Sunday, November 30, 2014
Saturday, November 29, 2014
Alderman Louis Salvio Sets City of New Britain Financial Issues Straight!
Mayor Erin Stewart was elected in
November of 2013. Prior to that date, she held only one position in city
government, a seat on the City Board of Education. Thus, she had no vote on the
passing of the 2013-2014 City Budget. Nor did former Mayor Timothy Stewart.
From November of 2011 thorough to the Municipal Election of November of 2013,
the City’s finances were controlled by the Mayor Tim O’Brien Administration and
the 13 Democrat Common Council.
The following list of actions that
occurred under the O’Brien Administration and the then Common Council had
nothing to do with Mayor’s Erin or Timothy Stewart:
- reached the limit of the city’s bonded indebtedness
- produced budgets with overinflated revenues
- $ hundreds of thousands of dollars given to cronies for
“no show/no product jobs or products, e.g.; bloated his office staff
- waived taxes in perpetuity for the HRA property that,
using today’s rates would produce $300,000 annually; and used HRA to pay
for phantom city positions
- gave $ tens of thousands of dollars in raises for
department heads, directors (acting or real)
- dismantled the Dept. of Municipal Development thus
creating problems with disposition of HUD funds
- the phony 2013-2014 was passed gleefully by the then Common Council with the profuse approval of 12 of the13 Council Democrats
The list above represents only a
fraction of the financial distress of New Britain produced by the O’Brien
Administration. And yet, New Britain Democrat “leaders” continue to play the
blame game. Our entire State Legislative Delegation was complicit in this
scenario and yet, voters reelected all of them.
Today’s Herald points out what Mayor
Stewart has had to do to try to right New Britain’s financial ship. In the
meantime, it is the innocent taxpayers that will suffer.
Lou Salvio, Alderman
Friday, November 28, 2014
Brown committing a strong-arm robbery just minutes prior to his killing.
At approximately 8:15 p.m., on
Monday, November 25th, 2014, St. Louis County prosecuting attorney Robert
McCulloch began his news conference at a courthouse in Clayton, Mo., by
expressing his sympathies for Michael Brown’s family, noting that they lost a
loved one to violence. On August 9th, Brown had been shot dead by police
officer Darren Wilson, presumably, while using justifiable deadly-force in the
line of duty as he defended himself from a life-threatening attack by Brown,
pursuant to the latter committing a strong-arm robbery just minutes prior to
his killing.
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Thursday, November 27, 2014
Two Men Arrested After New Britain Robbery - Hartford Courant
Young Mr. Brown certainly takes after his Father.
Driver's licenses to be issued to immigrants in Connecticut
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HARTFORD >> Immigrants living in the state illegally
will soon be able to obtain a driver's license under a new program designed
to teach the rules of the road to people who likely have been behind the
wheel for years anyway. The Department of Motor Vehicles is expecting
thousands of immigrants to begin taking the steps needed to obtain a new
state-issued driver's license or learning permit.
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Obama's Problems with the New Congress
Immigration reform, Keystone
XL, net neutrality, ObamaCare manipulation (Gruber
disclosures), bankrupting coal, bankrupting business... Don’t forget the president’s encouraging the choreographed protests
that followed the grand jury’s lack of an indictment of Officer Darren Wilson
and Obama’s champion Eric Holder’s unwillingness to accept the
ruling.
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014
SCHUMER STEPS UP AS THE HEAD OF THE HILLARY CAUCUS
It sounded odd that Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., the man who perhaps most aggressively represents Wall Street’s interests in the Senate, was advertising a speech in which he would urge the Democratic Party to “embrace government.” The two entities would pretty well have to get naked to get any closer, but there’s always appeal among ideologues for the belief that more ideological purity is the answer to political problems. Schumer, however, seemed a strange messenger. While there is a strong Carneysian relationship between Schumer’s financial-sector constituents and a beefy federal government, Schumer is far closer to his fellow former New York Senator and Goldman-Sachs enthusiast Hillary Clinton than any of the self-styled “populist progressives” of his party. So what gives? It turns out that Schumer was making not an argument for government but for governing, a strong echo of the already emerged themes of Clinton’s campaign. Schumer most notably attacked ObamaCare, not for its goals or provisions, but for the way it was introduced, passed and implemented saying that Democrats “blew the opportunity the American people gave them.”
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Reverend Sharpton MIA in Ferguson meeting with fellow preachers.
Watching Fox
News regarding the Ferguson religious preachers requesting that the citizens of
the town be mindful of their youngsters and their where about during the
unfortunate crises.
Amazing the
preacher that was missing was Sharpton who personally convicted the police
officer, the very same day this youngster who robbed a local store, and was
shot by the officer who was attempting to apprehend him.
fs
Sharpton, again
- As is usually the case amid racial unrest, the
president is turning to MSNBC host Al Sharpton, a favorite of
top Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett. Initially skeptical,
it was reportedly Jarrett who convinced Sharpton together they could make changes
for the country. The controversial television host advised Obama on the Trayvon
Martin case,
the selection process for the new attorney
general, post-Election losses for the Democrats
and the latest battle over immigration
and executive action. In the initial days following the shooting of Michael
Brown, it was said to be Jarrett who reached
out to Sharpton to advise how to handle the situation.
Monday, November 24, 2014
Warren in Tel Aviv with Bibi on deadline day
- Jerusalem
Post: “While it is two full years before the 2016 US presidential race, the
parade of possible candidates to Israel began Monday afternoon with a meeting
by Massachusetts Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren with
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Warren, whose name has been
mentioned as a possible challenger to Hillary Clinton
for the democratic nomination, arrived Saturday in Tel Aviv, and will also
visit Ramallah and Amman. This is the first trip abroad for the senator,
elected in 2012 and who has so-far concentrated largely on US domestic issues.”
Sunday, November 23, 2014
HAS THE CPOA BECOME THE ADMINISTRATON’S ADVOCATE?
We went through a Presidency with that individual using his notoriety to become a member of the Board of Education and with my resigning as it’s treasure, forcing an election of new officers, that occurred in the recent past.
As A board member, I attempted to make two motions at that meeting but, was cut off by the newly elected Vice president who immediately turned over the microphone over to Mayor Erin Stewart for her presentation.
Needless to indicate that my motions were never evaluated by those members in attendance.
We have had many effective leaders in the past like former mayors, State Commissioners, but one stands out who was outstanding in scaring both sides of the political spectrum, being Mr. Stanley Nevers, who held elected representatives from both parties accountable for the expenditure of the tax payers dollars.
The CPOA took no issue over the sale of the Patton Brook Well because the Mayor was expecting the sale to go through but, Alderman David DeFronzo took a stand against the sale, with the proposal being defeated.
The CPOA also has not made any issue over the Alderman Trueworthy’s episode at the Mayor’s office and the adverse anti-gay comments directed at owners of a city establishment.
There were other issues the spokesman for the CPOA organization failed to address.
Sincerely,
Frank Smith, New Britain a CPOA Board Member.
Taxpayers 'Gouged' by Obama's Unnecessary Travel
President Obama's Labor Day 2014 weekend trips for fundraising, personal business, and politicking ran up a tab of $1,539,400 in taxpayer-paid transportation expenses.
That disclosure comes from U.S. Air Force records obtained by Judicial Watch in response to a Freedom of Information Act request filed the day after Labor Day.
Obama began his Labor Day weekend by flying to Westchester, N.Y., on Friday, August 29. While there he attended two fundraisers for the Democratic National Committee.
Later that day he took off for Providence, R.I., for a fundraiser at a private residence, where tickets cost up to $32,400. The event was Obama's ninth fundraiser for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee this year, Judicial Watch noted.
The trips to Westchester and Providence cost taxpayers $527,192 for transportation alone.
Obama was originally scheduled to fly back to Westchester on Friday night, spend the night there, then return to Washington after attending the wedding of White House chef Sam Kass and MSNBC host Alex Wagner on Saturday. But he changed his plans at the last minute and flew to Washington instead.
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said this change allowed Obama to "sleep in his own bed, do a little work tomorrow, spend some time with his family, and then travel back to New York."
Flying to Washington, D.C., instead of Westchester required an additional 1.4 hours spent on Air Force One, which added $295,227 more in taxpayer dollars to bring the total cost of the round trip between New York and D.C. to $358,490.
Obama wrapped up his Labor Day travel by flying to Milwaukee, Wis., on Monday, where he made a campaign speech at Laborfest 2014. This cost taxpayers $653,718.
"This Labor Day back-and-forth shows President Obama seems to confuse Air Force One with Uber," said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.
"President Obama abuses not only taxpayers with this unnecessary travel, he strains an already overstretched military and a Secret Service that is in crisis and can't even guard the front door of the White House.
"The new Congress could do worse than to reform presidential travel so taxpayers aren't gouged by candidates and campaigns benefiting from the political use of Air Force One."
Editor's Note:
Obama Causes Unfunded for Many states
States Have Unfunded Liabilities of $4.7 Trillion
State-level public pension plans are underfunded by a massive $4.73 trillion this year, according to a new report from State Budget Solutions — an amount equal to more than $15,000 for each American.
"This spells trouble for the millions of baby boomers who are quickly approaching retirement age and expect to collect the pensions promised to them by government officials," writes Joe Luppino-Esposito, author of the "Promises Made, Promises Broken 2014" report.
"State taxpayers who are not government employees will also feel the pinch, which could result in reduced government services as larger and larger portions of the states' budgets must be allocated to cover the public pension shortfall."
California carries the largest unfunded liability, $754 billion, followed by Illinois ($331 billion), New York ($307 billion), Texas ($296 billion), and Ohio ($289 billion).
But these large states have larger numbers of public sector employees, so simply looking at the total figures can be misleading. A better indicator of pension plan health is the funding ratio, which compares assets to liabilities.
By this yardstick, the Illinois pension plan is in worst shape, with a funding ratio of just 22 percent — it has assets of $95 billion, about 22 percent of its liabilities of $426.6 billion. Other states with low ratios are Connecticut (23 percent), Kentucky (24 percent), Alaska (25 percent), and Mississippi (27 percent).
The most well-funded state is Wisconsin, with a funding ratio of 67 percent.
On a per-capita basis, Alaska has an unfunded liability of $40,639 for each resident. Illinois has a liability of $25,740 per person, followed by Ohio ($25,028), Connecticut ($24,080), and New Jersey ($22,491). The lowest figure is in Tennessee, $6,500.
One reason for the huge unfunded liability numbers is that officials rely on overly optimistic returns on the investment of assets, Luppino-Esposito asserts.
Also, states are often guilty of not making the necessary annual contributions to the pension funds.
"State Budget Solutions found that in recent years several states have reduced the annual required contribution to the pension funds, or just skipped the payments altogether," the report notes. "New Jersey is the latest state to pull off this budget gimmick, reducing this year's payment by a whopping $4.2 billion as a way of 'balancing' the state's budget."
Saturday, November 22, 2014
Who Cares?
It seems as though the one
thing that should have killed Obama’s latest Amnesty Plan should also have
killed anything else he has concocted in six usurped years in the office of
POTUS is his never-yet-proven-legitimacy to actually hold that office. It
is obvious by now that Americans have given up on proving that Barack Hussein
Obama has usurped the highest governmental office in the United States and
nobody seems to give a DAMN!
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“Delusional”
Senator McCann
called Obama and Kerry “Delusional” when seeking a reduction in enrichments of
an A Bomb by Libya.
fs
Friday, November 21, 2014
GRUBER SUMMONED TO TESTIFY
Embattled ObamaCare architect Jonathan Gruber has been called to testify before the House Oversight Committee, on Dec. 9. The committee will “examine transparency failures related to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act,” according to a letter to Gruber from Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif.
President Obama’s lecture to America for the need of his Executive Order.
FRANKSMITHSAYSNB
EDITORIAL
He neglected
to Point out that during his beginning years, as our President, his party had
control of both houses but, he took no action.
Now he is attempting
to blame the Republicans for holding legislation up, proving the real phony he
is.
In other
words we have a President who has always been “MIA”.
ct cpoa
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global warming/climate
The
area south of Buffalo, New York was buried this week in 76 inches of snow,
quite possibly the largest 24-hour total in U.S. recorded history. At the same
time, the desperate advocates of global warming/climate change are finding more
novel ways to push their carbon dioxide reduction and carbon footprint taxation
in order to redistribute the wealth from the United States to the rest of the
world
CFP
CFP
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Mayor Stewart's First Year
FRANKSMITHSAYSNB EDITORIAL:
In today’s Herald
14 Alderman praised Our Mayor’s first year in Office with their own way of
citing their thoughts but, the fifteenth Alderman David DeFronzo, had nothing
but blame by attacking Mayor Erin with the 11 percent tax increase, with the
Rock Cats move to Hartford and the ongoing homeless problem downtown.
This first “Salvo”
by the Alderman must be his first announcement for his intention to run for
mayor.
But, he has
a short memory of the fact that he was in office that approved the adverse O’Brien
budget with imaginary proposed budget with anticipated income that never materialized. He also shows his lapse of memory that the
Mayor did provide living quarters for our city’s homeless during the winter
months.
I recall Her
father, a former Mayor, claiming that the homeless do not want to reside
anywhere other than under a bridge overpass.
David, you
with Aldermen Trueworthy and Platosz voted for the State takeover of the City
Finances the following day shows how well your threesome represented our
taxpayers’ interest.
Stop picking
on Erin’s ability to run the city when we have seen your inability, along with
your cohorts, on how to not have our city operated.
The Judge’s Ruling
Fox News Senior Judicial Analyst Judge
Andrew Napolitano writes
that President Obama is playing with fire: “The Framers required that every
president swear to do his job “faithfully” to serve as a reminder to him that
his job requires fidelity to the enforcement of laws with which he may disagree.
The American people, Congress and the courts need to know we have a president
who will enforce the laws, whether he agrees with them in his heart or not.
Without presidential fidelity to the rule of law, we have a king, not a
president.”
Springfield Spring plans for upcoming expansion - Central Connecticut Communications: News
By: Steve Collins, staff reporter
Talk about brazen!
Obama is about to unilaterally grant amnesty to over five
million illegal and undocumented immigrants, without any Congressional consent,
through his extraordinary and potentially illegal use of “Presidential”
executive order- notwithstanding that Obama’s popularity with the American
people is at an all time low.
CFP
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
DeLauro Opposes Bid By Pregnant Lawmaker To Cast Proxy Vote - Hartford Courant
A War Veteran with no legs not allowed a Proxy Vote?
4 worshippers killed in Jerusalem synagogue attack | Fox News
When will our President but Boots on the Ground in order to end the ISIS cries?
Monday, November 17, 2014
Sadly Be-headings Continue.
FRANKSMITHSAYSNB
EDITORIAL:
Our Leaderdship
in the White House continues to ignore his military advisors calling for boots
on the ground in order to defeat ISIS.
How many
more beheadings will it take for the white house to finally act on direction of
his advisors. 18 beheadings just
yesterday.
Sunday, November 16, 2014
Canada Free Press: Conservative, News, Politics, Editorials, Newspaper
Obama give his bird finger to Canada.
Saturday, November 15, 2014
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Sally"s Sale
25 River View Ct, Cheshire
Thursday 11/13 4pm-7:30
Saturday 11/15 9am-4pm
Sunday 11/16 10am-3pm
Thursday 11/13 4pm-7:30
Saturday 11/15 9am-4pm
Sunday 11/16 10am-3pm
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
OBAMA PLEASES LEFT WITH NET NEUTRALITY PUSH
WSJ: “President Barack Obama called on the Federal Communications Commission Monday to declare broadband Internet service a public utility, saying that it is essential to the economy and that the ‘strongest possible rules’ are needed to ensure that the Internet doesn’t become divided into fast and slow lanes. The president called for the FCC to expand its regulatory authority over the industry, a departure from the years of light regulation that the providers say has enabled them to flourish. The endorsement of a stronger regulatory approach contributed to a slide in broadband providers’ shares, raised new questions about a proposed merger between Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Cable Inc. and further hardened the political lines on ‘net neutrality’—the principle that all Internet traffic should be treated equally.”
Boehner, McConnell pan Obama push - The Hill: “Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) blasted President Obama’s call for stricter regulation to enforce open Internet rules on Monday. Boehner said House Republicans would continue their push to "stop misguided schemes to regulate the Internet.”
'I Don't Know, You Tell Me': Watters World Asks About the Midterm Elections - Fox Nation
Watters in Hartford Connecticut
Monday, November 10, 2014
THE INERNET HIGHWAY!
President
Obama is urging that the internet suppliers be allowed charge various rates for
internet speeds.
Unfortunately,
the real question that surfaces is the fact that there is little competition,
with the major internet suppliers, having no competitors within their market
areas.
fs
Sunday, November 9, 2014
Saturday, November 8, 2014
Friday, November 7, 2014
REID READIES LAST GASP IN POWER
President Obama’s White House luncheon today with more than a dozen members of Congress is not a working lunch. It’s a photo-op designed to make newly empowered GOP leaders Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell part of a herd. Rather than a summit – a meeting to facilitate negotiations among equals – this is the head of state holding court for the benefit of the cameras. The question of how the earthquake on Tuesday has changed Washington won’t be seen in gritted grins over tureens of mushroom soup but rather in how Obama and outgoing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid approach the final 54 days of Democratic control of the Senate. The initial indications suggest conciliation will not be on the menu.
Springfield casino: Buildings To Be Razed, Renovated To Make Way For MGM Springfield - Hartford Courant
South side of town from State Street on Main Street.
Thursday, November 6, 2014
OBAMA STILL UNMOVED AFTER ‘ASS-WHUPPIN’
President Obama was determined not to provide a descriptor for his party’s midterm election rout this week, using verbal gymnastics worthy of Alison Lundergan Grimes to deny headline writers an adjective akin to 2010’s “shellacking” or 2006’s “thumping.” So West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin did the job for him, describing 2014’s bloodbath as a “real ass-whuppin’.” In a perfunctory press conference held to face an almost taunting press corps, Obama tried to invalidate the outcome. The president suggested that there was no clear message from voters beyond, inexplicably, a perceived desire for his agenda to be implemented. More pointedly, Obama said: “To two-thirds of voters that chose not to participate in the process yesterday, I hear you, too.” What were they saying? The president believes that they were also urging his agenda enacted. Funny how that works.
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Kevin Rennie's ructions and other disturbances — Daily Ructions
Kevin Rennie " Malloy Doesn't Have a Clue."