Connecticut Local Politics

Our TownBlogs have been doing an excellent job of covering their local elections, and are providing plenty of coverage of party conventions and nominations this week.
Berlin Blog, one of the most prolific of the TownBlogs, has a piece analyzing the political landscape for the November elections. There’s also information about the Republican ticket and [...]

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From the TownBlogs:
The Berlin Blog has an interesting piece on whether or not to change that town’s Board of Education from a nonpartisan board to a partisan one. I haven’t heard of any other places where the BOE is not partisan–have you?
A contentious parade ordinance passed in Danbury.
The budget in Plainville passed, and a vote [...]

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Real Hartford posted the crime numbers for Hartford last week. A lot of the numbers for this year seem a bit lower than last year. Kerri, the blogger, had the following rumination:
Gilford [New Hampshire] is a small town, [but] the police log for May 8-14, 2007 was published. They actually printed and broke down what [...]

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It’s hot out. Bleah.
Busy times in Hartford as the session comes to a close. First up: In-state tuition for illegal immigrants and medical marijuana, both of which passed the Senate yesterday.
There’s still a lot of grumbling about the energy bill passed by the House yesterday. Rep. Tim O’Brien has more on why he thinks the [...]

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TownBlog Real Hartford has a great piece on the mayoral candidates’ forum at the Hartford Public Library, which the author promises will be cross-posted at the outstanding Undercurrents, an independent Hartford news blog. An excerpt:
Minnie Gonzalez, who seemed very unprepared and at a loss for words most of the evening, said that she would like [...]

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It’s official: local news can now be outsourced. According to this article on CNN’s website the editor/publisher of Pasadenanow.com placed an ad on Craigslist India seeking reporters to cover local news for his news website. He figured that since city council meetings would now be broadcast over the internet there was no reason [...]

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Anyone make the Rally for Health Care in Hartford this afternoon? Me neither. Lucky for us, CT New Junkie has a full report. Real Hartford also attended the rally and has some guidelines for future protesters visiting Hartford to follow.
What else is going on?

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Berlin Blog has the story:
The results are in for the Budget/Bond referendum.
Town Budget Yes 1159 No 891
Technology Bond Yes 915 No 1078
So, the budget for 2007-08 is approved, while the technology bond loses by about 8 percentage points.
The real story, as usual, is turnout, or lack thereof. It looks like 2050 voters turned out, about [...]

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There’s a budget and bonding referendum in Berlin tomorrow. The Berlin Blog has more.
Also, Colchester is holding budget hearings today and tomorrow. Colchester Town Blog has that story.

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From Connecticut’s Smallest City:
Democratic Town Chair John Orazzetti recently announced he will be running for mayor in the fall of 2007. Looks like a primary is in store with democrat Mel Thompson.

Definitely worth watching. There’s a CT Post article on this subject, too. Currently, Derby is controlled by Republicans who came to power in 2005 [...]

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Featured Site!!!
I’d like to highlight the outstanding work that Wtfd Nuc Sailor is doing at his Waterford TownBlog. He has been faithfully and painstakingly chronicling the workings of town government there, and deserves a round of applause. If you’re in Waterford, you’ll want to check out this site.
Waterford Political Blog - BOF Approves Capital Budget:
Last [...]

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Today’s updates from TownBlogs, with a quick excerpt from a featured article. Click on the titles of the articles to read more!
Danbury’s Burning - The NO News-Times
It is frustrating that no one has stepped up to start another paper or improve the one we have. I have to believe that the citizens of Danbury want [...]

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A few updates from TownBlogs, with a quick excerpt from new articles. Click on the titles of the articles to read more!:
The Berlin Blog - Water, Water, Water
For some Berlin residents, their water bill will be going up around 60% this year. The key word here is �some.� As Berlin residents are all too aware, [...]

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News from around the local blogosphere:
The Glastonbury Connection has an article about the town council’s consideration of an anti-war resolution.
New TownBlog Connecticut’s Smallest City, reporting on Derby, reminds voters of a referendum tomorrow on school funding.
Windsor Locks reports that selectmen there have approved raises for three town officials.
New TownBlog Danbury’s Burning has three great articles, [...]

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News from our TownBlogs today:
Plainville Politics reports that town voters defeated additional funding for renovation and expansion work at Toffolon School by a slim margin of 1,017 to 1,006.
New London Calling reports on the buildup to the charter referendum on March 13th.
Norwalk Blog comments on the school superintendent’s threat to cut popular programs [...]

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Go check out the TownBlogs blogs on the right for lots of great information about what’s happening in towns across Connecticut. There are updates in Berlin about development, Glastonbury about the BOE budget and HS track, Middletown about computing technology, and newcomer Norwalk about Super 7.
There’s a bill out there to stop kids from [...]

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Windsor Locks’s TownBlog is steamed that the town is paying to help fix Route 75, which is a state road.
The Glastonbury Connection reports on Veterans’ Day still being a school day.
New London Calling brings us some final thoughts on the charter debate, and points out that the required 15% of voters might not turn out [...]

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What’s happening in our towns today?
New London Calling has been doing a great job of covering the charter referendum in that city. Last night, a forum on that issue was held. New London Calling was there, and provides us with a “running diary” (a fantastic, lively summary with commentary) of the event. It’s an outstanding [...]

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TownBlog New London Calling is dedicating itself solely to covering the upcoming vote on revision of New London’s charter. As newlondoncalling points out in this post, voters will decide on March 13 whether or not to change New London’s city government to a “strong mayor” format from its current council/manager format.
Go see New London Calling [...]

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There’s a referendum tomorrow, Tuesday, February 27th, in Middletown on a proposal to build new soccer fields. TownBlog Right of Middle has the story.

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