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 [...]

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 [...]

Hey buddy, want to invest in a Borders Book store.  This seems to be the push from President Obama, Governor Malloy, and our local town leaders.  Sure they know we are tapped out.  Sure they know that they have maxed out the credit card.  But they need to pay their supporters.
What they don’t say,  is [...]

There’s little doubt that the trajectory of the US economy will determine the political fate of President Obama and the newly resurgent Republican Party. If the GOP majority in Congress is wise, it will remind America of some fundamental policy truths that recent history has proven.
Despite the pronouncements of the Obama Administration, America has learned [...]

Everyone knows by now that Joan Plock resigned from the Board of Selectmen. What you should also know is that the Democrat members of the Board of Selectmen have completely politicized the process for filling Joan’s seat. In doing so, they have poisoned the working relationship between Democrats and Republicans that is so necessary in [...]

Let the voters decide. This is a phrase we hear every year during budget time. Thankfully, Statute 9-222 exists, and will enable a lawful and town wide election for the seat formerly held by Joan Plock. Recent events have opened Joan’s seat and necessitated the Ridgefield Republican Town Committee to take steps to ensure that [...]

Heiser, RTC to seek Special Election
Board of Finance chair to run for Selectman

Seeking to challenge what he calls a callous disregard for the Ridgefield Republican Party by the Democratic Majority on the Board of Selectman, longtime Republican veteran Marty Heiser has announced he will run for a seat on the Board of Selectmen in [...]

Soon it will be Labor Day, and millions of Americans will experience the Democrats’ stimulus program as they hit the highways plastered with stimulus signs reading — “Expect Delays.”  From California to the New York Island thousands of good Democrat supporting, union dues paying, Americans have found meaningful work digging holes and filling them back [...]