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Overtaxation with No Oversight: The Internal Service Fund 22 Mar 2011 | 12:40 am
Since Mayor Murphy took office, the citizens of New Milford have been overtaxed to create discrete government piggy bank. The over-taxation has led to the bloating of the Internal Service Fund (ISF) b...
HT Gives "Thumbs Up" to NM School Budget 10 Feb 2011 | 05:39 am
Here are a few snippets from the 2/4/11 editorial in The Housatonic Times. "...all those who assemble the proposed education budget went into the current process with new resolve to craft a package t...
G! E! T! S! (bud) GETS! (bud) GETS! (bud) GETS! 26 Jan 2011 | 03:51 pm
(Oh, was that too soon, Jets fans? Suck it up. Love, The Patriots Nation.) Forget football, it’s budget season again! And even though we paid all those pesky teachers last year, they want money agai...
A Real Public Option In Connecticut? 7 Jan 2011 | 06:53 am
And so it would seem. The other day for an open thread at ePluribus Media I commented on "the intended public option that should be Sustinet in Connecticut," and it would seem that is to be the case ...
Still All That I Want 24 Dec 2010 | 03:38 am
Something that gets lost in the news about the unemployed is the fact that much of what used to be the backbone of this nation's economic prowess, the middle class, is now the working poor: Imagine T...
WWWWWWWWW.boardofeducationobstruction.edu 23 Dec 2010 | 10:49 am
Click on the above link, and it will take you to an interesting place. A place where obstruction is the norm, bad lawyering is the standard, lack of preparedness is encouraged, and focusing on the mai...
Tales From The Crypt - Tax Cuts and Bond Markets Edition 13 Dec 2010 | 07:00 am
Markets screeched in horror at the mere mention of conservative ideas like tax cuts, a GOP "free market" and glibertarian favorite stump speech talking point that should be laid to rest permanently: ...
2010 New Milford Awards - Your Vote Counts! 10 Dec 2010 | 05:55 am
Grab a beverage and help us toast another banner year in New Milford history. While we won't be applauding most of the award winners, we can still say "cheers" as we raise our glass to their achieveme...
Rell's Big Spending Bureaucratic Republican Cronyism 3 Dec 2010 | 08:25 am
Cementing Her Excellency, Governor M. Jodi Rell's legacy: Connected Appointee Gets Immediate Raise www.courant.com Jacqueline Mandyck of West Hartford — a political appointee of Republican Gov. M. J...
Thanks, Aunt Myrtle. Now, put the gun down. 20 Nov 2010 | 04:02 pm
As fun as it would be to keep talking about national politics, it’s probably time to return my gimlet eyes to local politics. (Wait! one last sip: How awesome are Republicans? They may be drunk with ...
