Last Thursday evening Ridgefield Republicans held their Caucus to put forth a slate of volunteers to help manage our wonderful community.
Personally, I had the privilege to nominate for Board of Selectman three very qualified and dedicated Republicans:  Andrew Bodner, Maureen Kozlark, and Bob Cascella. All three of these candidates have shown leadership, compassion, and enthusiasm [...]

Medicare trustee Dr. Charles Blahous testified at a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on June 22, 2011 that, absent some change from present policy, Medicare as we know it will end in 2024.
 
The latest Social Security Board of Trustees report, as detailed in a May 13, 2011 press release available on the SSA.gov web [...]

You can call it unprecedented, stunning or historic. But in the end, you have to call it wrong. General Assembly Democrats and Democrat Governor Malloy have passed legislation that will only worsen Connecticut’s already existing anti-business environment and unemployment woes. Previous pieces in the GOP View have demonstrated how Connecticut has been catapulting towards economic [...]

How is Connecticut doing? Let’s examine some statistics:
In 2008, Connecticut had the third-highest local and state tax burden in the U.S., trailing only New York and New Jersey, according to the Tax Foundation. And this was before the huge two-year tax increase recently signed by Governor Malloy.
 
Connecticut has the highest net tax-supported debt of any [...]

This week legislative Republicans in the General Assembly unveiled budget a proposal or as I like to call it “The People’s Budget.”
It’s a two-year plan to balance Connecticut’s budget without increasing taxes on everyday goods and services such as gasoline, back-to-school clothing, non-prescription drugs and haircuts.
This budget contains no new taxes and in fact protects [...]

Deb Lows suggestions 4-11-2011

What makes Ridgefield a great place to live?  Is it our fabulous downtown that evokes a warm feeling as you stroll endlessly back and forth?  Is it our top notch school system with its dedicated staff?  Is it the great senior programs at Founders Hall?  Is it the nearly unlimited youth sports opportunities, or our [...]

GOP Viewpoint  –  By Linda Lavelle

We are in serious trouble.  On the Federal level we are $14 trillion in debt. The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that the Obama budget for 2011 will add a further $10 trillion to our debt over 10 years, bringing our overall debt up to 90% of GDP.  Much [...]

The first decade of the 21st century has not been kind to the State of Connecticut.   During the first nine years of the decade, CT population grew at one third of the US’s growth rate.  The real killer for the state was the fact that there were fewer Non-Farm Jobs available from Years 2000 to [...]