget didn't include restoration of curbside leaf collection, which was promised back in last November's election ... Here's some highlights from The Courant's story about the Council vote ... The new

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