Clark Chapin, 5349 and I got 1366, that is 20.3% of the vote
Thanks to all who stood out in the cold at polling stations, and those who went door to door with me, and those who helped in many other ways including having a sign in their yard. The astute reader will realise that getting over 20% of the vote is significant.
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Thursday, November 4, 2010
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Friday, October 29, 2010
ASBO's anyone?
Prison policy reform is a difficult issue, touching as it does on alcoholism, drug abuse, mental health issues. learning disabiolities and the list goes on. However what about people who are abusivel, drunk and disorderly, terrorising the neighbors to the point that they want to move, but not really committing any offence that they can reasonably be imprisoned for?. Whar about an ASBO? (Antisocial Behavior Order)
I am not necessarily advocating them, because they can be used when appropriate treatment of the underlying problem would be better, but it should be one of the options explored in a thoroughgoing review of prison policy
I am not necessarily advocating them, because they can be used when appropriate treatment of the underlying problem would be better, but it should be one of the options explored in a thoroughgoing review of prison policy
Limited Platform?
The Spectrum said that I presented a limited platform. This is post No 46 or thereabouts on perhaps not quite 46 different issued but a good number, so if there is a substantive issue I have not covered, please call me or leave a comment and I will make sure it is covered before Election Day
However the true irony is that I am running because everyone else is presenting a limited platform. No one has anything to say about the #1 job killer in our State, drug trade fuelled violence in out cities, nor the #1 preventable money sink, keeping 18,500 people in prison, a good number of whom are non violent and could be dealt with or treated in other ways. Let others talk about this and then we can talk about who has the limited platform.
However the true irony is that I am running because everyone else is presenting a limited platform. No one has anything to say about the #1 job killer in our State, drug trade fuelled violence in out cities, nor the #1 preventable money sink, keeping 18,500 people in prison, a good number of whom are non violent and could be dealt with or treated in other ways. Let others talk about this and then we can talk about who has the limited platform.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Help the Campaign
Yard Signs
If you want a sign on your lawn there is still time. Please call 203 417 3978
Donate
If you want to donate up to $50, please send a check made out to "Green67" and send to William J Mahar, Treasurer, Nicholas Payne 2010, 1 Tamarack Rd, New Milford, Ct. 06776.
Over $50 please call me on 203 417 3978 or go to green67.org to download the form we need to have filled in
It doesn't have to be before Election Day, any day before the end of the yeat is fine.
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Help on Election Day
Help is needed to stand duty at polling stations handing out literature. Again please call me 203 417 3978
If you want a sign on your lawn there is still time. Please call 203 417 3978
Donate
If you want to donate up to $50, please send a check made out to "Green67" and send to William J Mahar, Treasurer, Nicholas Payne 2010, 1 Tamarack Rd, New Milford, Ct. 06776.
Over $50 please call me on 203 417 3978 or go to green67.org to download the form we need to have filled in
It doesn't have to be before Election Day, any day before the end of the yeat is fine.
e
Help on Election Day
Help is needed to stand duty at polling stations handing out literature. Again please call me 203 417 3978
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
The Connecticut Council of Police Endorsement
I am honored to be endorsed by AFSCME Council 15, the Connecticut Council of Police, for my commitment to collective bargaining rights and my desire to ensure that the Police are adequately compensated for the demanding and sometimes dangerous work that they do protecting the public.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Guns and your Second Amendment Rights
I said I would talk about guns and have spoken to people on both sides of the issue, so here is my considered opinion.
More gun laws in general inconvenience the law abiding, while being ignored by the criminal. The problem is not guns per se, because the state of Wyoming is knee deep in guns, but has one of the lowest murder rates in the country.
The problem is illegal guns and all the gun crime in our cities. Big city mayors want more restrictions on gun onwnership and you can sympathise with them, because of course they hate the carnage in their cities. Gun owners fear that one day the mayors and their supporters in Congress might pass stringent federal controls on gun ownership. The NRA views any restriction as anathema, appearing heartless and deaf to the wails of the mothers grieving for their murdered children. So what to do? As it happens I have already touched on the solution. By working on eliminating the illegal drugs trade by legalizing marijuana and providing heroin to addicts in relapse and other measures, drug trade fueled gun violence will diminish to the point that big city mayors will no longer see any reason to push for gun ownership restrictions and people will start to forget what the Second Amendment is all about. This is Green Party policy, which is so brilliant, it actually secures your Second Amendment rights just as a side effect of its main goal and does it more effectively than the NRA ever could for all the their bombast and bluster.
Just to clarify, people have asked me about my views on the Second Amendment. However, remember this is the Second Amendment to the US Consitution which reads
" A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed"
However I am running for the Connecticut State House so the relevant clause of the Connecticut Constitution Article I, Section 15 reads
" Every citizen has a right to bear arms in defense of himself and the state" and that is the Constitution that if elected I will swear to uphold and defend.
So there you have it. Vote Green November 2nd and as well as all the other brilliant benefits Green Party policy will bring, you will actually get your gun rights secured better than the NRA ever can. I also want to make clear that the Green Party is the Peace Party and is against people shooting each other for any reason.
More gun laws in general inconvenience the law abiding, while being ignored by the criminal. The problem is not guns per se, because the state of Wyoming is knee deep in guns, but has one of the lowest murder rates in the country.
The problem is illegal guns and all the gun crime in our cities. Big city mayors want more restrictions on gun onwnership and you can sympathise with them, because of course they hate the carnage in their cities. Gun owners fear that one day the mayors and their supporters in Congress might pass stringent federal controls on gun ownership. The NRA views any restriction as anathema, appearing heartless and deaf to the wails of the mothers grieving for their murdered children. So what to do? As it happens I have already touched on the solution. By working on eliminating the illegal drugs trade by legalizing marijuana and providing heroin to addicts in relapse and other measures, drug trade fueled gun violence will diminish to the point that big city mayors will no longer see any reason to push for gun ownership restrictions and people will start to forget what the Second Amendment is all about. This is Green Party policy, which is so brilliant, it actually secures your Second Amendment rights just as a side effect of its main goal and does it more effectively than the NRA ever could for all the their bombast and bluster.
Just to clarify, people have asked me about my views on the Second Amendment. However, remember this is the Second Amendment to the US Consitution which reads
" A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed"
However I am running for the Connecticut State House so the relevant clause of the Connecticut Constitution Article I, Section 15 reads
" Every citizen has a right to bear arms in defense of himself and the state" and that is the Constitution that if elected I will swear to uphold and defend.
So there you have it. Vote Green November 2nd and as well as all the other brilliant benefits Green Party policy will bring, you will actually get your gun rights secured better than the NRA ever can. I also want to make clear that the Green Party is the Peace Party and is against people shooting each other for any reason.
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