From The Q Poll:
Former wrestling executive Linda McMahon, surging from a 10-point deficit two months ago, now leads former U.S. Rep. Rob Simmons 44 – 34 percent in the Republican primary for the Connecticut U.S. Senate contest, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.
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You going to the parade today? It’s a sweet day. I like hanging out around the Barnum Museum area. If you’re going to heckle politicians, might as well have P.T. watching your back. Yo Bill. Hey Big Mac. Is that you Bob Curwen? How’s the budget going? This way to the egress!
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Update: What the hell is this? Did Leatherface show up at St. Mary’s over the weekend with his chainsaw?
This image of Saints comes from the good folks at www.blackrockonline.org. They also have video loaded of the tree massacre.
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This is one of my favorite weeks. St. Patrick’s Day Wednesday and St. Joseph’s Day Friday, and then the first day of spring.
While St. Patrick dealt with snakes (wouldn’t he do well in politics?), St. Joseph is the patron saint of Sicily where my father was born. Sicilians prayed to the spouse of Mary to end a drought in exchange for a mighty feast. Lo and behold the rains came producing fava beans, baby. So now each St. Joseph’s Day weekend I eat fava beans and stuff myself with zeppole, cream/custard filled pastry, and throw a feast in honor of St. Joseph (my middle name). And maybe that’s why I’m a gas bag. Too much beans.
I wonder if city bean counters have their own patron saint as they prepare a critical budget for Mayor Bill Finch to submit to the City Council in three weeks. Maybe St. Anthony? They could use a few miracles to keep a tax increase down, no?
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Saturday Update: I’m thinking the pol who dodged a bullet this week more than any other–following Jodi’s Jail reversal–is State Senator Anthony Musto.
Anthony was flapping his wings, eager to kick out a press release when Governor Jodi Rell announced a $20 million juvenile detention center for girls in Anthony’s district on the Upper East Side. Anthony praised the governor for her vision to plant another prison in Bridgeport. Anthony’s political skills need a barber’s belt and razor.
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Retired Superior Court Judge Carmen Lopez got a little cranked up when she viewed a News 12 report last week that cited the high blood alcohol level of a mother who perished along with her three children in a fire at P.T. Barnum Apartments last November.
Lopez wants to know why a portion of a state fire report was leaked to the media so she contacted Robert Ross, director of the state Division of Fire, Emergency and Building Services seeking an explanation. Her letter, dated Tuesday, follows. Notice how Carmen loves to trap prior representations made by Ross.
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Decisions, decisions coming from lots of pols.
Marilyn Moore is considering a primary against State Senator Anthony Musto who defeated her in a close Dem primary in 2008.
Former Stamford Mayor Dannel Malloy today will officially announce his candidacy for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. He’s been raising moolah as an exploratory candidate, but will now form a full-blown committee for governor under Connecticut’s dubious public financing system. It’s dubious because a federal judge ruled the state law violates the rights of minority-party candidates. The case is being reviewed by a federal appeals court, and legislators are looking at fixing the law. But will they?
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