CNN Meme War (Starship Troopers) InfoWars #CNNBlackmail #CNNMemeWar

This has been quite a crazy year 2017

This  #Artful8th Year in Review #YiR item is from the Meme War against CNN 

Remember when they went on the attack against a guy who posted a meme that got even more famous because our president retweeted it?

 #FakeNews CNN thought they'ed teach the poor guy a lesson by finding who he was and threatening with "Doxing" so that he'd lose his job

The people on the internet did not take kindly to this corporate bullying and a slew of memes flooded the internet at CNN's expense...

The Story Of Kwanzaa: From Civil Rights To Corporate America

Next week will be the start of the Kwanzaa celebration which starts on Dec 26th. Kwanzaa is an African-American holiday that is celebrated during the week after Christmas ending on New Years Day in many African-American communities.

It has been more of a Community Celebration than a Private Family Celebration for the majority of people that our family has known in these modern times. A time of reflection & respecting our elders & enjoying  our neighbors, community members, friends, blood family our wider circle of unrelated but we consider them to be family. 

The intent of the celebration is to encourage & instill positive values from the elders to the younger generations as well as foster a sense of belonging in the community. Many community celebrations have a marketplace area to not only buy items but additionally connect people with community services that they may have been unaware of.

Have you been to a Community Kwanzaa Celebration in your area?

The video below explains some of the history of Kwanzaa

The Great Christmas Light Fight

Enjoy the Lights of Christmas Past

A Message To Conservatives - CPAC 2013

This is an older video message...

Addressed to the older Conservative people from the younger Conservative people that was played at CPAC back in 2013... 

Sadly that message didn't get out to the majority of the party who still doesn't seem to "Get It" 

Too many are still trying to insist upon doing things the way they have always been done... 

Which is why in the blue states like CT we're getting the same results that we've always gotten...

Think it's time for a change in how we do things from top to bottom so we might get different results. 

It's time now to start considering... 

How we are going to approach 2018? 

Where are we going to do some things differently? 

So that we can have much better results next November when the statewide seats are voted upon...

Today in History for December 2nd

#nq

Happy Thanksgiving

From our family to yours 

we wish you a 

Happy & Safe Thanksgiving 

Hope that you are enjoying the

 Blessings of a bountiful year

 

#nq

 

Veterans Day 2016: Silent Night

Veterans Day 2016: Silent Night 

a musical tribute 

for the men and women 

who are fighting to protect us here at home 

so that we can have our freedoms and peace

#nq

Battle Hymn of the Republic Happy Birthday US Marines

Happy Birthday to the US Marines!

Enjoy this little bit of history about the Battle Hymn of the Republic

Why were there UnContested Races in CT in 2016?

I originally wrote this post in 2016 but have you noticed any changes to speak of in CT Politics?

Have the RTCs dedicated themselves towards actually doing some things differently? 

Maybe even starting with the leadership of those RTCs; is there stagnation or a general malaise due to needing to update the local party with new ideas?

Have the campaigns started working TOGETHER instead of only working with "the sure winner" as an attempt to grow the party in CT like is being done in other parts of the country?

Below is what I originally wrote in 2016... are things improving as we look ahead to next week and next year?

*^*^*^*^*^* Below from 2016 *^*^*^*^*^*^

It is true there are too many UnContested Races in CT's General Assembly this year & in years past & if things do not change this will be the future as well...

The July 21st article in the Hartford Courant  http://www.courant.com/opinion/op-ed/hc-ed-too-many-ct-seats-uncontested-0721-20160720-story.html

points out that "due to apathy" & "lack of leadership" seats are going uncontested during a year when there should be not only full ballots but also high voter turnout since it is a presidential election year

Copied & pasted from the article 
"What a shame, then, that more than 25 percent of the House seats will go unchallenged by a major-party candidate, along with four seats in the Senate."

& also this from the article
" 16 Democrats will run unopposed by a Republican, nearly all of them incumbents, according to preliminary information from the secretary of the state's office. "

Shame on the local party leadership for not running full tickets; 
but also shame on the cities & towns people that have not stepped up to run for office.

"We the People" means that each citizen has a responsibility to take some small part in running the country;
That means not just showing up once every couple of years to vote a party line without knowing what the issues are but attending town & even state level meetings at the town halls & state capitol.

What are You going to do to change the "defeatist" attitude that is running rampant in our state?

What are You going to do to help #FlipTheGeneralAssembly ?

Be Safe this Halloween 2017

Enjoy this short little video I made last year

Be Safe while you go out to Trick or Treat
& have your Halloween Fun - 

Remember to: 
Wear light colors & bring flashlights so you can see & be seen 
Walk on the sidewalks not in the streets
Try to go out in groups together

Never Go Inside the House of a stranger

Wait to eat the treats until you get home & are able to check the wrappers for tampering in the full light - sadly there are people out there who have tampered with the candy in years past

Bernie Sanders - Halloween 2015

Halloween Silliness 

This is from back in 2015 but it's still funny... 

Especially since we avoided the real nightmare... 

that we could have had...

 Bernie as our actual president

What is this?

Sometimes life is crazier than fiction.

This video is  one of those times when you watch & just say "Huh?"

State Senator Michael McLachlan Override the Veto Danbury Press Conferen...

State Senator Michael McLachlan is 

fighting hard to save money for our families 

and working hard to #FixCT

The general assembly caucuses are currently working on a new budget 

but from what is leaking out it still sounds like the original Balanced Budget that was passed and then vetoed by the governor is much better for all.

 - #OverRideTheVeto - 

Call Your Elected Officials 

and Tell them ...

#NoNewTaxes

TBT - Liberty Unplugged - Political Television Ad

History is repeating itself with the #DemocratsRaisingTaxesAgain

Our families are struggling...
 but they just do not seem to care how much our families are hurting...

They have their cushie benefits they do not care about our families
Their political crony friends push out fear mongering half truths and outright lies about the balanced budget that the governor vetoed... 

Call the elected officials and tell them 
#NoNewTaxes 

#FixCT

GAB.AI IN THE CROSSHAIRS / LOSING THE WAR FOR FREE SPEECH ONLINE

Censorship is not good but right now it is going strong to the detriment of all.

This is being done by a select few who stand to profit as well as control the peoples of the world.

All Speech is protected in the USA even if it's speech that you do not agree with... 

Actually the reason for the First Amendment was to protect Unpopular Speech (including reporters aka "The Press") because people need to be able to express their thoughts and report on the events going on around them without fear of their voices being shut down by government officials... 

Sadly people who aren't being taught the history about the Constitution and the reasons why things were written in a certain manner are now failing to understand why Free Speech is so important.

The war that is raging against new social media company Gab.Ai is an attempt to shut down free speech that was created due to the problems on facebook and twitter with their censorship of voices that people did not want to hear. 

The big monopolies (Google, Twitter, Facebook etc etc) are now working together to shut down the start up company that was quickly growing as more people were leaving the social media companies that were allowing the leftists to rule as bullies shutting down truths and voices that they did not want to hear... 

These big corporations must not be allowed to shut down the people's voices by their actions 

Senator Witkos and Senator Miner Overide the Veto Press Conference Torri...

#OverRideTheVeto

There should be a Town Hall Meeting 

in EVERY TOWN 

Crying Out for the General Assembly to 

Override the Veto  #MalloysMess 

#DemocratsHurtingFamilies

#DemocratsRaisingTaxesAgain 

Why are the State Senators and State Reps from Hartford hurting our families? 

Why are they NOT Fighting for CT Families;

Our Children, Our Veterans & Our Seniors? 

Why is Taxpayers Money going into their Campaign Coffers more important than...

 funds to pay for Care for Kids daycare funding, 

Meals on Wheels which feed our Seniors & Low Income Disabled Adults or 

funding for Military Funerals?

SHAME on the #DemocratsHurtingFamilies

#OverrideTheVeto 

#FixCTNow 

#nq

Gov. Ricardo Rosselló On Crisis In Storm-Ravaged Puerto Rico | The View

The Governor of Puerto Rico speaks to The View about the progress being made in cleaning up after #HurricaneMaria 

The biggest problem is that many truckers have not reported to work to move the supplies which have sent there to the locations and people that need it. The president has been in constant talks with the governor & FEMA

Floating antennas are in route to help get the communications up faster so families can get connected.

The rebuilding will be slow while they work on plans on how to fix the power grid which was not very good prior to the storms.

The Mark of the Beast - A video about The Chip

we've heard about the "Mark of the Beast" regardless of our being Christian or not 

It's become part of the world conversation that for those who don't read the bible have relegated to sci-fy movies... 

The chip is no longer a sci-fy idea but is actively being used in other parts of the world and now starting to be promoted here in the USA by some companies for their employees and even one offering it to their customers as well.

This is a documentary that was created over in the UK a couple of years ago;

With a local company making the news a few months ago talking on the news how they're having their employees chipped and offering it to their customers I was wondering what others thoughts were about the "Chip" and it's relationship to the "Mark of the Beast"...

A Zombie Croc - Trailer

An early Halloween #Artful8ths offering 

With this being almost October; the month when scary movies are highlighted, it's a fitting indie film to consider

We've picked out this B Movie which is available for "On Demand" purchase over on youtube; as a silly scary movie that we're considering watching this coming month. 

Are you a fan of B Movies? 

Grab the popcorn for Friday Night Movies 

What B Movies have been your favorites over the years?

Description of the movie from youtube :

"A team of researchers and a mysterious hunter known only as “Crocodile Jack” venture into the swamp to battle a mysterious swamp beast that has been mutilating town locals for months. They learn that a Voodoo Priest is rumored to be orchestrating a resurrection of not only ancient creatures but a horde of flesh eating zombies. “A Zombie thrill ride.” - Deadly Indie Drive In. “These Grindhouse Zombies Rock!” - Awesome Mag. “Coolest creature film of the year! - Rue Morgue.

Provider

GravitasVOD

NOAA's 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook

Are You Ready for Hurricane Season?

a quick reminder video from NOAA about the need to get your family prepared with a kit and a plan for the 2017 hurricane season which in our area runs from June to November 30th

History of the Bill of Rights

Constitution Day seems to be a forgotten holiday in the USA but maybe it's time that families go to their school boards and demand that it gets the attention that it should be getting...

This video explains just a bit of the history of our Bill of Rights. Thanks to Matt Fitzgibbons from Patriot Music Connecticut's resident Musical Historian.

James Milgram -- Common Core's Effect on Higher Education

Please start looking up what Common Core actually is and not what those who are benefitting from the sale of this mess are telling you that it is...

Dr James Milgram understands what common core is and what it is not; because he was there after the "profit makers" (not educators or teachers) designed it.

They brought him on staff to look over the program and give his seal of approval on the program...

What they didn't expect was that he would not give his approval and would do the exact opposite; along with Dr Sandra Stotski, but would go out around the country to speak out against it's implementation.

9-11 Questioning Our Memory

* - September 11th 2001 - * 

The Day the American Homeland Was Attacked  

The history books are being rewritten about what happened & speculate on the reasons why.

The day is marked by fewer "Specials" on tv that celebrate the heroes that both lived & died that terrible day. Are we already starting to forget what happened?

How soon will the day become forgotten as if it's ancient history? 

When that happens will there be those who will start denying that it ever occurred? 

Our students are not being taught about the holocaust because the history books are being rewritten How can our young people learn proper history if the books are leaving out the important details? Why is political correctness & hurt feelings getting in the way of true history because there are those who are denying that the holocaust ever happened?

9/11 Budweiser Commercial - #Remember911

Today in History for September 11th

Today in History

The Day the USA mainland was successfully attacked...

Will we always Remember 9-11-01?

Where were YOU when it happened?

 

https://youtu.be/iOu7cc818AU

Today in History for September 10th

Today in History

https://youtu.be/DepWr6lJIKQ

**Returning to Sound Money** with John F. McManus at #CampConstitution 7...

I have shared this video before but I feel it's worth sharing again for new readers...

Our monetary system is not working for the citizens of the United States & it has been that way for many years but it can be fixed if we return to "Sound Money"
Watch John F. McMannis explain how it can be fixed



https://youtu.be/d8TCShQk-HU

Today in History for September 7th

It seems like only yesterday for some of these events...

Will they ever solve the mystery of the conspiracy theory of the murder of Tupac?



https://youtu.be/mVRiSLVEKKU

Dr. Duke Pesta on Common Core and the Shocking Sexual Education Standard...

Dr Duke Pesta speaks about the Common Core Sexuality Standards...
As we are now approaching the municipal election cycles where our town council members and board of education members will be elected it might be a good time for you to start asking the canddates where they stand and what do they know about Common Core and what is going to be taught to our children in our public schools.

Do you know what is being taught to your children or do you mistakenly think that our public schools are teaching our children to read, write and critically think like they used to do many many years ago?

Our taxes keep being raised yet for all of the money that is being spent what is happening in our schools? 
Are our children being better educated or are we just wasting our money on highly paid administrators who in turn waste money on highly over priced items that do not actually help our students?

Black, Millennial, Female and… Conservative

Antonia Okafor talks about being a Black, Millennial, Female who is CONSERVATIVE.

Her story is repeated across the country for minority men and women as more people question what they have been told over the years vs what they can see with their own eyes.

Have you started to question what you're being told?

Have you lost friends or fear losing friends if you speak about having conservative values?

.

Today in History for August 14th

Today in History 

Japan Officially Surrendered, the Social Security act was signed & Steve Martin was born

Hilarious Trump Christmas Parody “It’s The Most Wonderful Time in 8 Years”

It's August, it's summertime and the politicians are back in their home states for summer break and fundraising...
Let's have some fun with a fun little parody tune from last year when it was a little cooler in the weather and the nation was waiting for the new year to begin...

Today in History for July 27th

Today in History

https://youtu.be/h15i7-mZRqE

Today in History for July 26th

https://youtu.be/t2ENRyEpKuo

Today in History for July 23rd

1967 Race Riots in Detroit killing 43 people & in NJ killed 2 dozen  not a pleasant part of our history but it was a part of our history... we should learn from our past so that we can celebrate how far we have come & work to change things so that we do not repeat the bad results

1885 Ulysses Grant former president & Union General passed away - he was an interesting character not the greatest of presidents but not the worst either.

Without the Civil War or the rough times of the civil rights movement we'd not be able to celebrate the accomplishments that we do now have in our modern time. Is it perfect utopia for us? No but it is far better than it was in the past. We do have options today that earlier in my lifetime we did not have.

1984 First Black Miss America = Vanessa Williams

2000 Tiger Woods at age 24 becomes youngest golfer to complete career Grand Slam

https://youtu.be/6dhqdtbv1F8

Today in History for July 22nd

https://youtu.be/tGQ_x-mH0po

Today in History for July 21st

https://youtu.be/_LMW8XRFRtU

Today in History for July 20th

https://youtu.be/d2vWfMldkx4

Today in History for July 19th

https://youtu.be/FqMwbrFNWGU

The Russian's Fault? "Hillary's America" Trailer

With all of the talk in the news about the "Russians" being at fault for Hillary losing the race last year;

I honestly wonder if more of the blame could be placed upon this movie by Dinesh D'Souza? "Hillary's America" was released in the theaters in the early summer with the dvd in the retail stores like WalMart & Target in late September or early October. 

Were documentaries like that and "Clinton Cash" released for free on the internet more directly responsible for the 2016 losses of the democrats?

Did you see the movie "Hillary's America"? 

Did you share the movie or "Clinton Cash" with friends and family when the movies and dvds came out? 

 

https://youtu.be/r7e6gLht6OQ

Today in History for July 18th

Today in History July 18th

A short video recap of some of the historical happenings on this day

https://youtu.be/kgn89CQHfg8

Today in History for July 16th

https://youtu.be/sf39PEl7eDM

Today in History for July 15th

https://youtu.be/5jxS4FbZXuo

Today in History for July 14th

https://youtu.be/6OENrmyT_R4

Today in History for July 12

https://youtu.be/hwO66XGc_A0

Today in History for July 11th

https://youtu.be/fypvEkj3tEc

Today in History for July 10th

https://youtu.be/KLpPNqjiBUc

Today in History for July 9th

https://youtu.be/XeiGIDaOuO0

Independence Day

Happy Independence Day!

Stay Safe while you're out in the Sun BBQing & when watching the Fireworks tonight

Overview of America

A short video that gives an Overview of America..

Both as a country and ideology...

  

It explains how important the US Constitution is to protect us as citizens from our overreaching elected officials; many of whom would prefer to be our rulers and dictators like they have in other parts of the world...

Take a few minutes to watch and then share 

So others can relearn history and modern freedom once again

Give your thoughts and comments below

https://youtu.be/-MzxC8Mqupw

Henson Ong - Patriot speaks about 2A #TBT 2013

My ThrowBack Thursday as we head into the Independence Day Holiday Weekend;

  is this video from 2013. A year which had many long days of men & women of all races, religions, and income brackets going up to the state capitol to fight for our rights to protect our families. A year when many people started paying attention to politics for the first time and taking actions.

https://youtu.be/bXqzUu8SyEY

Henson Ong is a Legal Immigrant to America who has become an American citizen. Henson Ong testified at the Jan 28th 2013 Legislative Office Building  in Hartford CT.
At the public hearing he explains the history of guns and the Constitutional Right to Bear Arms.
Henson reminded us of historical events here and abroad and with lawsuit references reminds us that gun ownership has been upheld by numerous court rulings.

Gun ownership is both a right that is written as a reminder to the government in both the US & CT constitutions that the people have the right to defend themselves and their states but that right to self defense is an inalienable right...

Fwd: Malloy Budget Mess

URGENT ALERT!

I'm forwarding this press release from the 

CT GOP Chairman JR Romano 

because it's Very Important - URGENT

that you know what is coming in #MalloysMess

I've highlighted in Bold & Yellow the outrageous cuts that Malloy has in store for our families.

Urgent Action on your part is required: You need to Call the office of the governor and tell him that what he is planning is not acceptable and tell him to #StopHurtingFamilies

Once again this is an attack on our poor working families in CT! While the budget protects the cronies who got him elected; our families, our veterans, our seniors, our children are all under attack in this plan! Our most vulnerable who can't afford to send lots of money to the democrat election coffers are being attacked by these DANGEROUS Cuts.! 

Malloy is STEALING Our Taxes to pay off his Special Interest Groups and keep the special projects that benefit his crony friends! Malloy is clearly showing that he

  Does NOT CARE ABOUT OUR FAMILIES!! 

Another example of just how devoid of empathy and out of touch these democrats are in CT and across the land.

#DemocratsHurtingFamilies

#DemocratsKillingJobs

#DemocratsRaisingTaxesAgain

Call the Governor Today

Contact or Visit Governor Malloy

Office of the Governor

State Capitol Building
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Connecticut Republican Party <info@ct.gop>
Date: Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 11:48 AM
Subject: Malloy Budget Mess
To: 

​Taxpayers of CT​

This is an announcement from the Connecticut Republican Party. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                CONTACT: J.R. Romano (info@ct.gop) DATE:  June 27, 2017                                                                                                   Dan Malloy's "Mini-Budget" Is A Slap in The Face For the People of Connecticut HARTFORD –  After failing to build a consensus for a bipartisan budget deal to address the massive deficit caused by his disastrous tax-and-spend policies, Democrat governor Dan Malloy is putting forth<http://portal.ct.gov/Office-of-the-Governor/Press-Room/Press-Releases/2017/06-2017/Gov-Malloy-Releases-Detailed-July-1-Spending-Plan-Alongside-Proposed-Mini-Budget-Alternative> a "Resource Allocation Plan" to put in place with the expectation that he will not be able to pass a budget. But while Malloy's plan protects his big union allies, it leaves the rest of Connecticut out to dry, making massive cuts to education funding, law enforcement, much needed aid for cities and towns across the state, and even ethics funding despite having himself been the subject of an investigation. Here are just some of the main items for the most recent item of Dan Malloy's catastrophic agenda for Connecticut: >   $7.4 million in cuts to Care4Kids TANF/CCDF >   $14,804,521 in cuts to Temporary Family Assistance >   $175,523 in cuts to the Election Enforcement Commission >   $15,698 in cuts to the Office of State Ethics (B-9) >   Eliminates property tax relief for veterans >   $3,324,998 in cuts to the Division of Criminal Justice >   Eliminates funding for Connecticut's Youth Employment Program and Opportunities for Long Term Unemployed >   Eliminates funding for the Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities >   Eliminates Department of Social Services funding for Protective Services for the Elderly >   Cuts $515,833,717 in Department of Education funding for Education Equalization Grants >   Cuts $1,212,066 in Department of Education funding for the American School for the Deaf >   Cuts $42,337,171 in Department of Education funding for priority school districts >   Cuts $28,701,582 in funding for the University of Connecticut >   Cuts $14,774,971 in funding for the University of Connecticut Health Center >   Adds $278,267,000 in retirement contributions for the Teacher's Retirement Board >   Increases spending on debt service by $304,937,812 >   Keeps $293,577,508 in reserve for salary adjustments (Source: "Executive Order: Resource Allocation Plan Fiscal Year 2018," State of Connecticut, June 26, 2017)   ### Facebook Twitter Website Paid for by the Connecticut Republican Party. Not authorized by any candidate or candidate committee. Connecticut Republican Party 176 Laning Street Southington, CT 06489 www.ct.gop

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Hartford JazzFest 2017

It's Almost Time Again for the Annual Hartford JazzFest!

This year it's Friday the 14th through to Sunday July 16th.

Will you be attending this year?  Grab your lawn chairs or blankets & plenty of sunscreen.

I hope to see you there, enjoying this fun family musical festival in the park.

 

Connecticut News

There is another citizen reporter on the scene 

Yankee Tea News with Cort Wrotnowski

Coming to you with news and views from the perspective of the CT Tea Party from Stamford CT 

Congratulations 2014 - HUHS Staff LipDub to Happy!

Is this a cool school or what? 

What will the CT High Schools do for their students this year? 

Would you like to see the teachers and staff do something fun like this for your school? 

If your school or class has done similar we'd love to share your cool videos put the links in the comments so we can celebrate Creativity

Memorial Day: Why We Remember

Why Do we Remember Memorial Day?

To many of our school children in our modern day with the proper history of American and world history no longer being taught, the reason for the holiday is being forgotten.

There are too many children no longer having actual knowledge of what wars of our recent past have been like. With the older generations dying off with stories no longer being told about what it was like during those times.

As the "community memory" of our elders die off the reason we celebrate Memorial Day is becoming lost to only being the reason that the family gathers and has a BBQ after going out shopping the sales...

Today in History for May 8

VE Day is the Victory in Europe to celebrate the end of WW2 with Germany being defeated

Wounded Knee - a sad historical place where in South Dakota a 2nd event occurred as a tribe tried to hold onto their heritage

Coca-Cola - 

Let it Be released but the Beatles were no longer a band

Tax Freedom Day May 21st 2017

This year Tax Freedom Day is on
May 21st 2017 

This makes us the last state in the country to finally have worked enough to pay for the amount of state and federal income taxes that we are supposed to owe....

The way that it looks with the continual news of the mismanagement of the previous funds that were stolen out of our families mouths this date will be pushed back even further back next year... 
Each new report puts us further in the hole because there is no sense up at the capitol that spending must be cut so that our families are not hurt further...

If you are tired of these elected officials continuously stealing from our families then come on down to the capitol on May 21st 2017 & Tell them to STOP!!!

#TaxationIsTheft
#SharingIsCaring - Share on Social Media to Alert All of your friends

Special Elections State Rep Dist 7 & 68 #nq

Did you Vote Today?

Not much has been mentioned in the news for the 2 special elections...

District 7 & 68 for the state rep seats that were vacated when the state reps won their bids in Feb for State Senate, which now leaves 2 house seats to be filled tonight when the votes are counted... I've not yet heard the results but they are pending now the polls closed at 8pm

There was no republican candidate for the 7th district seat so the race is between a democrat & a far left Working Families Party union promoting new comer

If you live in the district I hope that you got out & VOTED for the democrat... the lesser of 2 evils in the race... unless of course you enjoy paying higher taxes to the unions

I can't comment on the race in the 68th district since I don't live in the area and haven't bothered to read about the candidates for that race because... 

I've been paying attention to the craziness going on with the state budget and how it affects the towns in their budgeting process... some towns are holding off their budget votes until after the session ends on June 7th

I did ask most of the town council members; including the mayor & deputy mayor and our town manager, if it would be possible to hold off on the initial budget vote until AFTER the June 7th general assembly session ending like some other towns were doing.

The general answer that I was given is "we'll have to look at that as a possibility" and a vote on that may come out on that this week on Wednesday night's meeting. The town charter only states that a budget vote has to happen prior to June 30th so there is enough time to be able to hold off on the first vote until after the session ends.