An Important Safety Message from Mayor Tim O’Brien   Dear New Britain resident,Ø  Hurricane Sandy is approaching Connecticut. This is a large, dangerous storm that will impact New Britain, for a period of 24 to 36 hours beginning Monday. Please be advised of the following:Ø   New Britain, is expecting high winds of 40 - 60 MPH … Continue reading Mayor Issues Storm Safety Message for "Sandy"

It's not  the tax windfall that municipal government is looking for these days,  but last week's uncovering of Vince and Republican Senate candidate Linda McMahon's bankruptcy records by the Day of New London shows the City of New Britain was one of the creditors.Included on a list of debts to banks, stores, the phone company, unions, individuals … Continue reading Add City of New Britain To McMahon’s Bad Debts

Myth Four: It's poor people who are the biggest freeloaders. What's especially galling about conservative attacks on "takers" is that they focus exclusively on lower income groups and leave out all the subsidies to middle and upper income households. Yes, tax breaks for the working poor -- like the EITC -- have been expanded, but they … Continue reading Debunking Romney’s 47% Assertion

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 The Race to the Bottom - IPSThe Race to the BottomThe American middle class isn't the envy of the world anymore.By William A. CollinsLabor hadIts happy day;Now that timeHas flown away.Is the love of money the root of all evil? OK, so Jesus may have played down bigotry and megalomania when he said that, but overall … Continue reading The Race to the Bottom – August 27th Post From Other Words

NEW BRITAIN - Another Wednesday night. Another evening with a packed house for jazz and dancing at the West Main Street McDonald's in New Britain for seniors who turn the fast food restaurant into a night club every week.Shortly after 7 p.m. Sam Kimball and musician friends, including members of The Rockin' Heartbeats, started up … Continue reading Campaign Stop: Cong. Murphy at Mickey D’s Jazz Night in Hard Hittin’:

A tradition for New Britain Democrats continues...posted from http://www.newbritaindemocrat.org Politics and traditional Southern cuisine were on the agenda at the annual Soul Food Fest sponsored by the New Britain Black Democratic Club on Saturday, August 18th at the Pride of Connecticut Lodge of Elks in New Britain. Club and DTC members also extended birthday wishes to … Continue reading Good Food and Politics: NB Black Democratic Club Hosts Soul Food Fest

Marching Toward Greater InequalityThe world's super rich, according to a new report, are squirreling away phenomenal quantities of their cash in secret tax havens.By Sam PizzigatiAre America's rich getting richer? Certainly. Every official yardstick shows that America's most affluent are upping their incomes much faster than everyone else.How fast? Between 1980 and 2010, note economists Emmanuel Saez and … Continue reading Other Words On Tax Dodgers: Mitt Romney Is Not Alone

In another blow to the readers and remaining journalists of the nation's oldest continuously published newspaper, the Hartford Courant may be tapping into Journatic -- a faux news gathering operation that relies on the outsourcing of local news coverage involving low-wage news writers half way round the world.According to Free Press and the Free Press … Continue reading When Local News Isn’t Local: Is Courant Coverage outsourced to Philippines?