FRANKSMITHSAYSNB EDITORIAL:
Another candidate vying for the office of the Secretary of State is Representative Denise Merrill ( D ) of Mansfield, CT, who made her presentation at the New Britain DTC Meeting last Thursday night. Merrill served nine terms in the House of Representatives and is currently its Majority Leader. She is a former high school teacher, an attorney, and a civil rights activist citing her belief that we need to train people to get involved with politics and their communities. She also described her memories of the FDR save the family outreach program.
Merrill said she supports felons to be able to vote while on probation and cited that the criminal courts go too far with sentencing. Perhaps Ms. Merrill feels the criminal courts were too harsh with their treatment of Joshua Komisarjevsky and Steven Hayes--the two men who stand accused of the vicious Cheshire Home invasions? According to MSNBC, both men had at least 20 burglaries in their record, and were both on parole when they allegedly entered the Petit home at about 3AM and as the report put it "broke into a doctor’s home, strangled his wife and killed the couple’s two daughters in a fire they set to cover their tracks." Perhaps Ms. Merrill would have these 2 individuals vote at an elementary school near you, as they await trial for these heinous crimes for which I am sure the Connecticut justice system will treat them in what Merrill no doubt believes is too harsh a manner.
Perhaps Ms. Merrill feels the court system was too lax in dealing with Juan Palaflax, who is currently in custody in North Carolina, awaiting extradiction to New Britain, on charges that while he was the subject of a restraining order, he allegedly murdered his wife in their home (while the couple's 3 children were home), the day before the court was to consider whether or not to continue the restraining order that was in place barring Palaflax from having contact with his wife. After all Ms. Merrill, those restraining orders are harsh pieces of paper, aren't they?
Merrill also says she wants our state government to be transparent, focused on new jobs and always accessible to its citizens, but wasn't clear on how she would acomplish these goals.
After reading about what Merrill had to say about our court system, I have an idea that the Democrats should love for balancing the state budget. Since we don't like the punishments they dole out, why don't we simply abolish the Superior Court altogether, and save all those salaries?
ReplyDeleteEveryone knows how liberal Democrats feel about sending anyone to prison, so why bother even having the trials????
Many of the courthouses are prime real estate in downtown locations, so let's sell the buildings to those pesky rich investors, and then we can tax all their profits to give to the less fortunate and everyone will win.
Another Democrat who doesn't know or understand the job she is running for. Since when does the Secretary of State have anything to do with how the courts treat criminals or how severe the sentencing is? Democrats just can't keep their noses our of other people's business, can they?
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