Thursday, July 31, 2014
Are our Council Democrats All Homophobes?
FRANKSMITHSAYSNB
EDITORIAL:
Apparently Alderman Trueworthy chose the correct
minority group to viciously attack with hateful remarks because the
Democratic members of the City Council seem like they couldn't care less
about one of their own Democratic members of the council launching a vicious
and hateful attack against gay people. Is it possible that the Democrats
on the council share Trueworthy's dislike for gay people?
A number of these Democrats have gone on the record excusing
Mr. Trueworthy's disgusting behavior, and even in the face of the Courant
editorial calling for Mr. Trueworthy to resign from the council completely, the
majority of his fellow council Democrats are publicly stating that he should
stay on the council and fight for his job. Based on their rallying
behind Mr. Trueworthy, it appears that this is just the kind of hateful
conduct our local Democratic Party stands for!
Do you think that this group would be so forgiving had Mr.
Trueworthy gone to Broad Street and made nasty comments to a pair of restaurant
owners simply for being from Poland?
How about had he gone to Arch Street and attacked a couple
who owns a business there, calling them vile things because they happen to be
Puerto Ricans?
What if Mr. Trueworthy were to malign an African American
couple with the "N" word simply because they happen to be
black? Before you get upset about such a reference here, let us remember
that Mr. Trueworthy reportedly used such vile words in his attack of
these business owners who happen to be gay--an incident he admits to.
Had the minority group he victimized been one of these other
races or ethnicities, do you think the Democrats on the council would
be so forgiving? Would they be so quick to circle the wagons in defense
of his outrageous conduct?
If you agree with me that they probably would not, then the
only possible conclusion must be that the rest of the Democrats on the
council must share Mr. Trueworthy's homophobia, otherwise, where is their
outrage?
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
President with the Muslims in kansas City
Waiting for someone in the
radical Muslim world to ask why their chief defender Barack Hussein Obama made
such a big public display about chowing down on a a half-slab of PORK spare ribs in a Kansas City restaurant yesterday.
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
"Isn't it time for Trueworthy to Go?"
FRANKSMITHSAYSNB
EDITORIAL:
It is time for Mr. Trueworthy to step down from the city
council completely and to take a long break from public service.
It has become common knowledge that he publicly embarrassed
himself and the city in 2 recent incidents.
In the first incident he publicly referred to a woman by
using the “C” word or even worse and then told her to go do something sexual to
herself. At the root of this sickening
conduct towards a woman was that he seemed to feel he was better than her
because he as much as told her so during his intoxicated tirade.
In yet another incident he created a public disturbance in a
crowded restaurant by displaying what he described as his personal disgust for
homosexuals by reportedly yelling anti-gay remarks across a crowded restaurant
at the married gay couple that owns the restaurant.
Mr. Trueworthy has publicly admitted that both of these
incidents took place and has apologized for his disgusting and hateful conduct
and blames his actions on his admittedly being intoxicated at the time of both
of these incidents. As a token of his
sincerity he has offered to step down from his position as the Mayor Pro Tem on
the Council, but says he will remain a member of the City Council. But can the
public accept him on their council after such openly hateful conduct directed
towards two separate minority groups and can we accept his excuse that the
booze made him do it?
Mr. Trueworthy says that his conduct doesn’t really reveal
his true feelings toward women and homosexuals, but science tells us
otherwise:
"You can't pour vodka on a turnip and have it say
anti-Semitic remarks," and "Alcohol can't make you think or feel
things," says Gary L. Malone, MD,
an addiction psychiatrist and the medical director and chief of psychiatry at
Baylor All Saints Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas.”
"People should be held accountable for what they say drunk
as well as sober, and forgiveness should not be based on 'the alcohol made me
do it'…” adds Carleton Kendrick EdM,
LCSW, a family therapist in Boston. "I don't accept that because one does
not explode in the tirade that he came forth unprovoked without believing
in the thoughts that he expressed," he says.
"Alcoholics will tell you that they try to watch what
they say when they are drunk, but that's a conundrum because alcohol frees the
tongue to say what is in the heart," he adds. (Is Alcohol a Truth Serum, By DeniseMann, WebMD Feature Reviewed
by Louise Chang MD)
Mr.
Trueworthy tells us that he doesn’t really hate these 2 groups that he
offended, but experts are telling us that alcohol can’t make you say something
that you don’t really feel in your heart just because you are intoxicated. No one can tell us for sure what is really in
Mr. Trueworthy’s heart or mind, but after his disgusting conduct toward women
and homosexuals, how can either of these groups or even any minority group ever
accept him to represent their interests on the council? Is this the kind of vile and degrading
conduct that our local Democratic Party is willing to accept from their
leadership?
As Mr.
Kendrick said in his report, people need to be held accountable for what they
do when they are drunk and we should not accept “alcohol made me do it” as an
excuse, especially when such hatred was launched against 2 distinct minority
groups.
It is time
for Mr. Trueworthy to stop blaming alcohol for his conduct and do the right
thing for the city and the people he was elected to represent including the women
and homosexuals he so openly defiled by resigning from the council.
New Britain City Hall Rumors!
FRANKSMITHSAYSNB
EDITORIAL:
Rumors have
it that the common council Alderman, President Pro-Tempore, Michael Trueworthy
in the presence of Former State Representative David Pudlin is no longer welcome at the West
Main Street Pub Restaurant for undignified and abusive language used by the
Alderman.
Sadly, this
is a poor example of what the New Britain Democratic party has selected to
represent the city’s taxpayers, who incidentally, has made known his desire to
run for the office of mayor.
Making Poor People Richer is the way to Turn Our Economy Around!
The way to turn our economy around is not by making rich people poorer, it's by making poor people richer.
Marco Rubio, United States Senator and Former Speaker of the House, Florida House of Representatives
Monday, July 28, 2014
Border deal stuck on Dems about face - Washington Examin
“While the border bill has stalled, there is still a small chance
for a deal by Thursday, which is the last day the House is in session until
Sept. 8. Democrats and Republicans are at odds over a 2008 deportation law that
is preventing the fast deportation of the thousands of child migrants who have
come here from Central America. President Obama initially
backed a move to change the law in order to speed deportation of Central
American minors. Federal officials say 61,000 unaccompanied children have
crossed the southern border into Texas since October. But under pressure from
immigration rights groups, Obama has since backed down and Congressional
Democrats now say they oppose changing the law, which currently requires the government
provide immigration hearings for Central American youth, a process that can
take years. This week, Democrats will have to decide whether a provision to
change the 2008 law is a deal breaker, since Republicans in the House are
unlikely to pass a border spending bill without it. Both White House officials
and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., hinted
Democrats might give in on allowing a change to the provision… If Congress
agrees to pass a spending bill, it will likely be smaller than Obama's $3.7
billion request.”
Great Countries Need To Secure Their Border!
Great countries need to secure their border for national security purposes, for economic purposes, and for rule of law purposes.
Jeb Bush, Governor of Florida (1999-2007)
Sunday, July 27, 2014
Bridgeport BOE Issue!
FRANKSMITHSAYSNB EDITORIAL:
The Bridgeport, Conn, Board
of Education is contemplating re-naming the Warren G. Harding High School which
was named after our former President however, the structure has aged and is
being replaced and they are entertaining renaming the new school in honor of
President Obama. The liberals in
Bridgeport should be reminded that President Harding school was named after our
29th. President and naming
the new proposed school after any other President would indeed be shameful in
denying the students of the historical heritage of their former President.
...Democrats steal your guns and spit on your faith!
Democrats are people who raise your taxes and spend your money on weird stuff. They steal your guns, and they spit on your faith.
Grover Norquist
Harvard Educated American Political Advocate
Saturday, July 26, 2014
Hamas Refuses.
Hamas official cites the terror group rejected a four-hour
extension of the humanitarian truce proposed by Israel.
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Government will always take more than it gives.
Government will always take more than it gives.
Laura Ingraham
Radio Talk Show Host, Best Selling Author, Fox News Guest Host--O'Reilly Factor
Residence--Glastonbury, CT.
Friday, July 25, 2014
Russia moving troops towards Ukraine!
Russia has
placed 15,000 troops at the Ukraine border and is moving in heavy artillery
there.
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AND NOW A WORD FROM CHARLES…
“World opinion is now inflamed over the shooting of the civilian airliner.
World opinion on its own is useless. It’s ephemeral and without leadership it
does nothing. You have to galvanize it. The Europeans have done nothing except
add a couple of names onto a list of people who get their assets frozen and who
are denied a visa, so they can’t vacation in Disney World. That is not exactly
going to bring down the Russian economy.’ –Charles
Krauthammer on ‘Special Report with Bret Baier’
Watch here.
Michele Bachmann: 'There's a chance I could run' for President in 2016
A good speaker who's Congressional term end this coming January.
The Haircut:
One day a florist went to a barber for a haircut. After the cut, he asked about his bill, and the barber replied, 'I cannot accept money from you, I'm doing community service this week.' The florist was pleased and left the shop.
When the barber went to open his shop the next morning, there was a 'thank you' card and a dozen roses waiting for him at his door.
Later, a cop comes in for a haircut, and when he tries to pay his bill, the barber again replied, 'I cannot accept money from you , I'm doing community service this week.'
The cop was happy and left the shop.
The next morning when the barber went to open up, there was a 'thank you' card and a dozen donuts waiting for him at his door.
Then a Congressman came in for a haircut, and when he went to pay his bill, the barber again replied, 'I can not accept money from you, I'm doing community service this week.' The Congressman was very happy and left the shop.
The next morning, when the barber went to open up, there were a dozen Congressmen lined up waiting for a free haircut.
And that, my friends, illustrates the fundamental difference between the citizens of our country and the politicians who run it
BOTH POLITICIANS AND DIAPERS NEED TO BE CHANGED OFTEN AND FOR PRETTY MUCH THE SAME REASON!!!
If you don't forward this you have
no sense of humor.
Nothing bad will happen, however, you must live with yourself knowing that
Laughter is not in your future.
Now send it to someone you know
Nothing bad will happen, however, you must live with yourself knowing that
Laughter is not in your future.
Now send it to someone you know
...If Only It Required All Democrats To Get Their Heads Examined!
I might be in favor of national healthcare if it required all Democrats to get their heads examined.
Ann Coulter,
Author, columnist, political commentator, Attorney
Author, columnist, political commentator, Attorney
Thursday, July 24, 2014
Intelligence insider on Ukraine!
The recent actions allegedly blamed onto Russia may lead to a third world war!
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Jeb Bush: Border crisis proves we need immigration reform
Bush the former Gov. of Fla. id urging a soft approach for the Republicans to take in accepting the young illegals. Well he wants us to accept all the diseases that came with them.
Not so fast JEB.
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Not so fast JEB.
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The “TANS” proposal to the common council membership!
FRANKSMITHSAYSNB
EDITORIAL:
When the
city hired a consultant to advise the council membership of the necessity to
avoid a takeover of the city’s finances by the state three of the members
continued with their disbelief that this could happen for nearly a period of
three hours. They were advised that this
similar situation occurred to the cities of Bridgeport and Waterbury,
Conn. When the voting occurred three of
the Alderman that voted for the takeover by the state were Aldermen David
DeFronzo, Michael Trueworthy, and Adam Platosz.
Rumors have
it that David DeFronzo has planned to run for mayor during the next election
cycle overshooting Trueworthy’s desires to venture for the same Democratic
party selection for the same spot.
The
electorate of the city of New Britain should be forewarned to not re-elect these
three Alderman that voted for the state takeover of our city’s finances, by
their voting for the “TANS” proposal, because they were not really representing their electorate’s
best interest.
Why would Hamas negotiate with John Kerry after getting $47 million from him?
Because Kerry is as weak as his boss, "OBAMA."
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Obama is the Greatest Hoax Ever Perpetrated on the American People!
President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people.
Clint Eastwood
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
The COSTCO Dilemma !
FRANKSMITHSAYSNB
EDITORIAL:
Alderman
Michael Trueworthy has been quoted, in a local newspaper, with his introducing
his plan of eminent domain which his party chairman has been accusing Mayor
Erin Stewart of possibly doing, on his blog, over the Costco proposed building
in New Britain, but Trueworthy has added a new wrinkle to this issue with his
citing “ We need it for public use and access for public safety equipment.” Many are asking how can Alderman Trueworthy
introduce his eminent domain proposal when in reality it’s a business to
business issue?
Alderman
Louis Salvio was absolutely correct when he criticized Aldermen Sanchez and DeFronzo
when the Democratic Council waved millions of dollars of potential income from
the tax agreement agreed by the HRA agency and the city for its addition they built
on Clinton Street with their supporting the waver.
From day one,
upon the introduction of the COSTCO plan, Alderman DeFronzo has opposed it and
continues to do so.
Commism = Abolish All Private Property!
The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property.
Karl Heinrich Marx
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
BOEHNER: FIX LAW ON MIGRANTS BEFORE NEW SPENDING
“After first supporting common-sense changes to the 2008 law that is making it more difficult to resolve this crisis, the White House backpedalled and failed to include those changes in its formal request to Congress. Meanwhile, many Democrats in Congress have reversed themselves and now say no changes to the 2008 law are acceptable. As I said last week, I don’t believe the American people will support sending more money to the border unless both parties work together to address these policies and actually solve this problem. The lack of leadership from this White House, and President Obama’s refusal to stand up to critics in his own political party, are jeopardizing our ability to find common ground and help the kids who are caught in the middle of this crisis.” – House Speaker John Boehner in a statement on the president’s demand for new border spending.
"Captialism" is the sharing of blessings while "Socialism" if the sharing of miseries!
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.
Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Monday, July 21, 2014
PERRY RAISES STAKES IN BORDER SHOWDOWN
Texas Gov. Rick Perry is taking the next step today as he is expected to order 1,000 members of the Texas National Guard to defend the Rio Grande Valley amid an ongoing surge in illegal immigration. The plan, outlined in a memo leaked by a Democratic state legislator who opposes the idea, would put the troops in place over the span of a month with the aim of freeing federal immigrations and border officials to attend to the tens of thousands of migrant minors already in U.S. custody.
Sunday, July 20, 2014
Connecticut gun makers announced a new style gun being released in honor of our Connecticut Congressional delegation:
The new gun is called the "Congressman" in their
honor. It doesn't work and you can't fire it.
Ignorance and Concientious Stupidity are The Most Dangerous Things in The World!
Nothing in all the World is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Saturday, July 19, 2014
Malloy says ‘no’ to immigrant kids, but others in Connecticut say ‘yes’ | The CT Mirror
But Mayor Harp In New Haven will take in the Illegals.
It Is The Right and The Duty Of The People To Be At All Times Armed:
The constitution of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that...it is their right and duty to be at all times armed.
Thomas Jefferson, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and the 3rd President of the United States.
Friday, July 18, 2014
Preliminary U.S. assessment: Separatists fired missile
At least one American died in this "Plane" crash and maybe more pending notices to family members. What now Mr. President more "Fund Raisers."?
KELLY FILE: REAGAN WAITED, SPOKE WITH AUTHORITY AFTER SOVIETS DOWNED JETLINER
How did President Ronald Reagan handle a similar situation in
the summer of 1983? Watch
Megyn Kelly and Chris Stirewalt discuss that
incident and its lessons for today. One takeaway: Reagan didn’t speak publicly
on the subject for four days and spoke with gravity from the Oval Office in a
primetime address when he did. “[President Obama’s] endless
talking, his endless fundraising, his endless effort to control every 15
minutes of every news cycle saps him of the ability to speak with authority and
resolution when he needs to,” Stirewalt said.
The people don't think?
How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think.
Adolf Hitler
Public hearing held by the City's Comman Council on the proposed sale of the Patton Brook well to the City of Farmington, Ct.
FRANKSMITHSAYSNB EDITORIAL:
At the
Patton Well public hearing held by the common council, this Thursday evening, interesting
remarks were offered by Dr. William Ostapchuk and John McNamara the Democratic
Party Chairman;
Doctor Ostapchuk subsequent to hearing Mr. Powkowski, chairman of the water commission board of directors, indicated that his commission approved the sale of the Patton Brook well to the City of Southington, Ct asked a simple question “Have you investigated getting Ct Funding that is available through the state for water conservation and have you applied for It?” Offering his opposition to the sale of this water resource for the city.
Doctor Ostapchuk subsequent to hearing Mr. Powkowski, chairman of the water commission board of directors, indicated that his commission approved the sale of the Patton Brook well to the City of Southington, Ct asked a simple question “Have you investigated getting Ct Funding that is available through the state for water conservation and have you applied for It?” Offering his opposition to the sale of this water resource for the city.
An other interesting comment offered by Mr.
McNamara with his asking the common council “if they had obtained a true value
appraisal as to the real value of the property concerning this sale.”
Thursday, July 17, 2014
CRUZ, RUBIO BLAME OBAMA EXECUTIVE ORDER
While a pair of fellow Texan lawmakers look
to modify a 2008 law that many blame for the current border crisis, Texas
Sen. Ted Cruz says that he’s more concerned about undoing a
2012 executive order Obama issued allowing the children of illegal immigrant to
remain in the U.S. “Cruz spokeswoman Catherine Frazier [told Politico]
the senator’s “top priority” is to end the deferred action program, noting that
he is drafting a legislative proposal to prohibit the White House from
broadening the policy. “We believe that needs to be a prerequisite of any bill
that is considered by the Senate,” Frazier said.
THE JUDGE’S RULING: CREEPING CHILL
In recent weeks, Democrats have decried racism toward President Obama,
including in the form of a Nebraska parade float depicting Obama’s presidential
library as an outhouse. That float is now the subject of a Department of
Justice probe. Fox News Senior Judicial Analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano
argues
that America’s first freedoms are at stake: “Surely, government officials can
use words to defend themselves; in fact, one would hope they would. Yet, when
the people fear exercising their expressive liberties because of how the
governmental targets they criticize might use the power of the government to
stifle them, we are no longer free.”
Latino advocates knock Malloy on Central American immigrant children decision | The CT Mirror
Malloy made the right call.
A Nation Afraid of Its People:
"A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people."
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
The Border Is Secure!
"the border is secure."
Harry Reid, Democrat, Senate Majority Leader, July 15, 2014
According to Harry Reid, a prominent member of the Democratic Party and Senate Majority Leader, "the border is secure" so one would guess that the stories of thousands and thousands of illegal aliens entering the country each day must be some sort of staged theater? The only remaining question is what sort of Democrat enhanced fantasy land is Harry Reid existing in to be proclaiming that our southern border is secure? By the way, he made this declaration just yesterday once again demonstrating that Democrats seem to believe that if you tell the same lie enough, people will begin to believe your fantasy no matter how bazaar that fantasy might be.
COMMUNISM IS IDIOCY!
Communism is idiocy. They want to divide up the property. Suppose they did it -- it requires brains to keep money as well as make it. In a precious little while the money would be back in the former owner's hands and the communist would be poor again.
Mark Twain
Man is Not Free, Unless Government is Limited!
"I hope we have once again reminded people that man is not free unless government is limited. There's a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: as government expands, liberty contracts."
Ronald Wilson Reagan
New in Fox Opinion: Gov. Bobby Jindal, R-La., explains “Obama’s $18,000 broken promise”:
“How would you feel if someone promised to give
you a car, and then reneged on that pledge? That’s how all Americans
should feel when it comes to ObamaCare -- because Barack Obama’s
failed and discredited campaign promise to lower health insurance premiums has
cost the average American family an amount equal to the price of many new cars.
During his 2008 campaign, one of then-Senator Obama’s most audacious promises
was that his health plan would reduce premiums by $2,500 for the average
family.”]
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
BIPARTISAN BILL TO SPEED UP DEPORTATIONS GAINS GROUND
WaPo: “A pair of lawmakers from Texas will introduce
bipartisan legislation in Congress on [today] to speed up the deportations of
tens of thousands of Central American children who have entered the country
illegally across the southern border. Sen. John Cornyn (R) and
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D) say their bill aims to amend a 2008 law
that currently requires the federal government to provide greater legal
protections to young immigrants who attempt to enter the United States from
noncontiguous countries. The legislation would rewrite the law to allow Central
American minors be treated like those from Mexico and Canada, who can be
deported more quickly. Under the plan, unaccompanied minors from any country
would be able to have an immigration court hearing within seven days of their
processing by Health and Human Services, and an immigration judge would be
required to rule within three more days on whether the child would be allowed
to stay or be deported. The bill authorizes 40 new immigration judges to help
process the cases. The lawmakers are calling their bill the HUMANE Act, an
acronym for: Helping Unaccompanied Minors and Alleviating National Emergency.”
ObamaCare decision as early as today
- A decision could come as early as today in the
lawsuit that would end ObamaCare’s insurance subsidies in more states who did
not set up their own state exchange. If the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rules
in favor to the suit, more than half of the country would lose insurance
subsidies in President Obama’s signature health care law. Regardless of the
decision, it is likely to appealed to the Supreme Court.]
Col. Peters: Obama Loves the Deserter, But Shows Disdain for Members of Military Who've Served with Honor
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Lt. Col. Ralph Peters reacts
to Bowe Bergdahl returning to active duty. ... Is the White House sending a
message that military desertion is 'no big de...
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Monday, July 14, 2014
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CPOA isn’t a one-party organization
I am writing in response to a recent Herald article as an ultra-conservative registered Democrat and former president of the Citizens Property Owners Association for 18 years. We had members of both political parties, among them many well-known Democrats (mayors, city officials, department heads and professionals whose party affiliation had no bearing) and they chose to be taxpayer watchdogs. All were conservative thinkers.
To assume it was a one-party association for taxpayers is ridiculous. The concern of this association is to keep city government accountable for its spending and taxation. We always welcome members to be a partner for New Britain’s good welfare.
Incidentally, as its former president over the years, our association had the best working and cooperative relationship with former Mayor Timothy Stewart who was always receptive to taxpayers’ concerns. We look forward to the same spirit of cooperation from our mayor, Erin Stewart.
Congratulations are now in order to Michael DeGrandis, newly elected president of this organization in its 90th year to continue our worthwhile mission.
Ann Mikulak
Member of the Board of Directors, Citizens Property Owners Association, Inc.
Thursday, July 10, 2014
US Rep Esty Finds Supreme Court Ruling “ Extremely Troubling.”
FRANKSMITHSAYSNB
EDITORIAL:
She has been
a strong supporter of the affordable care act commonly known as the Obamacare is
her reason to oppose the court’s ruling on the Hobby Lobby.
She has been
plaguing the state’s residents with her mailings and also bothering many
residents with her phone town hall conversations out of fear in her losing the
up-coming election in the 5th congressional district.
She fears
her opponent, Mark Greenberg, when he mentions her liberal stance for her
support of OBAMACARE when she knows that the residents are losing their
coverage, and their doctors because Obamacare that should be replaced.
She Supports
Obama even after he promised you would keep your doctor and you can keep your
coverage and that has the 5th Congressional Voters voting for Mr. Greenberg.
FRANKSMITHSAYSNB
EDITORIAL:
A local
paper honored State Representative Robert Sanchez who is seeking his third term
by citing the many good things he has done but failed to recognize that he was formerly
an HRA employee under Former mayor and state Commissioner, Donald DeFronzo. All the city residents cannot help wondering
why HRA had its tax liability forgiven by the O’Brien Administration for 5.5
million dollars but are slowly connecting the reasons why Commissioner DeFronzo
gave Former Mayor O’Brien a state job, this of course poisoned any potential of
his son David of ever being able to be elected mayor of the city as his father
was.
The HRA connivers
is all the electorate need to recall.
Alderman Louis Salvio Attacks Fellow Alderman for Supporting O'Brien's False Income Budget Proposals
Other than articles printed in local
daily and weekly newspapers one sees precious little in letters to the editor
from local residents about important projects being considered by New Britain.
I guess many of these people prefer the anonymity of the blogs where they can
indulge in name calling, profanity and nonsensical comments, with impunity.
This letter makes just a few comments about one proposed New Britain project,
the possible coming to the city of the membership type retail giant, COSTCO.
While some blog commenters and even
some City officials have concentrated on what they consider negative aspects of
the proposal, few have seen and spoken in favor of the possible economic
benefits to the City. E.g.: the addition of 220 jobs to this area, good jobs
with benefits, averaging better than minimum wage; much needed tax revenues for
the City - yes, less than originally mentioned but additional monies that the
City does not have now. The benefits are many to the greater number of
taxpayers while the negatives are few.
On the issue of property taxes: it
is patently obvious that some commenters confuse the issues of abatement of taxes
and waiving of taxes. Because of cost overruns resulting from unforeseen
circumstances, Costco has requested tax abatement from New
Britain, NOT tax waiving! Tax abatement means reducing the amount
of taxes, payments made over a short period of time - seven years in this case
. Taxes will be paid, all new revenues. Waiving
taxes means forgiving them, perhaps in perpetuity. The city gets nothing,
forever!
EXAMPLE. During the last months of
the O’Brien Administration, the Common Council (then, 13 Democrats and 2
Republicans), at the request of Mayor Tim O’Brien, PROUDLY waived the property
taxes of The Hunan Resources Agency (HRA) of New Britain on Clinton
St. Potentially, over $20 million dollars over just 20 years. Nine
(9) of those Democrats still serve on the Council today. Commenting on the
Costco proposal in a local newspaper today, Alderman David DeFronzo said,
“ . Council member David DeFronzo, who has opposed
the project from the start, said tax incentives would make it even less
attractive.” It was OK though to waive HRA
taxes! In The Fall of 2013, when writing profiles of candidates running in the
municipal election, Herald writer Robert Storace quoted Alderman
DeFronzo as saying that he (DeFronzo) strongly supported O’Brien’s budget. Go figure.
Lou Salvio, Alderman
New Britain
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
McKinney would seek talks on state benefits - Journal Inquirer: Page One
McKinney Say's He'll Go After State Employees!
Couple married 33 years splits to keep benefits under ObamaCare
- The
Tennessean: “The day Linda Drain put baby's breath in her
hair and said ‘I do,’ she had no idea that government policies would tear her
apart from her husband. But 33 years later, she and her husband, Larry
Drain, separated so she could keep her health insurance. Six months
into the full implementation of the Affordable Care Act, the Drains are among
162,000 Tennesseans who got caught in a coverage gap. Their household income is
too little to qualify for a government subsidy to buy health insurance, and
they live in a state not expanding Medicaid…”
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Rush Limbaugh exposes Obama's threat to our well being!
On today’s Rush
Limbaugh a story surfaced that the Catholic Churches are asking their parishioners
to accept the illegal aliens children into their homes for a month or two whiteout
given any concerns of the diseases these children are bringing into the
parishioners homes.
The Medical
profession have been instructed to not warn anybody of this adversity and have
been placed on a gag order to not call the media.
Well a
doctor has called the media, Rush Limbaugh ,to expose his concern of the diseases
the Catholic Bishops are asking their parishioners to expose themselves and
their children to the many adverse diseases that are being brought into our
country by these alien children.
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LOOSE LIPS MAY SINK OBAMA BORDER PLAY
It looks like congressional Democrats got a little ahead of the White House in touting the president’s decision to drop efforts to deport tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors who have surged across the southern U.S. border to take advantage of the administration’s policy of granting sanctuary to migrant children. After the AP cited Hill sources claiming that President Obama, bowing to liberal worries, would drop his request for rapid deportation authority, the White House pushed back saying that the request was still part of a package headed to Congress today seeking billions in new spending and other legal changes to address the border surge.
HALF OF INSURANCE BROKERS WANT OUT
Puget
Sound Business Journal: “Nearly half of insurance brokers polled nationally
have considered leaving the industry in the wake of the Affordable Care Act
(ACA) – meanwhile, employers say they need them more than ever before,
according to a report by Aflac. A potential exodus of brokers could make it
more difficult for large and small businesses to lose that expertise just as
things are getting really complicated. Brokers help companies give employees
the best and most affordable coverage and insure they comply with the
complexities of the ACA….Brokers have only seen their jobs get more difficult
since the dawn of the Affordable Care Act. They're under pressure to deliver
employers low-cost health care, but that can be increasingly difficult. Others
fear losing customers to public and private health exchanges. And when brokers
look elsewhere for work they take their expertise with them. Many had
previously expressed concern that the introduction of the health exchanges
would take business away from them.”
— New Britain Democrat (@NBDemocrat) July 8, 2014
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The Road Not Taken: Could City Take Back Land From
Target’s Landlord?
by nbpoliticus
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Problem
solved?Take access road away from Tartaglias by eminent domain... Costco To
Make Pitch For Tax Breaks http://t.co/B1Drn9br3Z
Monday, July 7, 2014
To the Editor/ By: Alderman Don Naples
The editorial, “Money Management 101,” that appeared in the June 27 Herald does a disservice to city leaders, especially Mayor Erin Stewart. While the Herald shakes its head and wonders “where have all the leaders gone?” the mayor, her staff and city department heads have been working tirelessly to get New Britain’s finances and major projects back on track.
While not pointing “fingers of responsibility at any one politician or party,” the editorial laments a two-year delay in the Costco project, and the loss of $904,416 in federal grant funds due to two years of failure to commit a total of $1.2 million to a specific project. It’s obvious to everyone but the Herald editors where the problem was. The O’Brien Administration’s decision to abolish the Department of Municipal Development left the city without anyone to administer federal grant funds and the projects that they created. This was a disaster for our city and we are paying the price for it.
One of Mayor Stewart’s first acts following her election in November was to restore the Municipal Development Department. This was not an easy task, given the city’s recent extensive reorganization and the financial crisis at that time. After some initial squabbling about over-extended bonding (which threatened the city’s credit rating) Common Council members from both sides have been working together with a few exceptions to grapple with a broad range of issues facing New Britain. Much of the preparatory work is done in council committees, before resolutions are presented to the full council for a vote.
These committee meetings draw little attention from the press or the public.
It’s easy to take pot shots from afar. The editorial says “the city and its leaders must up their game”. My response: Up yours by reporting what is actually happening — good as well as bad — instead of making controversial statements in a vacuum. Only then will you recognize the strong leadership that is right under your noses.
Don Naples
Alderman
New Britain
Gov. Rick Perry, R-Texas, on ABC’s “This Week”
“I don’t believe [President Obama] particularly
cares whether or not the border of the United States is secure..” – Gov. Rick
Perry, R-Texas, on ABC’s “This Week”
Boehner:
“What’s disappointing is the President’s flippant dismissal of the Constitution
we are both sworn to defend. It is utterly beneath the dignity of the office.”]
Sunday, July 6, 2014
Veterans please read!!
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It doesn't matter
to me if you are a veteran or not. Please read and forward this to all
your e-mail buddies. It needs to go viral.
The 2014 United States elections will be held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014. During this midterm election year, all 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives and 33 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate will be contested in this election. Get out and VOTE!!!!)
A
movement has been started by our armed forces to get out the vote in
2014...They are organizing themselves, but this can be done by all of us. The
President, the Commander in Chief, has made the Rules of Engagement (ROE) so
difficult, that our troops are often killed before they can even get
permission to fight. Nothing has been done to stop our troops from being
murdered by the Afghanis they are training, either.
Now, the President wants the US to sign on to the UNs International Criminal Court (ICC), which would allow the UN's ICC to arrest and try US troops for War Crimes, without the legal protections guaranteed under US Law, and from which there is no > appeal. The President, with his Democratic control of the Senate, has nearly all the power.
If
the Non-Establishment Republicans, and Conservatives, can take back the
Senate in 2014, our troops can once again be protected from unnecessary
danger.
Please consider this, and send it on to your mailing lists.
Interestingly
enough, when GWB was president you heard about the military deaths in
Iraq and Afghanistan almost daily. With Obama in the White House, the
mainstream media has been strangely quiet. -
More
than 1,000 American soldiers have lost their lives in Afghanistan in the last
27 months. This is more than the combined total of the five years before
that. Many have died since August. During the last six month, over 50
additional NATO and US servicemen have been murdered, inside jobs by those
who are hired to be a "force for good in Afghanistan."
The
commander in chief is AWOL. Not a peep, although he ordered the White House
flag flown at half-staff for the Sikhs that were killed. There is a deep
disgust, a fury, growing in the ranks of the military against the indifferent
incompetence of this president.
It
has taken on a dangerous tone. No one knows what to do about him, but the
anger runs deep as the deaths continue with no strategic end in sight to the
idiocy of this war. Obama has had 5 years to end this futile insanity, during
which time he has vacationed, golfed, campaigned, and generally ignored the
plight of our men and women in uniform. But, there is now a movement afoot in
the armed services to launch a massive get out the vote drive against this
president's party. Not just current active duty types, but the National
Guard, Reserves, the retired, and all other prior service members. This is no
small special interest group, but many millions of veterans who can have an
enormous impact on the outcome of the November 2014 mid-term election, if
they all respond.
The
one million military retirees in Florida alone could mean an overwhelming
victory in that state if they all show up at the polls. It might not keep
another one hundred U.S. troops from dying between now and November, but a
turnout to vote by the military against this heart breaking lack of
leadership can make a powerful statement that hastens a change to the
indifference of this shallow little man who just lets our soldiers die.
Veterans: Please forward to your lists.
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