Ouch!

So according to the Herald, Gerratana is withdrawing from the election for what he did at the Capitol. Man, this has really bothered me. I want to keep an open mind about Tim O'Brien, but the company you keep is a big part of who you are. I'll hold back judgement for now, but I'm definitely putting up a Stewart lawn sign.

But like I said before, I don't vote until election day. Either candidate could still win me or lose me.

Mailings

I hate political mailings. They are light on details, big on fluff and promises, they rarely have good accurate footnotes, and they often negative. For the most part this campaign season they have just been positive, but the recent media scandal with Tim O'Brien's campaign has really bothered me. Yeah, the BizyBee (which I read) has been over the top a few times, but it is a personal blog like this. She should be able to use whatever language she wants, but to post attack comments while working on a STATE COMPUTER? Those are my tax dollars paying for whoever is responsible for making these attacks, puts a foul taste in my mouth.

Finally!

Finally some information on some democratic candidates: http://newbritaindemocrat.blogspot.com/2009/08/31-august-2009.html Sadly it is just one candidate and I don't live in Ward 2... *sigh*

Candidate Info

I'm so glad that the New Britain RTC put up some candidate info so I can get in contact with the candidates. I've now had a chance to talk to most of them one on one. If you want to read up on them you can do it here: http://www.nbrtc.com/current-candidates/

I haven't been able to find any information on the Democrat's slate, though they have a blog here: http://newbritaindemocrat.blogspot.com hopefully they will get some candidate info up there.

Endorsements!!

So last week the candidates were named by the Republican Town Committee. I was amazed when we were able to endorse some Democrats and Unaffiliated candidates! I actually think that maybe there will be some true bipartisanship, it would be great after the whole fiasco with the Board of Education seat last year! It was sad to see that a lot of the democrat names were just the same, I don't know, it doesn't inspire me to get excited, though I'll have to wait and see what their candidates come out and say.

Busy Busy Busy!

Gah, I haven't updated in forever. Grad school is really eating a lot of my time. Hopefully I'll get a chance to be more involved come the start of the new school year. Then again, with a baby on the way who knows.

Happy Belated 4th of July everyone!

The New Britain Republican Town Committee

I've started going to the Republican Town Committee meetings back in December, except for a few other members I am probably one of the youngest people in the room. I can understand why though, it took me forever to get in contact with the committee. I might want to eventually run for office, I'm not sure, but I would like to at least know what is going on.

Perhaps if I can find some time I'll go to some council meetings.