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WHDD is taking us off the radio airwave, but we will still be on television ... Various items that show how Government is not very good at managing anything!Some election talk with Phil ... Salisbury P&Z and the nonconforming second story issue ... to be continued Some new information about the old Lakeville fire house and the proposal to convert it to workforce apartments
Straight Talk -- August 7, 2011 Things that concern us all over the Nation ... and our state ... We now know his name is Phil ... a weekly caller ... we have a discussion about 'Beauty Shops and Barber Shops' ... may some consider this sexist? We correct a mistake we made last week concerning Salisbury Planning and Zoning Passenger service takes a place at the Canaan Selectmen meeting ... Oddly, we can't seem to find the Planning Collaborative there ... Hmmmm
Straight Talk -- July 31, 2011 A 7 year old case from Greenwich ... Local elections ... Is any of this right? It seems the political parties are manipulating the process ... of course, the public doesn't seem to be paying attention ... Workforce Housing in an 'upscale' town in New Hampshire ... Sound familiar? Some history on Salisbury Planning and Zoning -- and how non conformity has evolved over the years ... or not?
Straight Talk -- July 24, 2011 Lots of 'Odds and Ends Stories' ... Planning and Zoning ... not to mention Chickens! Is it right to allow candidates in local elections to be on the ballot more that once? The Northwest Connecticut Planning Collaborative ... Money 'grabbers' ... We have more coming about this!
Straight Talk -- July 17, 2011 Stop and Shop Gas Points in Canaan ... The price is already 10 cents higher than the competition ... Is it a savings or a ripoff? The Fed fails to give us choice in Light Bulbs ... Big Brother knows best. Is your kid fat? The Government may just take your child away. Whatever you do ... don't move to Oak Park Michigan ... You will be regulated off the planet! Local elections (the odd year) ... Are you aware? A few other things that 'yank my chain' ...
Straight Talk -- July 10, 2011 Way Finding for the lost in New York City ... Millions to be spent Salisbury LOCIP money ... are we spending it before we approve it? Bicentennial wall??? The Lakeville Fire District special meeting ... Was there a quorum ... Not according to State Statute Some analysis of the last 18 minutes of the Salisbury Board of Selectmen. How much can we believe about the sale process of the old Lakeville fire house and are they willing to entertain other ideas for the property?
San Francisco wants to ban people from buying pets in stores ... does the government ever stop telling us what to do? If you have a crib with the drop front rail ... you are stuck with it ... It is now illegal to make, buy, or sell ... including in your tag sale ... once again the government telling us how to live! Connecticut's budget ... Everyone is blaming everyone else ... Moody's has given us a negative rating ... When do the Governor and the Legislature stop all the political games and get to work? Salisbury Republicans drop their Selectman, Bob Riva ... Former Resident Trooper Mark Lauretano gets their support ... Affordable housing gets the thumbs down from the Salisbury Republicans ... Salisbury Planning and Zoning ... Internal strife and the plan to eliminate special permits all across town ... By the way -- where are those zoning regulations that Mr. McGowan was suppose to have done for us?
Straight Talk -- June 26, 2011 The Secret Service comes to Salisbury ... Watch what you GOOGLE! Torrington's Superintendent leaves over BLOG comments ... Torrington Government wants changes at the Register Citizen Salisbury P&Z ... Just when you thought it couldn't get any more bizzare ... and now ... a TOTAL ban on special permits ... everywhere in Town??? The First Selectman of Salisbury decides that the public's interest is not served by finding out who wants to buy the old Lakeville fire house ... even though the Town does NOT actually own it. Look at my thoughts about creating WORKFORCE HOUSING at the old Lakeville fire house ...
Straight Talk -- June 12, 2011 A few thoughts about Jack Mahoney Litchfield P&Z has a problem with the farmers market Wolcott wetlands commissioner seems to think the rules aren't for him Kent ... Free solar panels and some information on how much more housing can be built there Cornwall wants an economic study commission The Northwest CT Planning Collaberative is after more of our tax money ... what are we getting from this? Affordable Housing in Salisbury ... Letters and thoughts ... How about that old fire house?
Connecticut has no money to refund the extra they charged on our electric bills ... Feeding the homeless in Orlando Florida ... A crime? Canaan P&Z has issues - A sign no one noticed - Expansions at Mountainside and Beckley house - How tough can this be? Salisbury - Selling the old fire house, is this just a show for the public? More of my ranting about affordable housing -- This fire house would be great -- The AHAC isn't listening to anyone but the Planning Collaberative and their own ideas.
Straight Talk -- May 22, 2011 Some Towns (including Norfolk and possibly North Canaan) are putting their budgets on hold until the State gives us some firm numbers ... This might be exactly what we should be doing! The Northwest Connecticut Planning Collaborative seems to be everywhere these days ... Looking for your money ... North Canaan isn’t that impressed with them ... SSRRA finally appoints a building committee ... Is it possible they may have committed Gender Discrimination this time?
SSRRA tries again for a building committee ... CABE ... Does it support our schools? Canaan doesn’t have a copy of the budget Some thoughts about the Salisbury Budget Hearing and the Board of Finance from the following evening ... Salisbury Affordable Housing Commission seems to have ruled out any consideration of the old Lakeville Fire House What’s going on with the Sharon road project?
The SSRRA just can’t seem to get the Salisbury people appointed to the building committee ... No notice ... No meeting ... Salisbury Budget Hearing rescheduled The Salisbury Affordable Housing Commission ... The old Fitting property seems to be in their sites ... The old Fire House is not so appealing to them. An analysis of what happened ... What was true or not ... At the latest meeting of that Commission
Straight Talk - April 24, 2011 Connecticut gas prices – up, up and away! Winsted – Board of Ed plans to sue Board of Selectmen ... So much for taxpayer dollars! Funny signs you might see ... Morris CT - P & Z appointment might (?) give the impression of bad ethics? Cayuga Heights NY – Government ignoring the people and killing the deer! It can’t get much worse than this! We take a look at the POCD in Salisbury and Falls Village – Are we hearing the same things today we heard then?
The State has too many managers?? Tell me something else that is new! Yet more animal crossings ... Union forces rehire of employee who forged school safety documents ... Meeting on the Lakeville PO closing ... April 21 at Town Hall ... More lip service from the Salisbury Affordable Housing Commission ... Salisbury’s budgets ... The BOE budget is sent to public hearing ‘with reservation’, but no real explanation. Salisbury Selectmen freeze Non Profit organizations that service town needs while handing money to the NW CT Planning Collaborative ... Where’s the Board of Finance on this one?
Straight Talk - April 10, 2011 More animal crossings ... Legal notices on Town websites - fantasy to some towns? Update on the SSRRA building committee Salisbury Affordable Housing Coordinator: Is this a possible conflict of interest? What is the hourly rate? More questions than answers My email has to be approved by my First Selectman ... What’s with that? The old Lakeville fire house ... Why not consider affordable housing? The USPS and the Lakeville Post office ... Is this already a ‘done deal’ ... Sure looks that way. Time for everyone to stand up and be counted!
More animal crossings ... Lakeville Post Office – Closing?? A look at some of the Region One Budget CABE – How many contributions will we make? Special meeting of the SSRRA about the building committee??? Salisbury Selectmen hire Ayer at a special meeting ... Why? Will Salisbury take a discount to dump the old fire house – how about affordable housing like Litchfield did
Straight Talk - March 27, 2011 Lizard Crossings ... The CT DEP, Clear Cutting and Rabbits FOI and an ordinance which we don’t seem to have adopted Salisbury’s Affordable Housing Commission trying to work around FOI and teaming up with the NW CT Planning Collaborative – A hire that may be questionable? More on the SSRRA Building Committee selection process and how they are trying to deny the obvious Region One politics ...
Straight Talk - March 20, 2011 Squirrel Crossings ... Binding Arbitration reform ditched by the Dems in Hartford More FOI violations in Washington Kent works on its POCD without the NW CT Collaborative ... Sorry ... No artwork! Budgets ... Salary freezes ... For some ... Maybe??? Teacher pay freeze in Barkhamsted ... It’s a miracle Building Committee selection process for the SSRRA ... Anything fair about this?
Straight Talk - March 13, 2011 Animal crossings – even in Turkey Malloy and the VoTech schools ... What is in the cards? Not all of the NW Corner Towns are impressed with the NW CT Collaborative FOI violations ... Communications proposals ... Region One Board of Education ... What’s up with these things? Budgets ... Should we ask more about them? What happened to the CNA program at HVRHS?
Malloy wants part of your coupon savings and your car trade-in ... The State needs to help you build better in case we have more heavy snow ... Email meeting in Wolcott ... No doubt on this one! It was not legal ... Torrington teachers and the State Board of Ed don’t think you should know about their arbitration ... Bog Turtles ... The political tool of choice for environmentalist What a professional teaches us about Bullying ...
Straight Talk - February 27, 2011 Region One – Email and FOI – It’s time to find the answer and move on ... The Salisbury Firehouse and some of the issues with our NEW building
Straight Talk - February 20, 2011 Malloy’s Tax proposal and the ‘not so trimmed’ budget More on problems with retribution in the Waterbury schools and what happens when Board members want to be involved UCONN student works on sign regulations for Torrington ... Why are we spending money on the NWCT Collaborative? Salisbury P&Z and the Lake Protection Overlay Zone
Straight Talk - February 13, 2011 North Canaan and FOI Problems with retribution in the Waterbury schools Region One ... Class Dues and the Superintendent’s suggestions concerning Pingpank Salisbury’s new affordable housing commission The 5 year plan for LOCIP funding in Salisbury and how it addresses the problems in our Town Hall???
Straight Talk - February 6, 2011 Handicapped drivers excused from car snow and ice removal??? The State wants to stall green energy ... Wind Turbines Paying for your grocery bags ... Salisbury Planning and Zoning ... Out of it’s boundaries?? The Northwest Connecticut Planning Collaborative wants to be part of your Town’s budget ... Are they worth it? Lime Rock Park ... Historical Landmark
Straight Talk - January 30, 2011 The Region One Board starts talking about the multi-million dollar budget and no one is there – my reaction Torrington Area Health District working on refining their noise regulations ... Oxford STUDIES affordable housing ... MORE from the Connecticut General Assembly
Straight Talk - January 23, 2011 Some folks in Connecticut are looking for blight control More talk about Wind Power Lots from the Connecticut General Assembly
Straight Talk - January 16, 2011 Ten years to 2 affordable housing units in Litchfield Canaan and the Board of Finance storm meeting The Region One ABC meeting Falls Village – finally going to get the firehouse project financed or will some people’s agendas stop it? Salisbury’s Board of Finance meeting What’s new at the Connecticut General Assembly this year
Straight Talk - January 9, 2011 My thoughts and suggestions concerning the situation in Region One ... A bit about Salisbury P&Z and affordable housing.
Straight Talk - January 2, 2011 Even with a huge deficit, CT still keeps buying open space ... A CT woman gets a big tobacco settlement ... New laws in CT for 2011 ... Will the farmer’s kitchen ever be the same again? CT saves money by giving a permanent name to one of its camps ... Listen to this distribution formula for education monies and tell me if you can figure it out ... A bit more on the ‘Pinky’ report and Region One Board representatives.
Straight Talk - December 19, 2010 Local officials meet with State Legislators to talk about next year ... More taxes??? The Canaan Planning and Zoning Commission throws FOI out the window ... They need some privacy! The Pinkpank report ... Real or hearsay?
Straight Talk - December 12, 2010 Parents ... A new survey says They are responsible for the woes of education CT to consider adjusting the Kindergarten age requirement and increasing funding for pre-school ... In these times??? Prospect is looking for a moratorium on wind turbines ... Electronics recycling in CT ... Are we ready? A tax abatement for hybrid cars??? Region One investigation results ... possibly ‘doctored’??? ‘Friendly Folks’ wanted for the Salisbury Affordable Housing Commission ... Salisbury Land Capital Fund ... Maybe we should call it SLUSH!
Straight Talk - December 5, 2010 Chickens and beavers in Torrington Torrington BOE ... Out with the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education ... Dress Code??? Minimum Budget Requirement by the State concerning Board of Education Budgets??? State Eviction costs to towns ... Plymouth CT ... What’s up with this?? Bridgewater CT passes an ordinance to help keep their volunteer Firefighters ... Sharon does the IHZ thing ... What is it worth? Other things ... Parts and pieces ... Want entertainment??? Come to Salisbury Planning and Zoning ... What a fun time!!!
Straight Talk - November 28, 2010 An assortment of little stories from FOI violations to wind turbines The firestorm of letters in the Lakeville Journal over Salisbury Planning & Zoning How much longer will we tolerate the Northwest Connecticut Planning Collaborative??? NOTE: Please excuse the background noise ... System problem which was resolved after the program ... Sorry!
Straight Talk - November 21, 2010 Harwinton rejects 4 years Selectmen term Zoning and another restaurant in Litchfield Teacher bonuses out in Waterbury Other people’s trash in Torrington FOI rules on executive session and recording of votes ... Just for the record! No wind turbines in Canaan ... for now. Salisbury Board of Finance voting procedures ... Questionable??? The NW CT Planning Collaborative ... They just need some money! Politics and the Salisbury Planning and Zoning Commission
Straight Talk - November 14, 2010 More on the ZEO in Morris CT A bit of history about Planning and Zoning from 1926 The Salisbury Town Meeting held on November 9, 2010 Robert’s Rules and FOI in our Towns Canaan BOF and FOI The NW CT Planning Collaborative ... I just can’t let this one go!
Straight Talk - November 7, 2010 Roxbury gets alcohol ... Maybe? Now it is the beavers in Torrington ... Kent working to figure out how to measure fence height The ZEO in Morris CT Some thoughts on the White Hart closing Salisbury P&Z ... Spending and other things Salisbury to consider Affordable Housing and Zoning fines A bit about the NW CT Planning Collaborative
Straight Talk - October 31, 2010 Wind farm in Colebrook? Roxbury voting to serve alcohol! Complaints about a school to the P&Z in Washington CT Chickens in Torrington! Salisbury Board of Finance –Smoke and mirrors? Northwest CT Planning Collaborative ... ‘Leaders’ meet to collaborate ... Huh?? NOTA is another way to vote this year ... The Amesville bridge ...
Straight Talk - October 24, 2010 Some things that will be happening in our area Glastonbury P&Z Chair and Vice Chair being sued Where is the 63rd District Candidate, Rep. Rigby? The Salisbury Planning & Zoning Commission is sorry they did not know the law More on the Lake Protection Zones, including possible tree cutting restrictions CT General Statue 7-163e ... Rules for leasing and selling Municipal Property
Straight Talk - October 17, 2010 Kent is looking at a larger Board of Selectmen ... The Canaan Board of Finance commits an Executive Session error! The Salisbury Board of Finance ... What about kids and lunch money? Will they do anything about the P&Z spending issue? Bringing back the Selectman Bonus Can the Salisbury Board of Finance find a back door?
Straight Talk - October 10, 2010 Snippets -> Washington CT has a problem with job postings and knowing what a Board of Selectmen meeting is ... Morris CT Selectmen assume too much ... The Falls Village representative to the Region One Board thinks that meeting videos aren’t a meeting record ... Salisbury P&Z spends tax dollars from this year to pay last year’s bills ... Is this right? The Lake Wononscopomuc Association - No second stories in the Zone - Affordable Housing on the Lake?? Not in their opinion ... The Hotchkiss Biomass Plant ... Will Salisbury P&Z allow it?
Straight Talk - October 3, 2010 Snippets -> The old Brodie House / Selectmen Term lengths ... How about more than three selectmen on a board? New laws in CT starting October 1, 2010 A request to Salisbury Planning & Zoning Salisbury P&Z hearings and more regulations Who takes care of the Factory Street and Grove Street playgrounds?
Straight Talk - September 26, 2010 Snippets –>Merit pay for teachers in Tennessee / Torrington and student attendance / Kent isn’t trashy enough for HRRA A little something about moose ... Accessory apartments and the brilliant writings (more of them) from the Northwest Connecticut Planning Collaborative
Straight Talk - September 19, 2010 Some snippets about issues in Plymouth and Torrington – More on Bears ... Canaan and the Bear Ordinance in Colebrook – Was the Region One Executive Session for hiring the ‘investigator’ illegal? – Should we pay money to the Northwest Connecticut Planning Collaborative for their ‘so called’ work? – Affordable Housing in Salisbury ... Are we actually going to make REAL steps???
Straight Talk - September 12, 2010 An update on the swing sets in West Virginia – Where is the DEP dumping the bears in Northwest Connecticut? Canaan or Norfolk? – Salisbury Planning and Zoning ... Rules were made to be broken – The Northwest Connecticut Planning Collaborative - Affordable Housing meeting in Salisbury - More LIP service?
Straight Talk - September 5, 2010 Wait for the Region One review - No more swing sets on playgrounds in West Virginia - The Connecticut Mastery Test and the lack of concern with spelling, grammar, or structure - Once again the Northwest Connecticut Planning Collaborative provides us with some amusing results
Straight Talk - August 29, 2010 More about the Region One controversy concerning the resignations of the chief administrators of HVRHS – Local Government and email communications ... Do they understand? – Stop all this noise ... Keep your eye on the potential Salisbury noise ordinance! – The BETA proposal ... How many more times will we study Academy and Library Streets? How much more will it cost before we do something?
Straight Talk - August 22, 2010 The great controversy in Region One over the exit of the Principal and Vice Principal of HVRHS -- Salisbury P&Z considers methods it can use to close Lime Rock Park ... We give you some preview of the type of ordinance that they might want the Town to adopt, and they will infect your lifestyle too -- Another Town Meeting coming in the early Fall for Salisbury?
Straight Talk - August 1, 2010 Audio recordings of meetings in Washington CT -- An issue??? -- Salisbury approves everything at a hastily called Town Meeting ... More like a puppet show!! -- Planning and Zoning ... A FUNGUS that is growing in many Towns ... We give you some examples.
People ripping off tag sales in Salisbury ... Sharon -- Infrastructure, however, what else (Transfer Station) does it have to deal with? Salisbury’s cost problems -- Emergency Status on everything -- do we really know what is happening??? ... Fire House -- Route 44/41 Intersection -- Fire Sale on the Luke Property -- What next??? You listen -- You decide!!!
SSRRA minutes turn up in Salisbury Town Hall (way late) ... Some FOI and where Town documents should be for public access ... Close the Pool -- Salisbury can’t comply with Zoning or Building codes ... More money for the Fire House in Salisbury -- Are the people in charge overburdened -- Are things out of control -- What the heck! After all, it is only the public dollar, which is a bottomless pit!
SSRRA meets (or so we think) in April and still doesn’t have any minutes on file ... Northwest Connecticut Planning Collaborative issues a list of fees and offers experience? ... Salisbury’s Board of Finance suspends the First Selectman’s stipend (bonus) ... Salisbury’s Planning and Zoning Commission continues to make decisions that could get us into court ... Salisbury and the AHAC Report (I rant some more about this worthless document) ... Ethics and Salisbury's Selectmen
Regional planners are being studied by the State (and don’t like it) ... Have your own experience on the Housatonic Railroad during Canaan Railroad Days (this could be the answer to our communities economies)... New sewer vote in Canaan -- Are voters being excluded from the process? There is a way to stop that! ... Are you reading and really thinking about the Salisbury Affordable Housing study? Many of its recommendations are simply lip service!
Connecticut is messing with your fuel oil (or wants to) ... Kids and condoms in Massachusetts (surprise!!)... Public documents made available for the public (the Lakeville Journal and I have a rare moment of almost agreement)... Salisbury party politics - is anyone playing by the rules?
A Salisbury Democrat calls to refute the letter we read on the air by Salisbury Republican Chairman Chris Janelli ... Opening Odds and Ends... Northwest CT Planning Collaborative needs more money or it may go away (PLEASE!!)... Finally the Salisbury Affordable Housing report -- We actually waited for this?
A block of real estate in Torrington ... Will the railroad really return to the Northwest Corner? ... Thank you Mr. Bok for working to keep Salisbury alive (The White Hart) ... Party politics in Salisbury, well, without the ‘balls’ ... Some other things too ...
Some talk about the State budget deficit and employee benefits ... Torrington bans tattoo parlors, check cashing and pawn shops from it’s downtown ... Sharon works on Internet things ... Northwest Connecticut Planning Collaborative continues to stick it’s nose deeper into our communities ...
Another interesting special report in the Republican-American about pension funds in CT ... Roberta Willis gets a solid challenge but still continues to sit on her back porch ... CT Legislators set us back by not requiring minutes to be posted on Government websites ... Some other observations about how local Government is ignoring the public
An interesting special report in the Republican-American about public and private sector pay in CT ... More about First Selectman pay and bonuses ... merit pay ... Whatever! ... IHZ in Cornwall ... Facts??? ... Bribing kids to be in school ... A look at a Time Magazine article
The REAL story about the ‘Bonus’ in Salisbury ... From the public record! -- More on IHZ and the ‘Invasive Planners’ who are invading the Northwest Corner of CT! -- The Salisbury Affordable Housing Advisory Report ... A preview
Straight Talk - April 25, 2010 Salisbury’s First Selectman needs help to give away his ‘bonus’ -- How we are being manipulated and ignored by the folks who have appointed themselves as the leaders concerning affordable housing in Northwest Connecticut!
Straight Talk - April 18, 2010 Topics - Turn off your screen week -- Things from the CT Legislature -- Senator Roraback decides against the AG race -- Representative Willis sits on her porch -- More on PBIS -- Affordable Housing and how we are spending money on anything but housing
Straight Talk - April 11, 2010 Topics - A caller asks for my thoughts on appointing US Supreme Court Justice -- Some of the legislation our friends at the CT General Assembly are considering -- PBIS in our Region One Schools ... Rewarding kids for doing what they should?
Topics - Some things from our friends in the CT General Assembly -- Salisbury P&Z request for a Planner and what the Board of Selectman thinks ... Or is that what I think of what they think? -- Region One ... Relationships between administrators and teachers? What’s up with this?
Straight Talk - March 28, 2010 Topics - Potty mouth Biden -- CT General Assembly, borrowing for the basics -- Our interview with 64th District CT Assembly candidate Kathy Lauretano -- Affordable housing, IHZ, Salisbury’s proposed AH coordinator ... my opinion about the WHOLE MESS!
Straight Talk - March 21, 2010 Topics - CT General Assembly, More taxes and more government with Regional Planning -- Public notices and newspapers -- Some remarks about the judgement handed down about Salisbury’s Education Board Clerk -- More about Salisbury’s Conservation Commission
Straight Talk - March 14, 2010 Topics - Old barns in CT and your taxes ... CT General Assembly -- Bazaars and raffles, school bus seat belts, wood burning furnaces ... Local budgets, school enrollments, and what teacher hires mean at this time
Topics - More on Pay as You Throw (SMART) ... Affordable Housing in Salisbury, the NW CT Planning proposal and IHZ ... Do Selectmen in Salisbury have to abide by Town Ordinances?
Straight Talk - February 28, 2010 Topics - More on Pay as You Throw ... SWSA and the Ski Jump ... Incentive Housing Zone proposal for Salisbury, is this a joke or what?
Straight Talk - February 21, 2010 Topics - Some CT General Assembly chat ... PA School System sued for spying ... The CT 64th House Seat -- Finally some competition! ... Pay As You Throw -- The Lakeville Journal needs some facts on this one!
Straight Talk - February 7, 2010 Topics - The CT General Assembly is in session and here is some of what is in the hopper already ... Canaan school children and crossing the street ... Salisbury’s Board of Finance and SWSA ... Rich parents at Salisbury Central School and paying for small classes
Straight Talk - January 31, 2010 Topics - The Fed and The People as equals ... Torrington shut out from arbitration ... Class sizes at Salisbury Central School ... NIMBY and Affordable Housing in Salisbury ... Pay as You Throw
Straight Talk - January 24, 2010 Topics - Assorted local story ‘quickies’ - Private Schools and Ice Time charges to Region One - SWSA’s quest for a new Ski Jump and the Junior Olympics - A bit more about Pay As You Throw (PAYT)
Straight Talk - January 17, 2010 Topics - Region One Budget - Facts from the public record about Affordable Housing at 19 East Main, Salisbury
Straight Talk - January 10, 2010 Topics - Hawaii has no election money, ethics in Torrington - Salisbury Planning & Zoning - Affordable Housing
Straight Talk - January 3, 2010 Topics - Some new laws for CT in 2010 - Further talk about Pay as You Throw and recycling in our communities - Zoning and Affordable Housing
Straight Talk - December 27, 2009 Topics - Some quick thoughts about various stories - More about Salisbury Zoning and Don Poland - Pay As You Throw, can we save money and more?
Straight Talk - December 20, 2009 Topics - Some quick thoughts about the Region One Treasurer, the Fed and loud commercials, energy efficient traffic lights, and the CT General Assembly does nothing again - The Poland Report concerning Salisbury Zoning.
Straight Talk - December 13, 2009 Topics - The December 15 special session of the Connecticut General Assembly and a blow to affordable housing - Campaign finance reform legislation in CT - A bit of Church and State discussion - More on the removal of Higgins from the Salisbury Planning and Zoning, as well as, some thoughts on what the future of P&Z could be like in Salisbury
Straight Talk - December 6, 2009 Topics - Region One weighted vote - Salisbury BOE surplus, Region One alternate, and some other things - West Twin Lake Tax District - Salisbury Planning and Zoning, the removal of Higgins as Chairman, what direction will the new leaders take zoning?
Straight Talk - November 29, 2009 Topics - Local Schools using PBIS - West Twin Lake proposed taxing district - Affordable housing
Straight Talk - November 22, 2009 Topics - State Legislature, Blocking the Box - North Canaan Elementary School and Free Software - The First Selectman’s Bonus in Salisbury
Straight Talk - November 15, 2009 Topics - Salisbury Zoning Consultant, revisiting the local election - Region One Board for Salisbury, some of what we experienced. Also, a chat with writer Terry Cowgill.
Straight Talk - November 8, 2009 Topics - Yale Farms and an effort to have the State of Connecticut purchase it, citizens denied use of HVRHS gym, and campaigning in our Elementary Schools ... Should we allow it? |
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