A decision by the New Britain Ethics Commission to summarily dismiss a complaint brought by Ward 4 Ald. Lawrence Hermanowski over the award of a no-bid $68,000 fencing contract is the latest example of the Stewart administration’s politicization of the ethics process in municipal government.Current ethics commissioners are all appointees of Stewart and the commission … Continue reading New Britain’s Partisan Ethics Process Blocks Complaint on No-Bid Contract

It may be an obscure issue for most Americans – a foreign policy matter that dates to an event that occurred in the early part of the 20th Century. But for Armenian Americans what the U.S. Congress has said and done about the mass murder of 1.5 million Armenians in World War I matters a … Continue reading Joe Lieberman: Choosing Arms Deals Over Principles