Connecticut’s Citizens Election Program for financing campaigns is clear about what candidate committees can and cannot accept directly to qualify for funding grants. Participating candidates
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The State Senate Candidates Answer: What Have You Done?
Continuing the comparison of responses to questions submitted by OIB readers, State Senate candidates Ed Gomes, Andres Ayala and Ernie Newton answer: Q. What specific
Read moreSaddle Up! Two Weeks Until Tsunami Tuesday–Who’s Your Horse?
Decisions, choices, pols you like, pols you dislike. A lot will be on the line for a variety of primary day seats Aug. 14. A
Read moreCompare And Contrast: Gomes, Ayala, Newton Answer OIB Questions–Elected Or Appointed School Board?
OIB asked readers to submit questions for presentation to State Senate candidates Ed Gomes, Andres Ayala and Ernie Newton. OIB has published their respective responses
Read moreYankee Fans Unite–Valentine Endorses Obsitnik For Congress
It can’t be! The 4th Congressional district going red? On the weekend the hated Boston Red Sox invade Yankee Stadium, Blowsox Manager Bobby Valentine has
Read moreAbsentee Ballot Landslide Hits City–About 700 Out And Counting …
Workers in the Town Clerk’s Office are in overdrive mailing absentee ballots, most of them associated with the Aug. 14 State Senate primary between Democrats
Read moreFive Questions For Ed Gomes: Work Horse, No Show Horse
State Senator Ed Gomes shares his signature passion and bluntness responding to five questions posed by OIB readers. Locked in a tough Aug. 14 Democratic
Read morePolitical Passion At State Senate Debate–Newton, Gomes, Ayala Clash
In terms of pure passion for the roughly 100 in attendance Tuesday night at the United Congregational Church, the State Senate debate between incumbent Ed Gomes,
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