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McNamara’s “secret” rally

admin — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:32:50 +0000

Tonight the Common Council of New Britain will hold a special meeting at 5:15 PM. According the Michael Trueworthy the one agenda item will be to overturn the Mayor’s veto appropriating $20,000 dollars for the Common Council to retain outside counsel to weigh in on the dispute regarding the Mayor’s budget veto. In related news, [...]

DTC to hold “open dialogue”

admin — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:10:22 +0000

On their website Democratic Chairman McNamara announced that the DTC will be holding an “open dialogue” on the municipal budget and the city education system. The NBRTC urges all concerned citizens to attend this meeting and ask hard questions of the democratic leadership.

For instance, we would like to know:

How can the Democrats on the council [...]

Tim O’Brien’s disingenuous comments

admin — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 14:52:33 +0000

In yesterday’s edition of the The Harford Courant Representative Tim O’Brien was quoted as offering to broker a meeting between Phil Sherwood, Mayor Stewart, and School board President Sharon Beloin-Saavedra. He went on to say “The people of our city expect and deserve leadership that brings people together to overcome disagreements and move our city [...]

NBRTC Press Release

admin — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 16:15:44 +0000

New Britain, CT – The New Britain Republican Town Committee will issue four Freedom of Information requests to state and city officials Monday in an attempt to obtain all communications surrounding the council’s decision to spend $20,000 to hire an attorney to sue the city’s mayor.

“I believe this is an extremely dangerous precedent that Council [...]

CPOA Speaks Out against Council Resolution

admin — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:44:20 +0000

The following is a press release that was issued by the Citizen Property Owners Association of New Britain.

NEW BRITAIN, Connecticut (June 23, 2010): On Thursday evening, the Board of Directors and Officers of the Citizen’s Property Owners Association, Inc. (CPOA) of New Britain voted to wholeheartedly support Mayor Stewart in his line item veto of [...]

Reflections from Last Night’s Meeting

admin — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:30:03 +0000

Last night at the Common Council meeting two controversial issues were added to the agenda at the last minute. This in itself is a contentious tactic that Aldermen Sherwood and Trueworthy have employed multiple times in the past. Waiting until the last minute to amend the agenda to include new resolutions does not allow the other Council [...]

Common Council Meeting – June 23, 2010

admin — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:20:20 +0000

The Common Council of New Britain will meet this Wednesday. Public comment will begin at 7:00PM where any member of the public can address the Common Council, the regular meeting is to follow. The agenda for this meeting can be viewed here and the associated documents can be viewed here.The agenda seems relatively light for this week. The [...]

Political Fallout and Falsehoods

admin — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 02:06:46 +0000

As many of you already have heard, Mayor Stewart has elected to utilize his line item veto on the 2010-2011 budget. You can view a pdf of the entire veto letter here. In his veto message Mayor Stewart called members of the Common Council to task for acting in a reckless and irresponsible manner. In [...]

Message From the Chairman – Thank You Mayor Stewart

admin — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:08:16 +0000

Mayor Stewart,

I want to personally thank you for sticking to your values and principles, and doing what is right for the City of New Britain and its taxpayers. I know that exercising your line-item veto was a very difficult decision, and will be unpopular with some residents. But it was the right thing to do.

Like [...]

O’Brien Strikes Out Again

admin — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:02:11 +0000

O’Brien has sent out another mass mailing to confuse and frighten voters. Again he repeatedly attempts to mislead without being an out and out liar. However he wants to slice it, this latest mailing contains several deceptive statements.

Deception One: “Under Tim Stewart, 90% of property tax payers in New Britain are paying more.”

It is unclear [...]