Time to put up or shut up, O'Brien. You've claimed you will cut taxes by 50% for seniors, INCREASE education funding, and keep unfair property taxes down for the middle class, and funding all of this by increasing taxes on "wealthy out-of-town slumlords." Which, by the way, is technically illegal.
Good luck... but if I were you, I'd be praying to God for a miracle, because your career is over in 2 years if you don't deliver.
We shudder to think about an Administration led by the O'Brien/Sherwood/Lopes/ triumvirate of three men, jointly governing a realm with the anti-business welfare culture associated with the Tim O'Brien's baggage of government?
The voters have made it clear that they want a totally communist society where no one ever has to do a day's work and everyone can live free off the government, but what happens once the mass exodus begins and the people who were once paying all the taxes for these lazy slobs all flee our new brand of socialism?
There will be no one left to pay for their socialist/communist utopia and the city and the state will collapse just like the communist utopia in the Soviet Union collapsed.
Communism has never worked anywhere in the world and it will not work here in New Britain either--no matter how much of a free ride O'Brien may promise you.
1.- Holding down unfair property taxes by requiring wealthy slumlords and abandoned building owners to pay what they cost our city.
2.- Creating good paying jobs by enforcing and strengthening our living wage ordinance, by rebuilding neighborhoods and by finally creating a good plan for New Britain's economic future.
3.- Improving neighborhood quality of life by strongly enforcing anti-blight laws to hold wealthy slumlords and abandoned building owners accountable.
Tim O'Brien (politician) - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia...
Tim O'Brien (born June 13, 1968) is a Connecticut State Representative. He is a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives and represents the Twenty-Fourth Assembly District, which includes parts of New Britain and Newington, Connecticut.
O'Brien was first elected to the Connecticut House of Representatives in 2002, having previously served as a member of the Common Council of the City of New Britain.
As a state legislator, O'Brien has been a strong advocate for reform to Connecticut's property tax system, an effort to change the fact that middle class and poorer taxpayers, particularly those in Connecticut's cities, pay a higher percentage of their incomes in property taxes than wealthy persons in Connecticut.
O'Brien also advocates for extending healthcare benefits to all of the residents of the state, increasing funding to public schools, expanding Connecticut's prescription drug coverage and protecting workers' rights.
In the 2005-2006 term of the legislature, [1] O'Brien was the Vice-Chair of the Government Administration and Elections Committee, and was a member of the Finance Revenue and Bonding Committee and the Education Committee. In the 2007-2008 term, [2] he left the Government Administration and Elections Committee and was named to the Public Health Committee and Judiciary Committee.
As Vice-Chair of the Government Administration and Elections Committee, O'Brien worked actively for approval of Connecticut's sweeping 2005 campaign finance reform legislation. The campaign finance reform law provides for public financing of candidates for statewide and state legislative offices who agree not to accept large amounts of private campaign contributions and agree to limit their overall campaign expenditures.
As a member of the New Britain City Council (Common Council) O'Brien worked for the change in the way New Britain City Council members were elected from an "at-large" system, to one that ensures that every neighborhood elects Council members by and from their own neighborhood districts.
He also worked for the approval of a local law (ordinance) to provide minimum wages for the workers of companies doing business with or receiving subsidies from the city (living wage ordinance) and anti-slumlord ordinances.
When Tim O'Brien resigns from his position as a state legislator, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will then call for a special election in January.
Three Democrats - Sharon Beloin-Saavedra, Rick Lopes and Michael Trueworthy — want the party's endorsement to run for O'Brien's seat, which is in a strongly Democratic district bordering New Britain and Newington. The special election is likely to occur sometime in January, 2012.
This is a disappointment, but hope for the best.
ReplyDeleteThanl you for taking the time to vote for me.
ReplyDeleteTime to put up or shut up, O'Brien. You've claimed you will cut taxes by 50% for seniors, INCREASE education funding, and keep unfair property taxes down for the middle class, and funding all of this by increasing taxes on "wealthy out-of-town slumlords." Which, by the way, is technically illegal.
ReplyDeleteGood luck... but if I were you, I'd be praying to God for a miracle, because your career is over in 2 years if you don't deliver.
The New Anti-Business Team of Three?
ReplyDeleteWhy the future of New Britain is at stake here?
We shudder to think about an Administration led by the O'Brien/Sherwood/Lopes/ triumvirate of three men, jointly governing a realm with the anti-business welfare culture associated with the Tim O'Brien's baggage of government?
The voters have made it clear that they want a totally communist society where no one ever has to do a day's work and everyone can live free off the government, but what happens once the mass exodus begins and the people who were once paying all the taxes for these lazy slobs all flee our new brand of socialism?
ReplyDeleteThere will be no one left to pay for their socialist/communist utopia and the city and the state will collapse just like the communist utopia in the Soviet Union collapsed.
Communism has never worked anywhere in the world and it will not work here in New Britain either--no matter how much of a free ride O'Brien may promise you.
The O'Brien Three Step Pipe Dream?
ReplyDelete1.- Holding down unfair property taxes by requiring wealthy slumlords and abandoned building owners to pay what they cost our city.
2.- Creating good paying jobs by enforcing and strengthening our living wage ordinance, by rebuilding neighborhoods and by finally creating a good plan for New Britain's economic future.
3.- Improving neighborhood quality of life by strongly enforcing anti-blight laws to hold wealthy slumlords and abandoned building owners accountable.
Tim O'Brien (politician) - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia...
ReplyDeleteTim O'Brien (born June 13, 1968) is a Connecticut State Representative. He is a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives and represents the Twenty-Fourth Assembly District, which includes parts of New Britain and Newington, Connecticut.
O'Brien was first elected to the Connecticut House of Representatives in 2002, having previously served as a member of the Common Council of the City of New Britain.
As a state legislator, O'Brien has been a strong advocate for reform to Connecticut's property tax system, an effort to change the fact that middle class and poorer taxpayers, particularly those in Connecticut's cities, pay a higher percentage of their incomes in property taxes than wealthy persons in Connecticut.
O'Brien also advocates for extending healthcare benefits to all of the residents of the state, increasing funding to public schools, expanding Connecticut's prescription drug coverage and protecting workers' rights.
In the 2005-2006 term of the legislature, [1] O'Brien was the Vice-Chair of the Government Administration and Elections Committee, and was a member of the Finance Revenue and Bonding Committee and the Education Committee. In the 2007-2008 term, [2] he left the Government Administration and Elections Committee and was named to the Public Health Committee and Judiciary Committee.
As Vice-Chair of the Government Administration and Elections Committee, O'Brien worked actively for approval of Connecticut's sweeping 2005 campaign finance reform legislation. The campaign finance reform law provides for public financing of candidates for statewide and state legislative offices who agree not to accept large amounts of private campaign contributions and agree to limit their overall campaign expenditures.
As a member of the New Britain City Council (Common Council) O'Brien worked for the change in the way New Britain City Council members were elected from an "at-large" system, to one that ensures that every neighborhood elects Council members by and from their own neighborhood districts.
He also worked for the approval of a local law (ordinance) to provide minimum wages for the workers of companies doing business with or receiving subsidies from the city (living wage ordinance) and anti-slumlord ordinances.
When Tim O'Brien resigns from his position as a state legislator, Governor Dannel P. Malloy will then call for a special election in January.
ReplyDeleteThree Democrats - Sharon Beloin-Saavedra, Rick Lopes and Michael Trueworthy — want the party's endorsement to run for O'Brien's seat, which is in a strongly Democratic district bordering New Britain and Newington. The special election is likely to occur sometime in January, 2012.