Recently, I have been having second thoughts about this website or blog or whatever the hell they call everything now. I wonder if what I have been trying to do or say over the past four years has made an impact. I don’t know.
And, coupled with the events over the past several days has just heightened the tension between myself, my supporters and the Town Government.
Frankly, I just think I am wasting my talent on Cheshire.
(Oh here we go, the stupider than Jupiter on you know who’s blog will be throwing another anonymous tantrum).
I actually was rethinking this meeting I will be having also. I will have to see how things go.
As you know, I am always involved in something or butting heads with some authority figure but that is how I am. I fight for my rights, and families rights and I *UCK the system whenever I can. I just did it a few weeks ago and boy are they upset. TOO *UCKING BAD!!!
That is how I was brought up. Speaking of the system, many of you are wanting to know why I am running the series on the Weather Underground. I thought it would be interesting for those of you who were not around in the 60′s or 70′s.
I probably should not say this because the Government already monitors this website because of the word “Underground”, but one of my relatives had connections with the Weathermen. I remember my family being proud of her. They paraded her around like she was Cleopatra.
I know some of you think the Weathermen and SDS (Students for a Democratic Society) were radical and out of control. Well maybe. I do believe in some dialogue with the authority. They did not.
These people no matter what you think of them, really believed in what they were doing and were willing to pay the price and did. Some of these people were in jail for over 10 years for what they did. But, the majority of them got off because the FBI did not believe in the search and seizure clause of the U.S. Constitution.
I wonder what you would think of this: a group of people decide they do not like what their country is doing even though they live far away from the mother country which they pledge allegiance to.
They claim the taxes are unfair. They are not being represented fairly. Their voices are not being heard. What do they do? They form their own militia for God’s sake. They start a “war”–a “Revolutionary War.” They kill people. They blow things up. This goes on over several years. Who were they? Sound like a radical 60′s group? Sort of. Instead it was in the 1760′s and 1770′s. I have spoken about these radicals before.
Who were they? George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, Nathan Hale, Paul Revere? Remember them? They fought the “establishment” for what they believed in. Enough said.
Now it is budget time. I haven’t really gotten into the budget but it looks as reasonable as it can be. Apparently the increase is a little over 4 percent. Now as many of you know, Trumbull has been in the news because their operating budget proposed a whopping 11 percent increase!! People were furious. Could you blame them. Many people, including seniors and those on a fixed income were livid beyond belief. Over 500 residents packed a public hearing last week to express their outrage. (You wouldn’t see 500 people in the Cheshire Town Council Chambers even if the town were giving money away.)
I guess the budget was pared down to a six percent increase which is still a lot and for all you mall lovers out there—Trumbull has Westfield Shopping Park and the town still had to pump up the taxes.
I have a link to both Cheshire’s “proposed” 2008-09 budget and Trumbull’s budget.
Trumbull and Cheshire are a lot alike demographically. The population is nearly the same, except Trumbull has about three or four thousand more residents. The square miles is identical. And the per household income is nearly the same. Believe it or not, Cheshire’s per household income is HIGHER. Trumbull, which is in Fairfield County, has a PHH of $90,000 and Cheshire’s is $98,000.
So look at the “proposed” Cheshire Town operating budget and look at Trumbull’s and decide if you see a difference. I did. Trumbull breaks everything down to the last penny. They break down every piece of equipment they spend money on; how much salt and sand they throw on the roads–everything. I am going to put on Trumbull’s website homepage and notice the difference their also. Why? Because they have an elected official!!! A First Selectman!!! Voted in or out!!!
So here it is:
Cheshire’s “proposed” operating budget for 2008-09
Trumbull’s Website Home Page (click on proposed operating budget for 08-09).
Oh by the way, my letter to the Editor is in this weeks Cheshire Herald. In it I talk about the Town Employee Gas Use policy which the wimp outs on the Town Council did not bother to follow up on!! It figures.
Breaking News: Woman Sits on Toilet for TWO YEARS!! She must have eaten at 2000 Flushes Buffet!!
