Why were there UnContested Races in CT in 2016?

I originally wrote this post in 2016 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 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 a copy and paste of what I originally wrote in 2016...

^*^*^*^*^*^ From 2016 Post ^*^*^*^*^

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 ?

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 ?

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

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

Rep. Christopher Davis speaks against the finalized FY 2016-2017 budget

It's almost 2 years later in the CT General Assembly... what has changed?

Not much the State of CT is STILL OverSpending and the budget troubles are STILL Going On 

and of course 

there are Many New Taxes 

that are still being tossed around 

by the out of touch #DemcratsRaisingTaxesAgain

Call the Capitol in Hartford

better yet go in person if you can

Tell the General Assembly members

#NoNewCTTaxes

Special Election for State Senate 2nd District

ANNOUNCEMENT!!

You may have heard there is a Special Election about to take place in the State Senate 2nd District since the newly elected Eric Coleman resigned prior to being sworn in...

For those of you asking; YES Theresa Tillett has agreed to run for the seat but she needs YOUR HELP to be able to run an effective campaign & make history by putting a Republican in the seat.

You have a Choice, if you have #HadEnough of the tax and spend policies then we need you to step up the plate and do what you can.

Thank you for any and all donations and sharing our message with your family and friends

2017 Special Election Donation FormA Tillett4CT by tillett4ct on Scribd

The Pinch

Call your elected officials at the state capitol this week 

Tell them to Work on Balancing the Budget by making the cuts that are needed instead of cutting services that help our families.

Now is the time for our elected officials to get to work towards starting the much needed downsizing of our government. 

They can start by cutting the extra expenses that they have forced us to pay for like big cuts to the CEP Program. 

The CEP aka Citizens Election Program gives taxpayer money to the candidates that have "qualified" by raising certain levels of money. The amount varies by race & party but the amounts are in the hundreds of thousands of dollars for state senate & state rep positions & in the millions for the statewide races.

That money can be better spent making certain that we have the needed services for the families that are needed to meet Basic Needs.

Democrat vs Republican Rap Battle | Hypocrite Twins

#SaturdaySilliness

A "Rap Battle" by the Hypocrite Twins

Register to Vote

September End of Qtr MoneyBomb

We're coming to the end of the month & the end of the fundraising quarter.
We need your assistance to fight the Taxing Tyrants in Hartford.

Will you help us with a donation of $20.16 or more in our fight against the #TaxingTyranny of the democrats in our capitol hill?

These career politicians are well funded & working hard to keep their positions of power over us.
We are working towards bringing some sanity to our crazy capitol hill.
The career politicians have lost touch with the reality of what they do up there on capitol hill is hurting our families every day.
Do they think we all have money trees growing in our yards?

Taxes are hurting us as we pay increased prices for everything now to start with but on top of that our elected officials have added more taxes.
Oh they love to say it's just a little tax but it's slashing into our family budgets a thousand little slashes everyday.

We need YOUR Help to fight the career politicians in Hartford,


Show your support for Common Sense Spending & Balancing the State Budget with your social shares & your donation today.
 Help us get Theresa Tillett up to the Citizen's Election Qualification Funding Goal of $15,000.00 so that we can go into battle fully armed.
Thank You for Your Qualifying Donations.

Mileage Tax Is Coming #HadEnough yet?

Hello Friends & Family both Near & Far; 

Yes I'm doing a repost of an earlier post because we're running out of time to qualify for CEP FUNDING this cycle

Have you #HadEnough yet?

I need your assistance to help STOP #MalloysMess with your word of mouth spreading the news about this new invasion into our families wallets!
My campaign is small compared to the goliath of the democrat machine that my opponent Eric Coleman has both in manpower & cash available to spend.

But we must not quit just because the odds are great & the fight is rough - I'm not a quitter & neither are you!
We must All do our part working together
to Fight the Good Fight,
Fighting Tooth & Nail,
Leaving It All On the Battlefield,
to #DefeatTheDemocrats

Gov. Malloy has thrown his support behind the Mileage Tax.

This is a perfect opportunity for those of you who are writers to send letters to the editor and social media posts & memes stating that you oppose the enactment of this tax.
We must educate our friends & neighbors & coworkers about what is going to happen to us

This not only is a new tax but also is an example of government being able to monitor its residents every move via the gps recording your every trip...
to the store, to practices & classes for your children &
on trips your friends & family around the state & country.

We MUST Defeat the democrats this November otherwise this tax WILL Go In Place!
As you drive around the rest of this week I challenge you to think about how much It Will Cost You once this new tax is put into place. Every trip to & from work, to the store for food or parts for the DIY project or trips to pick up the children to & from games & practices, to church ...
EVERY TRIP Taxed by the Mile... Dannel & the Democrats will know where you've gone the route you took to get there & that is in addition to the nation's 3rd highest gas tax in the nation!!!

We are losing our freedoms daily & we MUST not sit home crumbling over dinner, 
We MUST Stand Up & Say NO MORE! 
We MUST Vote out the #TaxingTyranny

I NEED Your Help TODAY
to Spread the Word,
to Donate what you can afford to the campaign
to Door Knock
to Call your friends & family
to Volunteer to work with the campaigns


http://wtnh.com/2016/07/19/malloy-embraces-mileage-tax-study-says-gas-tax-failing/

Republicans have another way, there is the Better Plan the Senate Republicans put out regarding transportation.
Put out originally in 2015 & updated in Feb 2016
http://ctsenaterepublicans.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2016PrioritizeProgress.pdf

Help me to #FlipTheGeneralAssembly this November & #VoteRowB!

Share the post with your social networks & help us to #WinByWorkingTogether

Thank you
Theresa Tillett

***
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#nq

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Just a reminder there are several ways in which to connect & contact with Theresa Tillett

Why are there UnContested Races in CT?

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 ?

Mileage Tax Is Coming #HadEnough yet?

Hello Friends & Family both Near & Far;

Have you #HadEnough yet?

I need your assistance to help STOP #MalloysMess with your word of mouth spreading the news about this new invasion into our families wallets!
My campaign is small compared to the goliath of the democrat machine that my opponent Eric Coleman has both in manpower & cash available to spend.

But we must not quit just because the odds are great & the fight is rough - I'm not a quitter & neither are you!
We must All do our part working together
to Fight the Good Fight,
Fighting Tooth & Nail,
Leaving It All On the Battlefield,
to #DefeatTheDemocrats

Gov. Malloy has thrown his support behind the Mileage Tax.

This is a perfect opportunity for those of you who are writers to send letters to the editor and social media posts & memes stating that you oppose the enactment of this tax.
We must educate our friends & neighbors & coworkers about what is going to happen to us

This not only is a new tax but also is an example of government being able to monitor its residents every move via the gps recording your every trip...
to the store, to practices & classes for your children &
on trips your friends & family around the state & country.

We MUST Defeat the democrats this November otherwise this tax WILL Go In Place!
As you drive around the rest of this week I challenge you to think about how much It Will Cost You once this new tax is put into place. Every trip to & from work, to the store for food or parts for the DIY project or trips to pick up the children to & from games & practices, to church ...
EVERY TRIP Taxed by the Mile... Dannel & the Democrats will know where you've gone the route you took to get there & that is in addition to the nation's 3rd highest gas tax in the nation!!!

We are losing our freedoms daily & we MUST not sit home crumbling over dinner, we MUST Stand Up & Say NO MORE! We MUST Vote out the #TaxingTyranny

I NEED Your Help TODAY
to Spread the Word,
to Donate what you can afford to the campaign
to Door Knock
to Call your friends & family
to Volunteer to work with the campaigns


http://wtnh.com/2016/07/19/malloy-embraces-mileage-tax-study-says-gas-tax-failing/

Republicans have another way, there is the Better Plan the Senate Republicans put out regarding transportation.
Put out originally in 2015 & updated in Feb 2016
http://ctsenaterepublicans.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2016PrioritizeProgress.pdf

Help me to #FlipTheGeneralAssembly this November & #VoteRowB!

Thank you
Theresa Tillett

***
*** Thank you for your support ***
Connect with us on our journey to the capitol on the web & social media;
Tillett for CT campaign


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Facebook = https://www.facebook.com/tillettforct
Twitter = http://Twitter.com/Tillett4CT
G+ = https://plus.google.com/u/1/103209423017770273182
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VoiceMail 24/7 = 641-715-3900 ext 327977#
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June End of Qtr MoneyBomb

We're coming to the end of the month & the end of the fundraising quarter
We need your assistance to fight the Taxing Tyrants in Hartford.

Will you help us with a donation of $20.16 or more in our fight against the #TaxingTyranny of the democrats in our capitol hill?

These career politicians are well funded & working hard to keep their positions of power over us.
We are working towards bringing some sanity to our crazy capitol hill.

The career politicians have lost touch with the reality of what they do up there on capitol hill is hurting our families every day.
Do they think we all have money trees growing in our yards?

Taxes are hurting us as we pay increased prices for everything now to start with but on top of that our elected officials have added more taxes.
Oh they love to say it's just a little tax but it's slashing into our family budgets a thousand little slashes everyday.

We need YOUR Help to fight the career politicians in Hartford,


Show your support for Common Sense Spending & Balancing the State Budget with your social shares & your donation today.

 Help us get Theresa Tillett up to the Citizen's Election Qualification Funding Goals so that we can go into battle fully armed.

Thank You for Your Qualifying Donations.

Tapped - Water Wars in CT Now

This movie - documentary is a must watch by those whose water is coming from the MDC...

Niagara water will be affecting not just the wells in Bloomfield as it takes out the water from the water shed in that area 

but will also be removing the water from the MDC Reservoir so that our families will be paying more money for the water 
The water bottling plant is planning to make our families end up on water restrictions as this company breaks the natural water cycle. 

This is where Man Made Droughts come from... they used to teach about the water cycle in public schools - water comes down in rain, pools the extra not used by the plants & slowly evaporates into the sky & when enough water vapor is in the clouds to make them heavy the rain is released again

Not even mentioning the pollution that will occur as this plant plans to make plastic bottles right there at the facility they plan to build. 

If you want to protect the water that is OURS then you need to get active & start attending some of these town meetings & demand that the MDC Town Rep be held accountable. Demand that the MDC Town Rep report to your town council what is happening Each & Every Month not yearly or even quarterly but each & every month. So that your family is protected from this corporate attempt to steal our water.







https://youtu.be/rr5WLKQNIdM

Who is the Rotten Egg in CT? #MalloysMess

https://youtu.be/Pv_XZAOu53E - subscribe for updates


Just a little political humor as we head into Easter Sunday

Month End Fund Raising Money Bomb

We're coming to the end of the month & the end of the fund raising quarter We need your assistance to fight the Taxing Tyrants in Hartford.
Will you help us with a donation of $20.16 or more in our fight against the #TaxingTyranny of the democrats in our capitol hill?
These career politicians are well funded & working hard to keep their positions of power over us.
We are working towards bringing some sanity to our crazy capitol hill.
The career politicians have lost touch with the reality of what they do up there on capitol hill is hurting our families every day.
Do they think we all have money trees growing in our yards?

Taxes are hurting us as we pay increased prices for everything now to start with but on top of that our elected officials have added more taxes.
Oh they love to say it's just a little tax but it's slashing into our family budgets a thousand little slashes everyday.

We need YOUR Help to fight the career politicians in Hartford,


Show your support for Common Sense Spending & Balancing the State Budget with your social shares & your donation today.
 Help us get Theresa Tillett up to the Citizen's Election Qualification Funding Goal of $15,000.00 so that we can go into battle fully armed.
Thank You for Your Qualifying Donations.

Will You Be A Torchbearer?

The "We the People" written of in our Declaration of Independence means You & Me as USA Citizens are an ACTIVE part of our government. 

We must attend our government meetings at town hall & at our state capitol. 
We must be educated & informed about the issues so as voters we can make our decisions based upon the facts not merely emotional reactions by those who know how to play on our heartstrings. 

It also means that we must all take some of our time & energy & assist those candidates with our time & some money (but most importantly with our time) so that our friends & neighbors get to know the men & women who are working to make our state & country a better place for us all to live. 

Can you spare $5 to $10 & a few hours a month to help make our cities & towns in CT a better place? 

Would you like to take part in #MakingCTGreatAgain ?

Then be a Torchbearer for one of the candidates who is working hard to change the downward spiral that has been happening for so many years in CT.

30+ years of the Failed Tax & Raise taxes Again Agenda of the One Party Democrat Controlled General Assembly. #NowIsTheTime to join #TeamWeThePeople

Call us to get connected with #TeamTillett 
Come & work with her to make Hartford County Great Again 
We all want a better place to live to raise our children.
We all want jobs that pay wages we can live with
We all want safe secure affordable housing of our own

Come help make that happen. 
We're building the foundation now for a winning team & we're looking for #Torchbearers Like YOU & Your Family to help lead the way to #Prosperity 

 24 hour voicemail call & we'll get back to you 641-715-3900 ext 327977#