Saturday, August 23, 2008

New Britain's Republican Boomerang


Alderman Louis Salvio’s attempt to tarnish the democratic council members with a conflict of interest charge, when in reality two of the council members abstained from voting with the third democrat being absent, certainly has boomeranged right back into his lap. Because two of his fellow Republican Commissioners are in the hot seat of conflict along with the exposure of the administration’s failure to file the necessary notice to HUD requesting a waiver for the democratic council member’s abstention action. Through this Alderman’s efforts, the City stands to lose enormous amounts of funding from the HUD Agency, approximating a sum of $264,248, for the cities under privileged as reported in our local newspapers.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

And the worm turns.

Anonymous said...

The Boomerang worked well for Salvio now there two less republicans on the HRA board.

A sad Republican.

Anonymous said...

ops----Salvio has done it again screwed his fellow republicans.

A happy Democrat.

Anonymous said...

alderman Salvio should think before he acts.

Anonymous said...

Salvio's adverse actions is certainly why citizens are reluctant to serve on commissions. I hope someone will get him to keep his big fat mouth shut in the future. Who needs to be dishonored like to two individuals who were fervantly on the HRA commission?

His adverse actions should be curbed.

A citizen

Anonymous said...

What exactly does a “Community Organizer“do? Senator Barack Obama was a Community Organizer in Chicago – and the answer has left many Americans asking themselves that question?

New Britain resident Elena Trueworthy is also a Community Organizer whose work centered on organizing low-income families in New Britain’s North-Oak neighborhoods

When asked what she has learned from her experience as a Community Organizer in the North-Oak neighborhood Elena Trueworthy offered four comments – that one can access in the publication: Free To Grow -http://www.rwjf.org/reports/npreports/connecticut.pdf

As the point person in this task the Human Resources Agency of New Britain (HRA) hired Elena Trueworthy, a 25 –year-old University of Connecticut graduate, with a savvy grasp of interpersonal relations and a flawless command of English and Spanish in the job of engaging Puerto Ricans residents as a political force.

Her strategy was to identify a small number of committed North-Oak residents and build on them. She began by going apartment to apartment explaining what a Community Organizer was all about. It’s all about visibility – and to recruit prospective community leaders from the ranks of low-income families, primarily mothers like Sylvia Cruz who became an Alderwomen in the City of New Britain.

Anonymous said...

Joe Biden Boomerang Debate Statements 10/02/08?

1. TAX VOTE: Biden said McCain voted “the exact same way” as Obama to increase taxes on Americans earning just $42,000, but McCain DID NOT VOTE THAT WAY.

2. AHMEDINIJAD MEETING: Joe Biden lied when he said that Barack Obama never said that he would sit down unconditionally with Mahmoud Ahmedinijad of Iran. Barack Obama did say specifically, and Joe Biden attacked him for it.

3. OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING: Biden said, “Drill we must.” But Biden has opposed offshore drilling and even compared offshore drilling to “raping” the Outer Continental Shelf.”

4. TROOP FUNDING: Joe Biden lied when he indicated that John McCain and Barack Obama voted the same way against funding the troops in the field. John McCain opposed a bill that included a timeline, that the President of the United States had already said he would veto regardless of it’s passage.

5. OPPOSING CLEAN COAL: Biden says he’s always been for clean coal, but he just told a voter that he is against clean coal and any new coal plants in America and has a record of voting against clean coal and coal in the U.S. Senate.

6. ALERNATIVE ENERGY VOTES: According to FactCheck.org, Biden is exaggerating and overstating John McCain’s record voting for alternative energy when he says he voted against it 23 times.

7. HEALTH INSURANCE: Biden falsely said McCain will raise taxes on people's health insurance coverage -- they get a tax credit to offset any tax hike. Independent fact checkers have confirmed this attack is false.

8. OIL TAXES: Biden falsely said Palin supported a windfall profits tax in Alaska -- she reformed the state tax and revenue system, it's not a windfall profits tax.

9. AFGHANISTAN / GEN. MCKIERNAN COMMENTS: Biden said that top military commander in Iraq said the principles of the surge could not be applied to Afghanistan, but the commander of NATO's International Security Assistance Force Gen. David D. McKiernan said that there were principles of the surge strategy, including working with tribes, that could be applied in Afghanistan.

10. REGULATION: Biden falsely said McCain weakened regulation -- he actually called for more regulation on Fannie and Freddie.

11. IRAQ: When Joe Biden lied when he said that John McCain was “dead wrong on Iraq”, because Joe Biden shared the same vote to authorize the war and differed on the surge strategy where they John McCain has been proven right.

12. TAX INCREASES: Biden said Americans earning less than $250,000 wouldn’t see higher taxes, but the Obama-Biden tax plan would raise taxes on individuals making $200,000 or more.

13. BAILOUT: Biden said the economic rescue legislation matches the four principles that Obama laid out, but in reality it doesn’t meet two of the four principles that Obama outlined on Sept. 19, which were that it include an emergency economic stimulus package, and that it be part of “part of a globally coordinated effort with our partners in the G-20.”

14. REAGAN TAX RATES: Biden is wrong in saying that under Obama, Americans won't pay any more in taxes then they did under Reagan.

Anonymous said...

Since Alderman Paul D. Catanzaro might be tossing his hat into the ring as a Democrat candidate for Mayor's slot in 2009...and has his own Website...but no posting of what year he graduated from High School?

http://aldermancatanzaro.com

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