"State of the State" 2014 Has It Gotten Any Better?

This is a clip of Governor Dannel Malloy back in 2014 giving an answer about the condition of the state after his breaking of his promises... 

and the response of some of the taxpaying citizens of the state about how they feel...

It's now 2018 and the question before you is 

"Has it gotten any better for you and your family?"

 

#nq

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 ?

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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

Independence Day

Happy Independence Day!

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

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
210 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106

Phone Number: (860) 566-4840 in CT Toll-Free: (800) 406-1527
TDD: (860) 524-7397 Fax: (860) 524-7396

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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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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.

Tillett4CT Contact

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 ?

Happy Independence Day!

A little fun with the founding fathers & a friend

Have a fun & safe Independence Day!

August Wolf 01/14/2016 Part 1

August Wolf is running for US Senate against Richard #NoBlumenWay Blumenthal
He met with several citizens from various parts of the state to answer their questions in January.


Augie is a father of 4 teenage children & he is looking to make CT & the USA a better place for his children who are in high school & college.

 Currently he is the only Announced Candidate that has filed the paperwork to run.

There is a "Draft Jack" campaign for Jack Orchulli to run after Larry Kudlow said that he has decidd he will not run for the office this year.

Joe Visconti has filed the paperwork for "Exploratory" but hasn't announced that he is officially running yet.

There is the strong possibility that State Rep Dan Carter will be throwing his hat in the ring to run for the seat, he has stated that he will not run for re-election of his current seat.

We hope to be able to speak to the other candidates as they officially announce they have filed the paperwork to run. Those who are willing to meet with us will be recorded & posted as this interview session here has been.

It is important to ask the candidates questions & understand their positions to determine if you should be giving them your vote in the primaries & general election.

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.

Don't miss the Fox News/Google GOP Debate!

The first debate starts at 7pm 
with the main debate starting at 9pm 

The 2nd debate will have competition from Donald Trump's event for #Veterans. 

Mike Huckabee has publicly stated that he will attend the event that Donald is holding to support the veterans.

NBC News-YouTube Democratic Debate 1-17-16

REMINDER if you wanted to watch...

The #DemDebate tonight will be shown on youtube as well as tv tonight at 9pm

2016 Republican Presidential Primary Death Quiz

Enjoy this little funny video ;

while we prepare for the #GOPDebate tonight. 

Will you be attending the

 CT GOP Presidential Straw Polls tomorrow night?

New Years Eve 2015

Counting Down to 2016!

Be Safe while out Celebrating this 

New Years Eve 2015 

House of Cards Season 3: 3 Lessons for the Voting Public | House of Card...

This Freedom Friday is a lesson about who are the people that we are electing for office...

Are we electing men & women from the "Political Class" who are making their choices based upon attaining & keeping power for themselves 
or ...
Are we electing men & women who are coming out of our working class who are sick & tired of the status quo & are looking to change what is happening in our nation at the local, state & national levels? 

In only a few short days we will be heading to the voting booths & while the news coverage has been focused mostly upon our presidential candidates it is the local & state level officials that most directly affect our lives.

Do you know who all of the candidates are? Many times the news will focus upon their favored candidate & neglect to tell you about the other candidates that are running. Are you choosing the candidates that the media want you to choose or are you choosing the candidate that is not so well known or liked by the media but is from the working class & knows how hard it is living in the current oppressive conditions created by the career elite politicians"

Do you know what the issues are? Have you taken the time to question just how important is it to you to have the things that the career elite politicians are promoting vs what is in fact the true important needs for YOUR family?

Do you know where each of the candidates stand upon the issues & why they are putting forward a program? 

Do you have the ability to actually "Talk" to the people who are running for the offices or are they out of reach & out of touch with the regular people like you?





 #YouHaveAChoice the status quo 
or a #FreshNewStart Choose Wisely 
because #ElectionsHaveConsequences

Have a Happy ELECTION DAY Party!

To help get your friends & families to the voting booths why not make a party of it?
Carpool together if you are in the same voting district
Have different voting districts that's ok - make the I Voted Sticker the entry for the party
or at least a picture of the voting location if they have run out of stickers

Senator Markley Budget Update 5 6 15

Tell the Democrats to stop hurting our families!
Vote NO on Tuesday Budget at the town halls 
Tell the Democrats #NoNewCTTaxes

Monday Attend the Hearing on the Budget 
Tell them at the state capitol that our families Need a Tax Break 
Stop wasting our family's taxes on foolish projects!

CT Republican 2015 Budget Presentation, Blueprint for Prosperity

There is a better way than the Democrats hurting our families with their ever increasing taxes!
Tell the Democrats NO New CT Taxes!
#VoteNO to new taxes!
#MakeCapitolHillListen
Tell the Democrats to #StopHurtingOurFamilies