Why Trump’s Party Rallies in New Britain

Mayor Stewart's former campaign headquarters is one of 20 "RNC Community Centers" in the nation where "Stop The Steal" workshops are occurring By John McNamara Ronna McDaniel, the national Republican Party's Chairperson and Donald Trump sycophant, made her way to New Britain this week to blast not one Democrat but all Democrats as favoring "greed, … Continue reading Why Trump’s Party Rallies in New Britain

Does New Britain need both a chief operating officer and a full-time mayor?

Misleading Referendum Proposes High Level Patronage Job To Manage Municipal Government by John McNamara NEW BRITAIN - Creating a new chief operating officer to manage the municipality and making town clerk and tax collector jobs appointed instead of elected offices are big and very different questions for a referendum vote in November. Voters, however, won’t … Continue reading Does New Britain need both a chief operating officer and a full-time mayor?

Attorney Geragosian Remembered As Passionate Defender, Advocate For Social Justice

Attorney Harold J. Geragosian, 94, whose "one-man general law office" served scores of New Britain clients and organizations from the 1950s to 2018, died on August 1. Long before the creation of Neighborhood Legal Services Attorney Geragosian's civil and criminal law office, located for many years on West Main Street, served public employees, churches, unions … Continue reading Attorney Geragosian Remembered As Passionate Defender, Advocate For Social Justice

COO Patronage Job, End To Elections Of Clerk and Tax Collector Are On The Nov. 8 Ballot

Fuzzy Charter Question Will Keep Many Voters in the Dark by John McNamara New Britain voters will be deciding much more than who should be the Governor and making their picks for other elective offices on November 8th. City charter revisions will, if approved, make the biggest changes in a generation as to how Connecticut's … Continue reading COO Patronage Job, End To Elections Of Clerk and Tax Collector Are On The Nov. 8 Ballot

Remembering April 4, 1968 In 2022

By John McNamara On Saturday, April 2nd the City will observe the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr with a 10 a.m. program at Smalley Elementary School that will be followed by wreath laying at MLK Park hosted by the Mary McLeod Bethune Club at 12 noon. Anyone of age in 1968 probably … Continue reading Remembering April 4, 1968 In 2022

Campaign dollars soared in ’21 municipal election but voter participation declined

28% Turnout Continues A Downward Trend In Voting For Local Office Holders By John McNamara "Money is the mother's milk of politics" goes the observation first coined in the 1960s that applies to almost every state and federal election cycle as all kinds of committees and special interests raise billions in reported and anonymous donations. … Continue reading Campaign dollars soared in ’21 municipal election but voter participation declined

The fictional “Bob” in the new commercial is the same “Bob” who ran for Guv in 2018

by John McNamara Bob Stefanowski's story is the stuff of hardscrabble immigrants making it to America in the 20th century to raise their families and realize the American Dream. That is the narrative in Republican Stefanowski's re-branding to voters in his first television commercial for Connecticut's GOP gubernatorial nomination in 2022. No doubt that Mr. … Continue reading The fictional “Bob” in the new commercial is the same “Bob” who ran for Guv in 2018

Behind Mayor Stewart’s War On Supt. Sarra and the BOE

By John McNamara The vandalism and trouble that occurred at New Britain High School in September needlessly escalated the rift between Mayor Erin Stewart and New Britain School District leaders. Incidents of student misbehavior fueled by social media have not been limited to New Britain as districts in CT and elsewhere re-opened this fall. Mayor … Continue reading Behind Mayor Stewart’s War On Supt. Sarra and the BOE

The Return of Tim Stewart: Former Mayor Chairs SBC As $50 Million School Project Begins

Former Mayor Tim Stewart is the new Chairperson of the School Building Committee, gaining reappointment by his daughter, Mayor Erin Stewart, just as the seven-member committee moves forward with expenditures on the $50 million major renovation at the Chamberlain Elementary School on the city's East Side. The former four-term Mayor resigned from the SBC and … Continue reading The Return of Tim Stewart: Former Mayor Chairs SBC As $50 Million School Project Begins

Remembering Steve Horowitz: Losing One of “New Britain’s Best”

Dr. Steve Horowitz, 68, CCSU Psychology Professor and a former President of the New Britain Board of Education, died last December 18th after a brief, sudden illness. For Democrats and political activists in New Britain, Steve's passing meant the loss of a close friend and one of "New Britain's Best." You can be forgiven if … Continue reading Remembering Steve Horowitz: Losing One of “New Britain’s Best”