New Haven Needs Choices
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The following opinion article was written by retired Hillhouse High School teacher Robert Gibson.
Campaign 2012
Hey, Don’t Forget Us!
by | Mar 8, 2013 9:29 am | Comments (23)
Memo to candidates: We’re that state just up I-95 from NY.
As the 2012 campaign raced to a finish, presidential and vice-presidential candidates visited Ohio a whopping 73 times. They set foot in Connecticut exactly zero times. New Haven’s Board of Aldermen aims to change that in the future — and make the Nutmeg State more like a swing state.
Payday!
by | Nov 12, 2012 5:05 pm | Comments (15)
Casandra Lowery came to the steps of New Haven’s public library to pick up an overdue $400 check for working on behalf of a Senate candidate she voted against.
Obama Clobbers Romney 9-1 In City
by | Nov 7, 2012 6:03 pm | Comments (19)
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Voters line up outside the polls in Newhallville.
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Voter Sam Kearse shows his Obama pride at Lincoln-Bassett.
Conventional wisdom: President Obama’s voters lost their enthusiasm this time.
Reality on the ground in New Haven: More people voted for him this year than in his history-making 2008 election. And African-American voters waited as long as an hour and a half to cast their ballots.
Hillhouse AP Crew
Rocks The Vote
by | Nov 7, 2012 4:40 pm | Comments (0)
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Asadie Walters staples election results to an electoral college map Wednesday.
Though they may have been too young to vote, 10 Hillhouse students found a way to get involved in Tuesday’s election — and found people “running in their pajamas” and standing in long lines in the cold to reelect their president.
Looney: Take That, SuperPACs!
by | Nov 7, 2012 12:13 am | Comments (0)
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Marty Looney won not just another term in the State Senate — but also a reaffirmed party majority that he vowed would fight to protect price-gouged consumers and police-hassled citizen photographers.
Rosa DeLauro
Makes It A Dozen
by | Nov 6, 2012 11:40 pm | Comments (0)
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Voters carried U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro to victory Tuesday night by a three to one margin over her Republican challenger.
Women Speak. Again
by | Nov 6, 2012 10:28 pm | Comments (2)
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Aileen Gariepy: Pro-choice McMahon “disingenuous.”
Linda McMahon showered Connecticut’s women with professions of solidarity. They still didn’t trust her — so they handed the U.S. Senate seat she coveted to a man for the second time in three years.
Shirt Says “Support McMahon.” Wearer Doesn’t
by | Nov 6, 2012 3:08 pm | Comments (33)
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Natasha Parker made money Tuesday handing out flyers urging East Rockers at the polls to vote for Linda McMahon — even though she wasn’t planning to do so herself.
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Where To Vote & What’s On The Ballot
by | Nov 5, 2012 5:19 pm | Comments (3)
Not only can you help decide who obtains the most powerful elected position in the world Tuesday. You can also tell the U.S. military to take a fiscal hike.
The Prophetess Outtakes
by | Nov 5, 2012 4:00 pm | Comments (0)
Pastor Gerry Claytor agreed to appear in an ad aimed at African-American voters, urging them to split their tickets on Nov. 6 for Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon. “I’m voting for President Obama. And I’m voting for Linda McMahon. It’s my choice,” Claytor declares in the ad. “Linda McMahon wasn’t always rich. She went through struggle. She has a passion.”
Cove Keeps McMahon, Murphy Crews Guessing
by | Nov 5, 2012 2:35 pm | Comments (1)
Lera-Ann doesn’t know whom she’ll vote for Tuesday — but she does know she’s about to lose her house.
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Murphy Escorted To
The Bella Vista Ball
by | Nov 5, 2012 9:19 am | Comments (0)
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Phyllis Nastri mistook Chris Murphy for Martin Looney and wondered where the potholders were.
Just in the nick of political time, Looney showed up with his signature bag of of swag and gave Nastri hers.
For Campaigns, Musicians
Serve Up Musical Pitches
by | Nov 4, 2012 9:01 pm | Comments (0)
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A local musician’s latest recording warns against “some rich man’s son who thinks he’s already won … lives in a bubble of privileged greed / has no clue of life in the weeds.”
Sound familiar?
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‘For Campaigns, Musicians
Serve Up Musical Pitches’
Courting City, Murphy Predicts Clean Election
by | Nov 2, 2012 5:59 pm | Comments (16)
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Murphy talks to a voter in the Park Ridge elevator while eating pizza from Little Ceasar’s in Hamden.
On a two-day quest for crucial New Haven votes, Chris Murphy stood in line for a hamburger at Louis’ Lunch and then expressed in confidence in the integrity of the election process, while standing in a senior center plagued earlier this year with alleged absentee ballot fraud.
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Never Mind!
by | Nov 2, 2012 1:50 pm | Comments (1)
Those allegations over ballot problems in New Haven? The McMahon campaign no longer sees a reason to haul city officials into court today after all.
McMahon Stakes
Ground In Murphy Country
by | Nov 1, 2012 6:19 pm | Comments (17)
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Corporation Counsel Bolden with the McMahon letter.
Republican Linda McMahon brought her Senate campaign into deep Democratic country Thursday — opening a downtown New Haven office and moving to haul city officials into state court over alleged ballot problems.
City Hall’s top lawyer swung back, accusing McMahon’s campaign of concocting a bogus legal complaint and gumming up the works in the final, storm-wracked days of preparing for next Tuesday’s election.
Driver’s Licenses For Immigrants?
by | Nov 1, 2012 11:39 am | Comments (7)
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Murphy hits Grand Ave. with Candelaria (left) and SAMA’s Frank Alvarado.
Chris Murphy didn’t say yes. And he didn’t say no.
Who’s Your Civil Rights Match?
by | Oct 19, 2012 1:18 pm | Comments (0)
She’d like to see the federal government legalize gay marriage and pass a DREAM Act for immigrants. He wouldn’t.
You get to cast your vote for one of them.
Hillhouse Bloggers Waited; Obama Delivered
by | Oct 17, 2012 7:54 am | Comments (0)
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Romney faced Obama on TV; bobbyb3 & dr. harvey differed online.
“Dr. harvey” waited more than 90 minutes for the president to drop the “the 47 percent” bomb.
“uhht oooo,” cringed bobbyb3.
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Corporate Personhood Takes Stage At Debate
by | Oct 15, 2012 8:45 pm | Comments (4)
Linda McMahon came out for corporations’ “free speech rights” in bankrolling campaigns — then said that, unlike her opponent, Chris Murphy, she doesn’t need their money.
The burning question of “corporate personhood” prompted the most revealing exchange Monday night as the Republican McMahon and Democrat Murphy squared off in the third debate of their neck-and-neck race to replace Joe Lieberman in the U.S. Senate. It offered not one but two different ways of looking at the issue.
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Who's Your
Foreign Policy Match?
by | Oct 12, 2012 10:06 am | Comments (0)
She wants troops home from Afghanistan sooner than later. He wants the job “finished.”
Israel bombing Iran? On that one, they agree: No second-guessing an ally.
You get to vote for one of them on Nov. 6 as your next representative in the U.S. Congress.
Winsley: What About Me?
by | Oct 4, 2012 8:26 am | Comments (5)
As the presidential candidates prepared to debate Wednesday night, Wayne Winsley stood outside New Haven City Hall and said: What about me?
At Knickerbocker, Obama’s Base Yawns
by | Oct 4, 2012 8:07 am | Comments (15)
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Rochelle Bradley: “I wanted him to fight.”
Fifty New Haveners in the heart of Obama Country gathered to wait for the president to take on Mitt Romney Wednesday night. They ended the night still waiting.
“How Do We Know What’s The Truth?”
by | Oct 3, 2012 11:58 am | Comments (2)
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Pinochle players didn’t know what to make of all those attack ads.
The regulars at a pinochle game at a New Haven senior center got a visit from Chris Murphy — and demonstrated how hard it is to deliver a clear message or talk about real issues in Connecticut’s too-close-to-call U.S. Senate race.