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I am a registered Republican yet I refuse to vote for John McCain. The vision of a repeat of George Bushitler scares me to no end. Another four years of incompetent leadershit is mind boggling. Of course, he may not even live that long. The thought of Governor Palin taking the helm is even more frightening.
As far as anyone for congress who is currently in office, no matter what their party affliation is, I will be choosing whomever is running against them. Congress is supposed to watch out for the best interests of the people, but we can most certainly say that this didn't happen with the recent Wall Street meltdown and the subprime debacle. Everyone in congress is watching out for their own interest and the change that is needed is not about being democratic but about throwing those idiots on the street. The only thing that would change my mind would have been if one of these morons proposed a bill that would take the CEOs of failed Wall Street firms and have them escorted to the local penetentionary by US Marshalls in handcuffs. Sadly, none of them want to serve the will of the people.
When it comes to the Connecticut State Senate, I will be most certainly
not voting for Barbara Ruhe (Republican) whom by the way is a lawyer by trade (we really need more of them in our government) and believes that while outsourcing jobs outside of the United States has certainly hurt the folks who have lost their jobs and that where practical state government should do business with vendors and businesses within the state. Given the impending state deficit, she also believes that the state should consider using services based solely on cost. Is this what we call representation?
I will also be voting for Senator Jonathan A. Harris (Democrat) as he is one of the few that actually makes time to talk to the people. Did you know that I emailed him on Saturday and he replied back within ten minutes? He actually gave me his personal cell phone number. How many of his peers don't think of talking to a single voter as a chore?
I will be voting against Eric D. Coleman (Democrat) who has done nothing to wrong injustices committed by local police departments. Statistically speaking, did you know the Bloomfield CT Police Department writes more traffic tickets to minorities than the makeup of the town? Many folks focus on major crimes and the unequal application of the law to minorities. While this is important, I am of the belief that Bloomfield CT Police department who is run by
Betsy Hard is hurting the community by death of a thousand cuts. I wonder how many voters would question the decision of a police chief to
not reside in the town they run?
Sadly, even if she were to resign, the next in charge is an even worse choice. Captain
Jeffrey Blatter can be thought of as the poster child of authoratative ignorance based on my personal interactions with him. Did you know that he too also doesn't live in town? I know he is coming up on twenty years of service and will hopefully move himself along to another department and suboptimally operate a town such as Granby. I wonder when was the last time the person who is ultimately accountable for community policing has actually made an effort to interact with members of the community?
All politics are local and when it comes to the town government, it is a sad state of affairs. Other than Syd Shulman and Donald Harris, the rest should be voted out. Have you seen the test scores at the Middle school (Carmen Arace) level? They have declined significantly since I was in school. As I understand, the problem is primarily in the lack of leadership from the principal
Sam Galloway. In informal conversations amongst both teachers and parents, there isn't much confidence in his ability. As I also understand, in addition to being a school principal, he is a full-time state police trooper. Maybe the challenge is that his heart cannot be in just one job or that he thinks of students as future criminals, only he knows. Regardless of perspective, is the will of the public to have the people who are responsible for the education of their children to moonlight at other jobs?
