Poet Maya Angelou once said “[h]ow important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!” Well, no other hero or she-roe deserves more recognition than those American citizens that have proudly served in the armed forces of the United States of America in peace time and during war from the birth [...]
Recently the Stratford Town Council, led by its Republican majority, began the process to give the mayor a 27% pay raise. Yes, at a time of record unemployment and when middle class families are struggling to keep their homes, Stratford’s Town Council believes $90,000 a year plus health insurance and other generous benefits such as [...]
Recently a group of 18 state legislators wrote Judge Philip Scarpellino urging him to take tough action against a 24-year old New Haven man alleged to have stabbed a young pit bull mix 29 times. Alexander P. Bernard was charged with one count of misdemeanor animal cruelty, which is punishable with up to a year [...]
A recent article in the Connecticut Law Tribune indicates that a recent informal survey of attorneys in favor of mandatory continuing legal education (CLE) were opposed 11-1. Amazingly this informal survey was at a CLE course! Connecticut is one of five states in the entire country that does not have mandatory CLE. The last time [...]
What is it about the Internet that makes people think they have the right to be mean, rude and disrespectful? I mean, people must be emboldened because they are not face to face to say whatever they want, damn the truth and even worse, damn common courtesy, respect and good manners. Online bullying is not only [...]
Anybody that paid a minimal amount of attention to the goings on in Stratford from 2005-09 knows of my passion for preserving and protecting Long Beach West. In fact, when I ran for mayor in 2005 I campaigned on protecting Long Beach West and opening access up to all the people. After I was elected I [...]
On June 4th, the Connecticut State Senate passed, by a 19-18 vote, a bill decriminalizing the possession of small amounts marijuana. The bill must gain approval in the Connecticut House of Representatives before being sent to the Governor for signature. Governor Malloy is in support of the bill. According to a Harvard economist, Connecticut spends [...]
On Tuesday (May 17, 2011) the Connecticut House of Representatives approved a bill limiting the liability of municipalities that make public lands available for recreational purposes. The bill passed 142-1 and now moves to the state Senate. The bill limits the liability of municipalities and districts that make lands available to the public for free. It requires [...]
Recently, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has invaded the privacy of millions of honest Americans by denying them an opportunity to play poker from the comfort of their homes. With all that our government could choose to focus on they have gone after online poker. Frankly, there are much more important issues for the DOJ to focus our [...]
Online Poker is under attack by President Obama and the U.S. Department of Justice. Alfonse D’Amato, a former three-term U.S. senator from New York and chairman of the Poker Players Alliance authored a great op-ed that thed Washington Post printed regarding online poker. Click here to read the opinion-editorial.