FRANKSMITHSAYSNB EDITORIAL:
The most interesting occurrence was when one of the council leaders entered the audience portion of the council chambers to ask a citizen if he were taping him?
Then sternly advised him to turn it off while pointing this citizen's cell phone.
Has New Britain Become a Socialized State?
The nerve of these so called leaders trying to turn our city into a socialist make up.
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ReplyDeleteIn the Connecticut General Assembly, everyone’s a leader. In the 36-member Senate, there are 36 leaders. The House is less Utopian with only two out of three state representatives getting a fancy title.
Each “leader” gets a little extra in his or her state paycheck.
All 36 state senators and 107 of the 151 state representatives earn additional pay beyond their $28,000 salary, costing taxpayers $702,411.
That means there are more leaders in the Connecticut Senate than in the U.S. Senate – which has nearly three times as many members.
In the state majority, 77 leaders guide 40 rank-and-file members, while in the minority 30 leaders are in charge of the remaining 7.
It works out that 67 percent of Democrats and 81 percent of Republicans are in the House leadership. There are 31 Assistant Leaders, 18 majority and 13 minority, a rank which accounts for about one-fifth of the House. The additional pay to all of the leaders in the House costs taxpayers $494,409.
Additional pay in the Senate costs $208,002.
No Senators make the standard $28,000 salary.
Doug Whiting, communications director for House Democrats, said his caucus had a lower percentage of leaders than the other three caucuses.
However, despite some pay cut the three leaders still make more than the standard $28,000 senate salary.
In the House, the leadership titles are Speaker of the House, Majority Leader, Minority Leader, Deputy Speaker (7), Deputy Majority Leader (7), Deputy Minority Leader (2), Assistant Deputy Speaker, Chief Assistant Deputy Speaker for Economic Affairs, Assistant Majority leader (18), Assistant Minority Leader (13), Majority Whip (2), Minority Whip (3), Majority Caucus Chairman, Deputy Majority Caucus Chairman, Deputy Majority Whips-At-Large (2), Deputy Majority Whips (3), Assistant Majority Whips (8) and Minority Caucus Chairman.
There are also 26 House committee chairmen and eight ranking members who receive additional pay.
In the Senate, the leadership titles are Senate President Pro Tempore, Majority Leader, Minority Leader, Deputy President Pro Tempore (5), Deputy Majority Leader (5), Deputy Minority Leader (5), Deputy Caucus Leader and Federal Relations Liaison, Minority Leader Pro Tempore, Deputy Minority Leader Pro Tempore, Assistant Majority Leader (5), Assistant Minority Leader (2), Majority Whip (2), Minority Whip (2), Assistant President Pro Tempore (3) and Assistant Majority Whip.
THE GRAVY TRAIN - WE NEED TERM LIMITS IN CT GENERAL ASSEMBLY:
And you won't find the truth about it in the Herald. Word has it that Craven has had it with the Herald and they, in return, with him. So if you now see any articles in the Herald tomorrow about the Council meeting on 9/10/10 and written about Lisa Backus, please realize that she was not there and Craven is now personna non grata at the Herald. He has taken a position with the Norwich Bulletin.
ReplyDeleteIf Backus writes anything it will be solely on the basis of watching the meeting on Nutmeg TV or spoon fed to her by Sherwood.
What a rag is The Herald.
If you watch the meeting on TV,, you will see the ridiculous spectacle of mostly mute Democrats who, if they speak, recite scripted - by whom?, statements.
With these radical Dumbocrats in charge it is more like a communist state.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, the guy should have refused to turn the tape recorder off and should have demanded that the chairman of the meeting (the mayor) call the police and let the police tell him exactly what law he was supposedly violating by taping during a public meeting and in a public place.
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ReplyDeleteIt is legal to tape them. They are in a public place and therefore do not have any expectation of privacy.
On a side note – this should teach us an important lesson. Reputations REALLY do matter in the way people deal with you, and for an elected official to treat one of his/her constituents so harshly is outrageous, especially when that constituent was engaged in a constitutionally protected conduct.
Imagine how unhinged this person might be if someone sat there with a camera snapping pictures, or would that also violate the communist manifesto?
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ReplyDeleteAnd you won't find the truth about it in the Herald. Word has it that Craven has had it with the Herald and they, in return, with him. So if you now see any articles in the Herald tomorrow about the Council meeting on 9/10/10 and written by Lisa Backus, please realize that she was not there and Craven is now personna non grata at the Herald. He has taken a position with the Norwich Bulletin.
If Backus writes anything it will be solely on the basis of watching the meeting on Nutmeg TV or spoon fed to her by Sherwood.
What a rag is The Herald.
If you watch the meeting on TV,, you will see the ridiculous spectacle of mostly mute Democrats who, if they speak, e.g., Eva M., recite scripted - by whom?, statements.
September 9, 2010 5:45 PM"
The papers had nobody there except for Craven. Phil Sherwood will now write their "stuff." Watched the meeting on TV tonight, was Roy C. awake? What a disaster!
According to Citizen Media Law Project:
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Public Meetings
Generally speaking, when you attend a public meeting of a government body that is required to be open to the public by law, you are free to record that meeting through note-taking, sound and video recording devices, and photography, so long as the method of recording used is reasonable and not disruptive.
In the past, Dwight Blint had video taped council meetings...was he eventually asked to stop? What is wrong with taping the council meetings? What's so different from when Nutmeg TV video tapes the Council meetings?
ReplyDeleteMy guess is that the person making the tape recording was a known conservative and we all know how vicious these radical socialists are towards anyone who doesn't agree with their vision of a socialist utopia where everyone has exactly the same wealth--whether they are willing to work or not.
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You forgot to list the cost to the taxpayers for each of their expense accounts where we actually pay them mileage for driving to work each day.
What are these Democrats afraid of? Are they afraid the public will learn the truth?
ReplyDeleteMaybe an entire group should all show up at the next meeting with tape recorders or will they all be dragged off and held behind the iron curtain?
ReplyDeleteDid "Reporter" Craven speak out in defense of this man's right to tape the proceeding? If not, then he's a poor excuse for a journalist.
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