Reflecting on the Politics of Connecticut's Three-Term Senator and One-Term Governor The first time I and many viewers (outside CT) saw and heard Lowell P. Weicker was watching the U.S. Senate Watergate Committee hearings in 1973. I was paying attention every day from my perch in the newsroom of the Lynn Sunday Post where Weicker's … Continue reading Lowell Weicker’s Victories Dashed The Hopes of Liberal Democrats Throughout His Career
Category: Republicans
Berlin State Rep. Goes Low With “Pro-Criminal Democrats” Rhetoric
By John McNamara BERLIN - State Rep. Donna Veach (R-30), a first-term Republican state representative representing Berlin and Southington, is calling Democrats "pro-criminal" on a campaign billboard. Rep. Veach, however, received a rebuke from constituents at a candidate forum held at the Berlin Senior Center last week when she again attacked Democrats and, by implication, … Continue reading Berlin State Rep. Goes Low With “Pro-Criminal Democrats” Rhetoric
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
Republican Candidate For 26th District Stirred Social Media Controversy in 2015
"Racially Divisive" Posts Sunk Ceglarz' Council Candidacy In The '15 Municipal By John McNamara The New Britain Republican Town Committee's (NBRTC) slate of legislative candidates for the November 3rd Election includes a nominee who stirred controversy in 2015 that forced his withdrawal from the Councillor-At-Large race that year. Piotr (Peter) Ceglarz, a member of the … Continue reading Republican Candidate For 26th District Stirred Social Media Controversy in 2015
Did Stewart Get A Prohibited Campaign Freebie In Mailing Of Car Tax Bills?
By John McNamara New Britain motor vehicle owners finally got their bills on September 1 along with a glowing missive from Mayor Erin Stewart that makes the case for her re-election. The city held up auto tax notices this year, blaming the state budget impasse for the two month delay. Uncertain was whether the auto … Continue reading Did Stewart Get A Prohibited Campaign Freebie In Mailing Of Car Tax Bills?
Inside City Hall: Stewart’s Civil Service Commission Abuses Power, Violates Charter
The Civil Service Commission’s efforts to remove from office and impose fines on Council President Pro Tem Suzanne Bielinski over the Council’s hiring of her niece, Jessica Gerratana. as the Common Council secretary, is a costly misuse of government for partisan purposes. Ignoring the City Charter , the Commission voted last October 6th for the … Continue reading Inside City Hall: Stewart’s Civil Service Commission Abuses Power, Violates Charter
State Republicans Retreat To New Britain
The Republican State Central Committee, hit hard by losses in state House races last year, left Hartford for New Britain's A.H. Harris Building in December in office space that is "twice as big as our current digs and provides us with some exciting new opportunities," according to a GOP blog. The opportunities, say the Republicans, … Continue reading State Republicans Retreat To New Britain
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