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October 10th, 2009
Dear Supporters,
It is rare I give my opinion in my emails to you. I try hard to keep you informed on activities, etc. The articles in this weeks Ridgefield Press should make you upset. We need your help! We need letters of response to Susan Cocco’s attacks on our candidates sent to the Ridgefield Press today or [...]
August 25th, 2009
From: Lappos, Amy [mailto:Amy.lappos@mail.house.gov]
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 3:53 PM
Subject: Congressman Himes’ upcoming events
Hello!
Here is a list of the health care meetings, Congressman on your Corners, and staff remote office hours in the district over the next few weeks.
For those of you who cannot open the attachment I have put [...]
June 11th, 2009
RESPECTING THE CITIZENS OF CT
Statement of Governor M. Jodi Rell on the end of the 2009 Regular Legislative Session:
“Like many other states in America, we in Connecticut are still trying to work our way through this unprecedented global recession. I have a full appreciation for the difficulty of the Legislature’s task. Crafting a budget in [...]
May 28th, 2009
Lady Bird Johnson once said, “Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library.” If only that were the case here in Ridgefield. The fact that the Ridgefield Library long ago purchased the adjacent Webster Bank for expansion is not news. For the majority of families who regularly use the [...]
May 14th, 2009
Supporting an Informed Citizenry
On a local level, understanding the voter is, well, personal. Balancing priorities is the hard work of retail politics by many dedicated and responsible people, mostly volunteers. We should thank them all.
On a state and national level, understanding the voter can too easily become either ignoring or manipulating the voter. Ridgefielder Dave [...]
April 30th, 2009
TAXED TO THE MAXED
On March 21st several hundred residents took time to deliver a word of caution to their elected officials – Republican and Democrat alike – Enough!
The message can and should be heard in Hartford. Enough with the taxes that inhibit our choices! Enough with the excuses that it is someone else’s fault that [...]