Meriden — The U.S. Senate campaigns of Democrat Chris Murphy and Republican Linda McMahon played cat-and-mouse Wednesday over Social Security, Medicare and personal character. Thirty minutes before Murphy told residents at a nursing home that McMahon’s election would be a threat to their benefits, McMahon released a pre-emptive ad attacking Murphy’s veracity. “Chris Murphy attacks […]
October 3, 2012 @ 12:00 am
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Severe weather’s effects on infrastructure worry public transit agencies
As public transit ridership hits all-time highs, agencies are worried about the effects of erratic weather patterns and the increasing number of extreme weather events on an aging transit infrastructure. The nasty system of storms that ripped through Connecticut two weeks ago is a perfect example. Metro-North trains on the New Haven Line began sliding […]
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Roraback uses snippet of snippy Esty in new ad
The congressional campaign of Republican Andrew Roraback is using old public-access video of Democrat Elizabeth Esty telling opponents of a local tax increase in Cheshire, “You’re always welcome to move to one of our neighboring towns.” In a television ad going on the air Thursday, the snippy snippet is used twice in 30 seconds. The […]
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Malloy on the future of community college presidents
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said his administration is not involved in any attempt to force out the 12 current community college presidents. The Connecticut Mirror reported Tuesday that the president of the state’s largest community college sent an email to her faculty informing them that the community college presidents risk termination if they do not […]
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Malloy rules out Obama post
His own polling is just so-so, and President Obama’s re-election is looking like a relatively decent bet. So, would Gov. Dannel P. Malloy be interested in a post in a second Obama administration, if offered? “No,” Malloy told reporters Wednesday. “Absolutely not.”
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Council of Small Towns taps Gara to succeed Russell as director
The Connecticut Council of Small Towns this week named its public policy director, Betsy Gara, to succeed retiring executive director Bart Russell. Gara has extensive experience in organizational management, legislative and regulatory policy analysis and advocacy, media relations and membership services. A lawyer by training, Betsy is a resident of the COST-member town of Durham. […]
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Be glad you’re not watching TV in Montana
Feel awash in political ads? Over the last three weeks, viewers have been subjected to 3,588 television commercials related to the race for Connecticut’s open U.S. Senate seat, according to a report released today by the Wesleyan Media Project. But that only ranks the state as 13th by advertising volume, though not by dollars. The poor […]