Program Archive

Straight Talk - July 18, 2010

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!

Straight Talk - July 11, 2010
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

Straight Talk - July 4, 2010
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!

Straight Talk - June 27, 2010
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?

Straight Talk - June 20, 2010
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?

Straight Talk - June 13, 2010
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 ...

Straight Talk - June 6, 2010
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 ...

Straight Talk - May 16, 2010
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

Straight Talk - May 9, 2010
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

Straight Talk - May 2, 2010
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?

Straight Talk - April 4, 2010
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

Straight Talk - March 7, 2010
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)