Tuesday, January 18, 2011

DeFronzo expected to receive Dems’ endorsment in Ward 4 - The New Britain Herald (newbritainherald.com)

Replacing Phil Sherwood
Posted by Frank Smith at 18.1.11

17 comments:

Anonymous said...

Isn't that just effen lovely. We get another DeFronzo to muck up our city and it's workings. Great.

January 18, 2011 at 8:03 AM
Anonymous said...

Is it even possible that the younger DeFronzo is even half as radical as his father?

January 18, 2011 at 12:04 PM
Anonymous said...

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE HERALD ARTICLE ON DE FRANZO AND THE BLOGS.

THEY HAVE VANISHED FROM THE COMPUTER

I WAS TOLD THEY WERE INTERESSTING.

IS THE NEW BEING MANIOULATED ???????????????

January 18, 2011 at 1:54 PM
C.P.O.A Member said...

Congrats David,you will be a true champion for the folks of the Belvedere area !!!!!!!!

January 18, 2011 at 2:15 PM
Anonymous said...

C.P.O.A. Member must have written that in jest! He lives next door to Geraghosian. He is married to Larry Hermanowski's daughter.Their street is tainted.
I never saw him at any Belvedere function. What does he know about us. He cares about furthering his own agenda. True champion! God help us. Effen lovely is correct!

Not good to have teachers, even gym teachers on the Common Council.

January 18, 2011 at 2:53 PM
Anonymous said...

There must have too many people opposing this son of a radical being appointed to the council, so the Herald no doubt "cleansed" their site in their one-sided manner of reporting.

January 18, 2011 at 3:15 PM
Anonymous said...

sunallThe Herald article probably disappared because "daddy dearwst" probably complained!

January 18, 2011 at 3:27 PM
Anonymous said...

I thought Sherwood was the defacto editor, has the head socialist himself taken over control of the herald?

January 18, 2011 at 3:47 PM
Anonymous said...

This is not the first time that an article "disappeared" when the comments got heavy. It happened when Bill Millerick named Barbara Kirejczyk as "Volunteer of the Year" by the Chamber of Commerce. "Curious" wrote in and question the appointment due to the failures of her many exercises. The comment appeared once and the whole article disappeared!! I like Millerick. He has clout at The Herald after working there all those years. He had it pulled before everyone ganged up on him.

January 18, 2011 at 3:56 PM
Anonymous said...

Tim 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.

Tim 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] Tim 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, Tim 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. Tim also worked for the approval of state legislation designed to ensure voter-verified hard-copy records of votes for any direct-recording electronic voting machines to be used in Connecticut. 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.

January 18, 2011 at 5:14 PM
Anonymous said...

Is it true that when Tim O'Brien held these positions, he was really living in Manchester?

January 18, 2011 at 5:45 PM
Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Is it even possible that the younger DeFronzo is even half as radical as his father?

Is it possible that the younger Salvio is even half a big mouth as his loudmouth father ?

January 18, 2011 at 5:57 PM
Anonymous said...

I've heard of a prodigal son, but in this case would it be a radical son?

January 18, 2011 at 8:58 PM
Anonymous said...

NB Mayor Tim Stewart said that he’s already held his first fundraiser and has qualified to receive funds from the CT Citizens’ Election Program. While he says he is not a fan of taking public money, the relatively short five-week campaign period makes it necessary to do so.

Tim Stewart said the state’s financial woes will dominate all the CT Senate actions in Hartford and he will do everything he can to stop the state from bonding for operating expenses. He said he has a history of reducing the size and scope of state government as mayor of one of the state’s largest cities.

But many Democrats questioned whether Stewart would be willing to give up his job as mayor, which pays about $87,000 a year, while State Senators make about $30,000 a year. Our forefathers never intended there to be career politicians, Stewart said.

NB City Council Alderman Michael Trueworthy said the city’s charter does not allow the mayor to hold two jobs, no matter what those jobs may be. But, Stewart said there are precedents for one person serving in both roles, including New Britain Mayor Stanley Pac in the 1970s who held two positions.

January 18, 2011 at 11:30 PM
Anonymous said...

"NB City Council Alderman Michael Trueworthy said the city’s charter does not allow the mayor to hold two jobs, no matter what those jobs may be. But, Stewart said there are precedents for one person serving in both roles, including New Britain Mayor Stanley Pac in the 1970s who held two positions."

Trueworthy needs to read the NB Charter again. The Charter neither defines specifically, what is a "politician" nor does it define what is meant by, "full time necessary" to do the Mayor's job.

Because the Council elects its own officers, New Britain suffers when a mayor may not choose his/her choice for a Mayor Pro Tem. Trurworthy is salivating thinking of the idea of serving as Mayor if Stewart wins the election.
Yes there must be a special election for Mayor if Stewart wins but between the time the mayor leaves and the special election he would serve as mayor in that small interim; a veritable disaster for New Britain.

January 19, 2011 at 12:00 PM
Anonymous said...

Putting a Democrat behind the Mayor's desk even for a day will drag this city down like an anchor.

January 19, 2011 at 2:15 PM
Anonymous said...

At least they won't have to provide another space for tricycle parking at city hall like with the last appointment.

January 20, 2011 at 1:11 AM

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