tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263316869584720312024-03-28T23:29:14.612-04:00PolitiConnTHE place for Connecticut PoliticsTerry Cowgillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09879361872421002161noreply@blogger.comBlogger240125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926331686958472031.post-76043604034612279522024-03-20T10:12:00.003-04:002024-03-28T12:04:19.662-04:00Featured 'Thread'<blockquote class="text-post-media" data-text-post-permalink="https://www.threads.net/@terrycowgill/post/C5EF7FWOEAE" data-text-post-version="0" id="ig-tp-C5EF7FWOEAE" style=" background:#FFF; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: #00000026; border-radius: 16px; max-width:540px; margin: 1px; min-width:270px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"> <a href="https://www.threads.net/@terrycowgill/post/C5EF7FWOEAE" style=" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif;" target="_blank"> <div style=" padding: 40px; display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: center;"><div style=" display:block; height:32px; width:32px; padding-bottom:20px;"> <svg aria-label="Threads" height="32px" role="img" viewBox="0 0 192 192" width="32px" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="M141.537 88.9883C140.71 88.5919 139.87 88.2104 139.019 87.8451C137.537 60.5382 122.616 44.905 97.5619 44.745C97.4484 44.7443 97.3355 44.7443 97.222 44.7443C82.2364 44.7443 69.7731 51.1409 62.102 62.7807L75.881 72.2328C81.6116 63.5383 90.6052 61.6848 97.2286 61.6848C97.3051 61.6848 97.3819 61.6848 97.4576 61.6855C105.707 61.7381 111.932 64.1366 115.961 68.814C118.893 72.2193 120.854 76.925 121.825 82.8638C114.511 81.6207 106.601 81.2385 98.145 81.7233C74.3247 83.0954 59.0111 96.9879 60.0396 116.292C60.5615 126.084 65.4397 134.508 73.775 140.011C80.8224 144.663 89.899 146.938 99.3323 146.423C111.79 145.74 121.563 140.987 128.381 132.296C133.559 125.696 136.834 117.143 138.28 106.366C144.217 109.949 148.617 114.664 151.047 120.332C155.179 129.967 155.42 145.8 142.501 158.708C131.182 170.016 117.576 174.908 97.0135 175.059C74.2042 174.89 56.9538 167.575 45.7381 153.317C35.2355 139.966 29.8077 120.682 29.6052 96C29.8077 71.3178 35.2355 52.0336 45.7381 38.6827C56.9538 24.4249 74.2039 17.11 97.0132 16.9405C119.988 17.1113 137.539 24.4614 149.184 38.788C154.894 45.8136 159.199 54.6488 162.037 64.9503L178.184 60.6422C174.744 47.9622 169.331 37.0357 161.965 27.974C147.036 9.60668 125.202 0.195148 97.0695 0H96.9569C68.8816 0.19447 47.2921 9.6418 32.7883 28.0793C19.8819 44.4864 13.2244 67.3157 13.0007 95.9325L13 96L13.0007 96.0675C13.2244 124.684 19.8819 147.514 32.7883 163.921C47.2921 182.358 68.8816 191.806 96.9569 192H97.0695C122.03 191.827 139.624 185.292 154.118 170.811C173.081 151.866 172.51 128.119 166.26 113.541C161.776 103.087 153.227 94.5962 141.537 88.9883ZM98.4405 129.507C88.0005 130.095 77.1544 125.409 76.6196 115.372C76.2232 107.93 81.9158 99.626 99.0812 98.6368C101.047 98.5234 102.976 98.468 104.871 98.468C111.106 98.468 116.939 99.0737 122.242 100.233C120.264 124.935 108.662 128.946 98.4405 129.507Z" /></svg></div> <div style=" font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; color: #999999; font-weight: 400; padding-bottom: 4px; "> Post by @terrycowgill</div> <div style=" font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; color: #000000; font-weight: 600; "> View on Threads</div></div></a></blockquote>
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'X-cretion')<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Seems like it should be easy to say "no" here! <a href="https://t.co/8FseLThcwB">https://t.co/8FseLThcwB</a></p>— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href="https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1770536796138430937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 20, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>👇<br /><b>Follow <a href="https://www.threads.net/@terrycowgill" target="_blank">@terrycowgill</a> on <i>Threads</i></b> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>Terry Cowgillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09879361872421002161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926331686958472031.post-67273210701845248562023-12-31T13:03:00.003-05:002024-02-03T15:52:53.350-05:00Archive of Substack Columns 2023<div><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/from-manhattan-to-dave-barry-happy" target="_blank">From Manhattan to Dave Barry: Happy New Year</a> 12.30.23</div><div><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/are-smart-phones-killing-young-minds" target="_blank">Smart phones, young minds and 'intellectual rot' at the 'Gray Lady'</a> 12.22.23</div><div><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/why-do-we-think-academic-achievement" target="_blank">Why do we think academic achievement makes for good leaders?</a> 12.14.23</div><div><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/a-good-year-for-labor-for-the-big" target="_blank">A good year for labor? For the big guys, yes</a> 12.08.23</div><div><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/dr-k-master-of-statecraft-or-war" target="_blank">Dr. K: Master of statecraft or war criminal?</a> 11.30.23</div><div><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/holdovers-from-another-era" target="_blank"><span><a name='more'></a></span>'Holdovers' from another era, Happy Thanksgiving and other thoughts</a> 11.23.23</div><div><span></span><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/please-no-more-cries-of-population" target="_blank">Please, no more cries of 'population control'</a> 11.17.23</div><div><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/tuesday-was-a-good-night-for-dems" target="_blank">Tuesday was a good night for Dems but ...</a> 11.10.23</div><div><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/loving-seattle-and-environs" target="_blank">Loving Seattle and environs but watch out for volcanoes ...</a> 11.02.23</div><div><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/mass-shooting-epidemic-appears-hopeless" target="_blank">Mass shooting epidemic appears hopeless</a> 10.27.23</div><div><div><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/whats-the-matter-with-kamala-harris" target="_blank">What's the matter with Kamala Harris?</a> 10.19.23<br /><span></span><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/violence-shatters-hopes-of-peace" target="_blank">Violence shatters Middle East, related PR imbroglio at Harvard et al</a> 10.10.23</div><div><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/fun-times-at-the-chaos-party" target="_blank">Fun Times At The Chaos Party, plus Graham's indelicate AI moment</a> 10.06.23<br /><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/yes-i-do-feel-a-little-bit-dumber" target="_blank">Yes, I do 'feel a little bit dumber' ... and other thoughts</a> 09.28.23<br /><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/new-mexico-governor-suspends-gun" target="_blank">NM governor suspends gun rights >> Common sense or 'breaking bad'?</a> 09.14.23<br /><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/americas-tribal-schism" target="_blank">America's tribal schism: What caused it and is it here to stay?</a> 09.07.23<br /><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/the-smarmy-ramaswamy" target="_blank"><span></span></a><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/the-smarmy-ramaswamy" target="_blank">The Smarmy Ramaswamy: Who is he and why should you care?</a> 08.31.23 <br /><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/getting-away-a-necessity-of-life" target="_blank">Getting away: a necessity of life</a> 08.27.13<br /><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/seized-but-not-silenced" target="_blank">'Seized ... but not silenced'</a> 08.18.23<br /><a href="Reaching the 'tipping' point?" target="_blank">Reaching the 'tipping' point?</a> 08.10.23<br /><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/third-indictment-and-no-longer-triple" target="_blank">Third indictment and no longer Triple A</a> 08.03.23 <br /><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/how-old-is-too-old" target="_blank">How old is too old? / Bonus: And the end of hangovers?</a> 07.30.30<br /><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/hollywood-strike-could-a-perfect" target="_blank">Hollywood strike: Could a 'perfect storm' cause an industry 'collapse?'</a> 07.23.23<br /><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/to-sleep-perchance-to-dream" target="_blank">To sleep, perchance to dream ...</a> 07.16.23<br /><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/scotus-squashes-affirmative-action" target="_blank">SCOTUS squashes affirmative action</a> 07.02.23<br /><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/if-youve-never-seen-the-old-south" target="_blank">If you've never seen the "'Old South,"' go straight to Charleston</a> 06.30.23<br /><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/scotus-ethics-watch-part-2-and-titanic" target="_blank">SCOTUS ethics watch, part 2; and Titanic-style reforms needed</a> 06.22.23 <br /><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/cultural-tyranny-and-the-2024-no" target="_blank">'Cultural tyranny' and the 2024 'No Labels' trap</a> 06.18.23<br /><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/running-the-country-from-trumps-jail" target="_blank">Running the country from Trump's jail cell and other thoughts ...</a> 06.13.23<br /><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/through-the-smoke-happy-trump-indictment" target="_blank">Through the smoke >> Happy Trump indictment day, part 2</a> 06.09.23<br />'<a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/follow-your-passions-wise-words-or" target="_blank">Follow your passions': wise words or 'Utter BS'?</a> 06.04.23<br /><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/bostons-little-green-men" target="_blank">Boston's little green men</a> 05.30.23<br /><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/desantis-gets-in-chartock-gets-out" target="_blank">DeSantis Gets In, Chartock Gets Out</a> 05.26.23<br /><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/chicago-first-we-get-the-money-then" target="_blank">Chicago: 'First we get the money,' then we take their suitcases?</a> 05.21.23<br /><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/will-angst-over-abortion-rights-tank" target="_blank">Will angst over abortion rights tank a state Supreme Court nomination?</a> 05.18.23<br /><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/pornography-for-democrats-fantasy" target="_blank">'Pornography for Democrats': fantasy campaign does highlight a real problem</a> 05.15.23<br /><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/breaking-news-bear-in-the-house-and" target="_blank">BREAKING NEWS: Bear in the house and we lived to tell the tale</a> 05.12.23<br /><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/a-mea-culpa-on-cnns-trump-town-hall" target="_blank">A mea culpa on CNN's Trump town hall</a> 05.11.23<br /><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/jeffrey-epsteins-powerful-hold-thomas" target="_blank">Jeffrey Epstein's powerful hold, Thomas must go and 'people with uteruses'</a> 05.08.23<br /><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/americas-depression-epidemic-and" target="_blank">America's depression epidemic and the 'most dangerous woman in the world'</a> 05.02.23<br /><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/on-carlson-i-have-no-tucks-left-to" target="_blank">On Carlson, I have 'No Tucks left to give' and smokers are a dying breed</a> 04.27.23<br /><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/post-judgement-does-fox-news-have" target="_blank">Post-judgement, does Fox News have a plan for 'Succession?'</a> 04.21.23<br /><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/one-more-stab-at-thomas-then-i-promise" target="_blank">One more stab at Thomas, then I promise I'll quit</a> 04.17.23<br /><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/the-stupidity-burns-and-other-thoughts" target="_blank">'The Stupidity Burns' and other thoughts ...</a> 04.14.23<br /><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/special-edition-traveler-clarence" target="_blank">SPECIAL EDITION: Traveler Thomas & the Unaccountable SCOTUS</a> 04.06.23<br /><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/happy-donald-trump-arraignment-day" target="_blank">Happy Donald Trump Arraignment Day and other thoughts ...</a> 04.04.23<br /></div></div><p><a href="https://tdcowgill.substack.com/p/welcome-to-my-new-substack-newsletter" target="_blank">Welcome to my new Substack newsletter</a> 04.03.23 </p>Terry Cowgillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09879361872421002161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926331686958472031.post-88362849225547375682023-12-18T12:55:00.001-05:002023-12-20T12:55:38.921-05:00Featured video<div>One of my favorite groups of all time. 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<script async src="https://www.threads.net/embed.js"></script>👇<h4>Follow <a href="https://www.threads.net/@terrycowgill" target="_blank">@terrycowgill</a> on <i>Threads</i></h4><div><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2023/10/25/op-ed-dalio-report-should-spark-a-bipartisan-conversation/" target="_blank">Dalio Report Should Spark a Bipartisan Conversation</a> 10.25.23</div><div><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2023/10/04/op-ed-in-effort-to-unseat-hayes-logan-finds-himself-in-a-tight-spot/" target="_blank">In Effort To Unseat Hayes, Logan Finds Himself In A Tight Spot</a> 10.04.23<br /></div><div><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2023/09/27/op-ed-fighting-food-deserts-can-hartford-run-a-supermarket/" target="_blank">Fighting ‘Food Deserts’ – Can Hartford Run A Supermarket?</a> 09.27.23<br /><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2023/09/20/op-ed-of-actors-writers-and-assembly-lines-two-very-different-strikes/" target="_blank">Of Actors, Writers and Assembly Lines: Two Very Different Strikes</a> 09.20.23<br /></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2023/09/13/op-ed-gold-coast-desantis-moving-primaries-un-veritas-and-other-thoughts/" target="_blank"><span></span>'Gold Coast' DeSantis, Moving Primaries, Un-Veritas & Other Thoughts</a> 09.13.23<br /><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2023/09/06/op-ed-apropos-of-nothing-ev-energy-patriot-front-and-a-dopey-pot-raid/" target="_blank">Apropos of Nothing: EV Energy, 'Patriot' Front, and a Dopey Pot Raid</a> 09.06.23 <br /><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2023/08/30/op-ed-cannabis-industry-in-peril-what-are-the-implications-for-connecticut/" target="_blank">Cannabis Industry 'In Peril': What Are The Implications For CT?</a> 08.30.23 <br /><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2023/08/16/op-ed-newspaper-raid-by-police-in-kansas-an-outrageous-abuse-of-power/" target="_blank">Newspaper Raid By Police In Kansas Is An Outrageous Abuse of Power</a> 08.16.23<div><span></span><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2023/08/09/op-ed-too-many-actors-not-enough-work-strikes-implications-for-connecticut/" target="_blank">Too Many Actors, Not Enough Work; Strike’s Implications for CT</a> 08.09.23</div><div><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2023/08/02/op-ed-tesla-skirts-the-law-as-the-lamonts-saudi-connection-intrudes/" target="_blank">Tesla Skirts The Law As The Lamonts’ Saudi Connection Intrudes</a> 08.02.23<br /><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2023/07/26/op-ed-liebermans-no-labels-spoiler-or-just-what-the-doctor-ordered/" target="_blank">Lieberman's 'No Labels': Spoiler Or Just What the Doctor Ordered?</a> 07.26.23<br /><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2023/07/19/op-ed-kudos-to-murphy-blumenthal-for-pushing-scotus-ethics-reforms/" target="_blank">Kudos To Murphy, Blumenthal For Pushing SCOTUS Ethics Reforms</a> 07.19.23 <br /><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2023/07/05/op-ed-high-courts-ruling-on-affirmative-action-could-also-doom-legacies/" target="_blank">High Court's Ruling on Affirmative Action Could Also Doom 'Legacies'</a> 07.05.23 <br /><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2023/06/21/op-ed-hartford-mischief-has-middlebury-officials-fighting-mad/" target="_blank">Hartford Mischief Has Middlebury Officials 'Fighting Mad'</a> 06.21.23<br /><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2023/06/07/op-ed-apropos-of-nothing-of-civics-common-courtesy-and-the-ursine-menace/" target="_blank">Apropos of Nothing: Of Civics, ‘Common Courtesy’ and the Ursine Menace</a> 06.07.23</div><div><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2023/05/25/op-ed-massachusetts-scandal-shows-connecticut-gets-it-right-on-appointed-prosecutors/" target="_blank">Bay State Scandal Shows CT Gets It Right On Appointed Prosecutors</a> 05.24.23<br /><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2023/05/10/op-ed-its-high-time-for-the-us-supreme-court-to-adopt-an-ethics-code/" target="_blank">It’s High Time For The US Supreme Court To Adopt An Ethics Code</a> 05.10.23<br /><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2023/04/26/op-ed-apropos-of-nothing-weed-evolution-housing-barriers-and-bad-bears/" target="_blank">Apropos of Nothing: Weed ‘Evolution,’ Housing Barriers and Bad Bears</a> 04.26.23<br /><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2023/04/12/op-ed-time-to-end-newspaper-publication-requirement-for-towns/" target="_blank">Time To End Newspaper Publication Requirement For Towns</a> 04.12.23<br /><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2023/03/29/op-ed-religious-objections-should-not-stall-human-composting-bill/" target="_blank">Religious Objections Should Not Stall 'Human Composting Bill</a> 03.29.23<br /><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2023/02/28/op-ed-rent-control-advocates-barking-up-the-wrong-tree/" target="_blank">Rent Control Advocates Barking Up The Wrong Tree</a> 02.28.23<br /><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2023/02/15/op-ed-how-bad-an-idea-is-compulsory-voting-let-me-count-the-ways/" target="_blank">How Bad An Idea is Compulsory Voting? Let Me Count The Ways</a> 02.15.22<br /><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2023/02/01/op-ed-state-police-contracts-taking-out-the-trash-and-other-thoughts/" target="_blank">State Police Contracts, Taking Out The Trash, And Other Thoughts</a> 02.01.23<br /><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2023/01/18/op-ed-connecticut-opens-its-eyes-and-its-doors-to-legal-weed/" target="_blank">Connecticut Opens Its Eyes And Its Doors to Legal Weed</a> 01.18.22<br /><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2023/01/11/op-ed-wine-in-grocery-stores-in-connecticut-perish-the-thought/" target="_blank">Wine In Grocery Stores: In Connecticut, Perish The Thought</a> 01.11.23<br /><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2023/01/04/op-ed-will-winsted-embrace-citizen-ralphs-newspaper-venture/" target="_blank">Will Winsted Embrace 'Citizen' Ralph's Newspaper Venture?</a> 01.04.23<p></p><p></p><p></p></div></div>Terry Cowgillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09879361872421002161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926331686958472031.post-54355745457353613462023-10-09T06:36:00.004-04:002023-11-15T07:22:38.208-05:00Adios, Elon ...<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Leaving X/Twitter for the same reasons others have cited: it's now polluted with disinformation, typically propagated by bots and trolls. Business model rewards bad behavior. Sometimes the owner of X participates in the deception. You can find me on Threads & Post (same handle).</p>— Terry D. Cowgill (@terrycowgill) <a href="https://twitter.com/terrycowgill/status/1711719145060929784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 10, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>👇<br /><div></div><h4>Follow <a href="https://www.threads.net/@terrycowgill" target="_blank">@terrycowgill</a> on <i>Threads</i></h4><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>Terry Cowgillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09879361872421002161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926331686958472031.post-38819480526697463492023-03-09T09:37:00.008-05:002023-04-27T08:52:58.134-04:00WICC Radio Hit<p>My appearance yesterday on <a href="https://www.wicc600.com/" target="_blank">WICC-600AM</a> with Joe Aguiar starts at 15:30. We shoot the breeze about some ill-conceived proposals I wrote about in my recent CTNewsJunkie op-eds, including <a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2023/02/28/op-ed-rent-control-advocates-barking-up-the-wrong-tree/" target="_blank">rent control</a> and <a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2023/02/15/op-ed-how-bad-an-idea-is-compulsory-voting-let-me-count-the-ways/" target="_blank">mandatory voting</a>, and what it's like to visit a cannabis store.</p>
<iframe allow="autoplay" allowtransparency="allowtransparency" frameborder="0" height="300" sandbox="allow-downloads allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" scrolling="no" src="https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/8259534/embed/v4" style="background-color: transparent; display: block; max-width: 700px; padding: 0; width: 100%;" title="Audioboom player" width="100%"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><a class="twitter-follow-button" data-show-count="false" href="https://twitter.com/terrycowgill">Follow @terrycowgill</a></div>Terry Cowgillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09879361872421002161noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926331686958472031.post-91887895520018746722023-03-07T12:33:00.030-05:002024-01-23T08:54:15.824-05:00The Peter Reilly-Barbara Gibbons Murder Case: A Chronology<p><i>A grave injustice occurred in Litchfield County, Connecticut, beginning on September 28, 1973, when Peter Reilly, 18, was arrested and subsequently coerced by State Police into falsely confessing to -- and was later wrongfully convicted of -- the grisly murder of his mother, Barbara Gibbons. Below, and reproduced here as part of the historical record, is an update and timeline of events as they appeared in the <a href="https://tricornernews.com/" target="_blank">Lakeville Journal</a> on March 17, 2005:</i></p><p>Connecticut Commissioner of Public Safety Leonard Boyle has agreed to give Peter Reilly access to state police files that could help him discover who murdered his mother, Barbara Gibbons, after more than 30 years. For decades, Reilly himself was the prime suspect for the police – in part because, after two days of interrogation without sleep, food or an attorney, the 18-year-old youth was induced to sign a confession saying he killed and sexually assaulted his mother. Reilly was not convicted of the crime but his name was never completely cleared, either. With the help of journalist Donald Connery, a Kent resident, and The Lakeville Journal, Reilly has been able at last to get access to the police files on the case.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIEkewHs43OE997jMBnEKhbhO0xxoTtFBcEE6CsZROpc9wY65gVkIrbqkUapLMcZgXy7UXZi1QKurfh2wsd0uPZpSLe0p0VZ9jZul3AtCxxwAehZLXsueaZpgKfWVGa_r-k0Vy0t5yBnI7N1Si747wgdVy1b1O7fA7UuptztPMtsvFtyD83pRYBrRP/s794/Screenshot%202023-03-07%20at%2011.49.34%20AM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="794" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIEkewHs43OE997jMBnEKhbhO0xxoTtFBcEE6CsZROpc9wY65gVkIrbqkUapLMcZgXy7UXZi1QKurfh2wsd0uPZpSLe0p0VZ9jZul3AtCxxwAehZLXsueaZpgKfWVGa_r-k0Vy0t5yBnI7N1Si747wgdVy1b1O7fA7UuptztPMtsvFtyD83pRYBrRP/s320/Screenshot%202023-03-07%20at%2011.49.34%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><i>[Photo at left of Peter Reilly speaking in 2005 at <a href="https://noblehorizons.org/" target="_blank">Noble Horizons</a> by yours truly]</i><p></p><p>Searching through those files is likely to be a time-consuming endeavor, though. In 1983, The Lakeville Journal ran a chronology of the events up to the point of the investigation. The introduction to that listing notes that, "No other criminal case in Connecticut history has been so thoroughly investigated by so many people for so long a time ... State's Attorney Dennis Santore speaks of the principal investigative file on the case as something occupying not filing cabinets but whole closets."</p><p>That 1983 special section also noted that, "In the process, however, there has been much public confusion about what happened, and who did what to whom, and why the case went on and on like an Icelandic saga ... So many were the events and so mountainous the data that even insiders and diligent observers often lost their way."</p><p>To help readers understand the scope of the investigation and trial, The Lakeville Journal offers this abbreviated version of that chronology:</p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p><b>1973</b></p><p><u>Sept. 28</u>: At some time between 9:30 and 10:00 p.m., Barbara Gibbons, 51, is murdered in her Falls Village home, probably by more than one assailant and almost surely while she puts up a fight for her life. She is stabbed many times and almost beheaded by deep throat slashes. Her nose, three ribs and both thigh bones are broken. Her body is mutilated and internal injuries are inflicted by the sexual use of an unknown weapon. There is a great loss of blood.</p><p>The victim's son, Peter A. Reilly, 18, returns home from a youth center board meeting at Canaan Methodist Church just moments after the assault. Discovering his mother's body on the bedroom floor, he makes five telephone calls for medical assistance. The calls bring a state police cruiser and the Canaan volunteer ambulance as well as friends within minutes.</p><p>As other police personnel arrive, led by the Canaan barracks commandant, Lt. James Shay, Peter Reilly is regarded as a suspect. He is questioned and searched. After his constitutional rights are read to him, a statement is taken down, including his estimation that he arrived home at 9:50-9:55 and his belief that, as he saw his mother on the floor, "She was having problems breathing and she was gasping." He states, "I didn't touch my mother but went straight to the telephone."</p><p><u>Sept. 29</u>: Soon after 2 a.m., four hours after the homicide, Reilly is taken from his home to the Canaan barracks. He waits four more hours until Lieutenant Shay arrives to again read him his rights and begin an hour and a half interrogation. Reilly asks, "Am I actually a suspect?" He is told that he is. Perceiving that his story is not believed, he volunteers for a "lie detector" and is told that one will be arranged.</p><p>After 25 sleepless hours, Reilly is permitted four hours rest in a barracks bedroom. Meantime, a six-hour autopsy of the victim's body is underway, conducted at Sharon Hospital by Dr. Ernest M. Izumi. He and the state medical examiner, Dr. Elliot Gross, had earlier examined the body at the murder scene. Dr. Izumi's opinion that some of the blows and wounds were inflicted after breathing had stopped reinforces Lieutenant Shay's suspicions of Reilly because the suspect said he thought he heard his mother breathing.</p><p>At noon, Reilly is driven to Hartford for a polygraph test that is coupled with a tape-recorded interrogation by Lieutenant Shay and three other officers that continues for some eight hours until almost 11 p.m. Statements that he slashed his mother's throat with a straight razor and jumped on her legs before phoning for emergency aid are put in writing. After signing the confession, he is arrested, fingerprinted and driven back to Canaan.</p><p><u>Sept. 30</u>: After arriving at the Canaan barracks at 12:30 a.m., Reilly is driven to the Litchfield Correctional Center. An hour later, in cell 32, he goes to sleep.</p><p>In the afternoon, acting on the advice of fellow prisoners, he calls friends in Canaan for help in obtaining an attorney. Several families that had attempted to locate him since the murder take actions on his behalf that mark the beginning of a citizens' defense committee.</p><p><u>Nov. 7</u>: A grand jury indicts Reilly for murder of Barbara Gibbons.</p><p><u>Mid-December</u>: In Litchfield Superior Court, police testify and tapes of Reilly's interrogation are played in open court for several days as Judge Anthony Armentano considers a pretrial defense motion to suppress Reilly's written and oral statements. [Defense attorney Catherine] Roraback asserts that Reilly's statements and admissions were taken "under coercion" and in violation of his constitutional rights. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">For the history books: I have republished from the Lakeville Journal a timeline for the Peter Reilly-Barbara Gibbons murder case, perhaps the worst case of wrongful conviction in Conn. history. To my knowledge, it has not been available online until now. <a href="https://t.co/7xuXPPxO1O">https://t.co/7xuXPPxO1O</a> <a href="https://t.co/tLOtloEulJ">pic.twitter.com/tLOtloEulJ</a></p>— Terry D. Cowgill (@terrycowgill) <a href="https://twitter.com/terrycowgill/status/1633220257467756544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 7, 2023</a></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;">1974</b></div><p><u>Feb. 19</u>: Armentano denies motion to suppress confession.</p><p><u>Feb. 20</u>: Reilly trial begins with jury selection in Litchfield Superior Court, Judge John A. Speziale presiding.</p><p><u>Feb. 21</u>: After nearly five months in jail, Reilly is released on a $50,000 bond raised by supporters. He joins the Meyer Madow family of East Canaan.</p><p><u>Late February-early April</u>: State's Attorney John Bianchi stresses confession and other Reilly statements, offers kitchen knife with residue of blood as murder weapon, portrays Reilly's home life with difficult, argumentative mother as background to his explosion of violence. Highlight of prosecution is three-day testimony of Dr. Izumi and color slides of victim and wounds. Interrogation tapes are played by defense to demonstrate psychological coercion. Roraback emphasizes lack of time for Reilly to commit murder and hide evidence, absence of blood on his clothing, and Reilly's close relationship with his mother. Testifying in his own defense, Reilly describes his movements on Sept. 28, 1973, and denies killing his mother.</p><p><u>April 11</u>: After six weeks hearing testimony, jurors begin debate at 12:56 p.m.</p><p><u>April 12</u> (Good Friday): Jury, continuing debate into mid-afternoon, announces decision. Reilly is found guilty of first-degree manslaughter.</p><p><u>May 24</u>: Judge Speziale sentences Peter Reilly to six to 16 years in prison.</p><p>Reilly is driven to Somers penitentiary but returns home several hours later after his supporters raise an additional $10,000 for his new $60,000 bond.</p><p><b>1975</b></p><p><u>January-March</u>: Continuing defense investigation includes review of homicide evidence by Dr. Milton Helpern, former chief medical examiner, New York City, who concludes Reilly is "the least likely suspect."</p><p><u>April 20</u>: Reilly's new attorney, T. F. Gilroy Daly, files legal papers in Litchfield calling for a new Reilly trial.</p><p><u>June 6</u>: Files unsealed in Litchfield disclose the Reilly defense contention that a suspect had both motive and opportunity to kill Barbara Gibbons.</p><p><u>June-December</u>: Five Canaan area families put up houses and property to secure Reilly's bond as fundraising efforts continue. Defense team, while seeking additional new evidence, struggles with State's Attorney John Bianchi for disclosure of state evidence, saying his intransigence verges on being in contempt of court. New York Times in successive front page articles describes apparent miscarriage of justice in Reilly case. CBS films key figures in case for January 60 Minutes broadcast.</p><p><b>1976</b></p><p><u>Jan. 15</u>: Hearing for a new Reilly trial begins before Judge Speziale in Litchfield.</p><p><u>Jan. 20</u>: Daly announces identification of fingerprint discovered by police on side door of victim's house during the 1973 investigation. It belongs to youth living close to Gibbons cottage. He is named as a suspect.</p><p><u>Late January-mid-February</u>: Daly presents an array of evidence against the suspect and his brother. A succession of witnesses makes the case that robbery was the motive for the invasion of Barbara Gibbons' home (her wallet and $100 from a check cashed that day were missing) and that there was antagonism between the suspects and the victim. New evidence tightens the time sequence of Reilly's movements so much, according to Daly, that he had no time to commit violence.</p><p><u>Feb. 18</u>: Hearing ends after six weeks with two days of testimony by psychiatrist Herbert Spiegel explaining the Reilly "confession" as result of police psychological coercion.</p><p><u>March 25</u>: Judge Speziale wipes out 1974 manslaughter conviction by granting Reilly a new trial, stating that "a grave injustice has been done."</p><p><u>Aug. 22</u>: State's Attorney Bianchi dies of a heart attack. He had delayed action in re-trying Reilly.</p><p><u>Sept. 2</u>: Temporary State's Attorney Robert Beach in a "holding action" formally charges Reilly with manslaughter.</p><p><u>Nov. 4</u>: The charge is dismissed, thus freeing Reilly from prosecution, as a result of the discovery by State's Attorney Dennis A. Santore, successor to John Bianchi, of undisclosed evidence favoring Reilly in the late prosecutor's files.</p><p>These are statements made to the state police on Sept. 29 and Oct. 4, 1973, by Frank Finney, an auxiliary state trooper of North Canaan, and his wife Wanda, about having seen Reilly in his blue Corvette at Railroad and Bragg streets in North Canaan just after they left the Canaan Drive-In movie at 9:40 p.m. This was the very time that a key prosecution witness in the Reilly trial, nurse Barbara Fenn, said she had received Reilly's phone call from the scene of the murder.</p><p>In a motion for discovery and inspection in December 1973, Catherine Roraback had asked Bianchi for any exculpatory information and specifically for the name of "any person who saw the defendant driving his car on the night of Sept. 29, 1973, after 9:30 p.m." Santore showed the Finney statements to Judge Speziale, who confirmed their importance. Santore, resisting pressure from state police officers and Chief State's Attorney Joseph Gormley, decided that the statements had to be considered exculpatory and had to be revealed to the sitting judge in the Superior Court, Simon Cohen, who then frees Reilly of all charges.</p><p><u>Nov. 26</u>: Governor Grasso orders the state police to re-investigate the Gibbons slaying and asks Chief State's Attorney Joseph Gormley to inquire into possible prosecution misdeeds.</p><p><u>Dec. 20</u>: In a report that some criticize as a whitewash, Gormley finds nothing improper in the police and prosecution actions in the case.</p><p><u>Dec. 23</u>: Judge Speziale, at Santore's request, names a one-man grand jury – Judge Maurice J. Sponzo – to investigate possible crimes in the handling of the Reilly case. Attorney Paul McQuillan is later selected as special prosecutor.</p><p><b>1977</b></p><p><u>Feb. 3:</u> Sponzo and McQuillan begin hearing testimony in secret in the Litchfield courthouse. State Police re-investigation led by Capt. Thomas McDonnell proceeds simultaneously.</p><p><u>February-May</u>: Virtually all the individuals who testified in the 1974 trial as well as new witnesses and suspects – 92 persons in all – appear before Sponzo and McQuillan during 48 days of hearings.</p><p><u>June 1</u>: Judge Sponzo reports his grand jury findings. While concluding that no crimes were committed by police or prosecutor, he severely criticizes the state's handling of the case and virtually clears Reilly as a suspect in the murder. A secret list of five suspects who had the motivation, capability and opportunity to commit the crime is provided by State's Attorney Santore and the state police.</p><p><u>Sept. 26</u>: Captain McDonnell's re-investigation report is delivered to Santore. The conclusion that Reilly is the murderer according to a new scenario of the crime ("the car theory") is leaked to the press and widely published and broadcast.</p><p><u>Oct. 12</u>: Santore rejects McDonnell reports as "contrived," subjective and lacking evidence worthy enough for prosecution. His view that the Gibbons case remains open and unsolved is challenged by State Police Commissioner Edward Leonard, who declares the case closed and the crime solved.</p><p><u>Oct. 13</u>: Gov. Ella Grasso asks Paul McQuillan to investigate the conflict.</p><p><u>Oct. 20</u>: After making the full text of the McDonnell report public and giving it his blessing, Commissioner Leonard, following meetings with Gov. Grasso and McQuillan, backtracks and "wholeheartedly" declares his support of Santore's position.</p><p><u>Nov. 22</u>: Judge Sponzo in Litchfield frees Reilly from any further prosecution by adding the words "with prejudice" (against the state) to the dismissal of the manslaughter charges ordered a year earlier.</p><p><b>1978</b></p><p><u>Jan. 19</u>: Gov. Grasso, having rejected calls for Commissioner Leonard's resignation in December, declares that the Gibbons case is still open and announces creation of a civilian State Police Advisory Committee. Paul McQuillan, named to head the citizens group, says it should be able to prevent "future Peter Reilly cases."</p><p><u>Feb. 1</u>: Peter Reilly files $2 million damage suit against Commissioner Leonard and Captain McDonnell.</p><p><u>Oct. 3</u>: Gov. Grasso authorizes $20,000 reward for Gibbons case information.</p><p><u>November-December</u>: A new informant, Wallace ("Butch") Wilcox, indicates willingness to provide evidence. Behind-the-scenes efforts to secure a new investigation are made by Donald Connery and Lakeville Journal editor Robert Estabrook, who meet with new Chief State's Attorney Austin McGuigan and Paul McQuillan. McGuigan agrees to launch a probe outside of state police.</p><p><b>1979</b></p><p><u>Jan. 16</u>: McGuigan persuades McQuillan to serve as a special assistant state's attorney and have sole charge of a new Gibbons case investigation.</p><p><u>Jan. 19</u>: A sworn statement made by Wallace Wilcox to his attorney, Alan Neigher, and private detective James Conway is published in The New York Times and other newspapers. Wilcox states that he saw two brothers running from the Gibbons cottage at about the time of the murder in September 1973, and that one of them admitted the murder to him some weeks later while they were working on a farm. Both suspects deny any involvement in the slaying.</p><p><u>January-September</u>: Paul McQuillan conducts an investigation centering on the suspects named in the secret addendum to the one-man grand jury report.</p><p><u>Sept. 25</u>: Three days short of the sixth anniversary of the Gibbons murder, McQuillan announces at a Litchfield press conference that there is not enough evidence to warrant seeking a grand jury indictment of any suspect in the Gibbons murder. He states, however, that there is evidence of perjury by certain witnesses before the one-man grand jury and recommends that the state's attorney follow up and consider prosecution.</p><p><u>Early December</u>: Santore brings perjury charges against Timothy Parmalee, 22, of Falls Village.</p><p><u>Dec. 17</u>: Parmalee pleads guilty in Torrington Superior Court to the state's charge that in 1977 he lied to the Sponzo grand jury. He is released on $1,500 bond pending sentencing. Parmalee had twice told Judge Sponzo that he had not stolen a wallet containing $120 from the Gibbons home about a week before her murder, but after other witnesses implicated him he acknowledged to state police that he had committed the theft and lied to the grand jury.</p><p><b>1980</b></p><p><u>Jan. 22</u>: Parmalee receives a one-year sentence, to be suspended after six months, and probation for two years.</p><p><b>2000</b></p><p><u>July</u>: Peter Reilly asks the state police to conduct DNA tests on strands of hair found in his mother's hand at the time of her death.</p><p><b>2001</b></p><p><u>May</u>: The state police say the hairs are too decayed for standard DNA testing.</p><p><b>2004</b></p><p><u>January</u>: Reilly, Donald Connery and The Lakeville Journal file a Freedom of Information request for state police files on the Gibbons murder. The commission rules that Reilly can see all files dated after 1977, the date of his exoneration. Appeals are filed by the three as well as by the state police.</p><p><u>From December</u>: Judge Speziale, James Conway, playwright Arthur Miller (a supporter of Reilly) and Paul McQuillan all die within a few months of each other.</p><p><b>2005</b></p><p><u>January</u>: Public Safety Commissioner Leonard Boyle agrees to give Reilly access to all the files relating to the murder investigation.</p><p><u>March 9</u>: The Freedom of Information Commission vacates its earlier decision, allowing the state police to give Reilly access to the files.</p><p><u>Comments</u>:</p><p><b>Dennis Santore</b>, Former State's Attorney (2007-08-16 11:48:30)</p><p><i>Mr. Cowgill Just a note to thank you for the chronology of the Barbara Gibbons case. After all these years and the diminishment of memory it is hard for me to recall the chapters of that case. Now I have an excellent outline of the case that had so much impact on my career. Regards...Dennis Santore</i></p><p><b>Jessikah Brown</b> (2007-08-20 21:48:15)</p><p><i>I have always seeked answers on this case due to my relation to the two brothers who were later suspects in this case. I'd like to say I find it amazing how easy small towns point the finger at troublemakers. The same sort of blind "evidence" used to persecute Peter was later used against those two brothers just cause someone is capable of theft or even lying possibly out of fear (which isn't much different than Peter's reasons for falsely confessing) does not make them capable of murder!! And to the gentleman who claims to have seen the brothers leaving the house there is a reason hearsay is not admissible in court and shouldnt be because of your accusations two men's names have been further dragged through the dirt for what?? Just as easily the finger could have pointed at you. In closing I've lived in a small town all my life. It brings a sort of comfort but in that comfort you lose a lot, the one thing you did wrong when young or your outspoken personality hang you in the naive ideals of your very own townspeople and what sort of justice does that bring in the end?</i></p><div><a class="twitter-follow-button" data-show-count="false" href="https://twitter.com/terrycowgill">Follow @terrycowgill</a></div>Terry Cowgillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09879361872421002161noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926331686958472031.post-25665562892175496702023-02-15T12:11:00.019-05:002023-03-10T07:12:07.294-05:00CT Politics TV Hit With Joe Aguiar<p>My hour-long Feb. 8 appearance on <a href="https://ctpolitics.tv/" target="_blank">CTPoliticsTV</a> with Joe Aguiar. We talk state police, garbage, marijuana in Connecticut, wine in grocery stores and a bevy of national issues as well. Always fun.</p><p>Screenshot below. 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Terry Cowgillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09879361872421002161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926331686958472031.post-13815067136591386242022-12-24T06:51:00.015-05:002023-02-15T13:51:25.530-05:00Christmas Cheer, Happy New Year!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thank you, Mr. S for the good cheer, and same to you and my family and friends!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZFgEacOTSAfKLfywCk1Uxvcx03zoKVPKrHu_oiH4t6ebylaHF7EUK1ZzQHi7AeqOt2ftOZrlKMrvgVR740caMA8lWAwYq5MBVmOf80jBqXeB8DKTHn0Nb2wctc8ksG659v2fJ1mZLA3L3-13l_tcc6OHSsj9cAThUW2xtlODDh-MjZf8G16jEJber/s1704/Screenshot%202022-12-24%20at%206.43.35%20AM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1560" data-original-width="1704" height="459" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZFgEacOTSAfKLfywCk1Uxvcx03zoKVPKrHu_oiH4t6ebylaHF7EUK1ZzQHi7AeqOt2ftOZrlKMrvgVR740caMA8lWAwYq5MBVmOf80jBqXeB8DKTHn0Nb2wctc8ksG659v2fJ1mZLA3L3-13l_tcc6OHSsj9cAThUW2xtlODDh-MjZf8G16jEJber/w502-h459/Screenshot%202022-12-24%20at%206.43.35%20AM.png" width="502" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZFgEacOTSAfKLfywCk1Uxvcx03zoKVPKrHu_oiH4t6ebylaHF7EUK1ZzQHi7AeqOt2ftOZrlKMrvgVR740caMA8lWAwYq5MBVmOf80jBqXeB8DKTHn0Nb2wctc8ksG659v2fJ1mZLA3L3-13l_tcc6OHSsj9cAThUW2xtlODDh-MjZf8G16jEJber/s1704/Screenshot%202022-12-24%20at%206.43.35%20AM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a class="twitter-follow-button" data-show-count="false" href="https://twitter.com/terrycowgill" style="text-align: left;">Follow @terrycowgill</a></div><p></p>Terry Cowgillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09879361872421002161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926331686958472031.post-77826940921599179632022-12-14T10:51:00.001-05:002022-12-15T09:30:27.145-05:00Recent CTNewsJunkie Op-eds 2022<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">My latest for <a href="https://twitter.com/ctnewsjunkie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ctnewsjunkie</a> > Over the last decade, we've taken baby steps in dealing with the threat and the reality of mass school shootings: school security & gun control. Does anyone on the planet think it's enough? <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ctpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ctpolitics</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SandyHook10YearsLater?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SandyHook10YearsLater</a> <a href="https://t.co/gcw5lXAzJu">https://t.co/gcw5lXAzJu</a></p><p dir="ltr" lang="en">— Terry D. Cowgill (@terrycowgill) <a href="https://twitter.com/terrycowgill/status/1603008208787968003?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 14, 2022</a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><a class="twitter-follow-button" data-show-count="false" href="https://twitter.com/terrycowgill">Follow @terrycowgill</a></blockquote><p><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2022/12/14/op-ed-ten-years-after-sandy-hook-too-much-work-remains/" target="_blank">Ten Years After Sandy Hook, Too Much Work Remains</a> 12.14.22 <br /><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2022/12/07/op-ed-mckinney-fasano-tell-spoiled-child-trump-to-get-lost/" target="_blank">McKinney, Fasano Tell 'Spoiled Child' Trump To Get Lost</a> 12.07.22<br /><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2022/11/30/op-ed-confusion-in-washington-free-speech-or-law-breaking/" target="_blank">Confusion In ‘Washington’ – Free Speech Or Law Breaking?</a> 11.30.22 <br /><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2022/11/16/op-ed-apropos-of-nothing/" target="_blank">Apropos of Nothing: Of Voting, Bob’s Union Support, Gas Tax Reprieve</a> 11.16.22 <br /><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2022/11/10/op-ed-the-2022-wipeout-what-will-connecticuts-gop-learn-from-it/" target="_blank">The 2022 Wipeout: What Will Connecticut’s GOP Learn From It?</a> <span style="color: black;">11.09.22<br /></span><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2022/10/26/op-ed-limited-bear-hunting-season-long-overdue-in-connecticut/" target="_blank"><span></span></a></p><a name='more'></a><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2022/10/26/op-ed-limited-bear-hunting-season-long-overdue-in-connecticut/" target="_blank">Limited Bear Hunting Season Long Overdue In Connecticut</a> <span style="color: black;">10.19.22<br /></span><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2022/10/19/op-ed-saving-hospitals-who-says-bipartisanship-is-dead/" target="_blank">Saving Hospitals: Who Says Bipartisanship Is Dead?</a> 10.19.22<br /><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2022/10/12/op-ed-teachers-wanted-no-experience-necessary/" target="_blank">Teachers Wanted: No Experience Necessary</a> 10.12.22<br /><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2022/10/05/op-ed-in-my-corner-of-connecticut-two-competitive-races-stand-out/" target="_blank">In My Corner Of Connecticut, Two Competitive Races Stand Out</a> 10.05.22<br /><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2022/09/28/op-ed-often-overlooked-affordable-housing-becomes-a-campaign-issue/" target="_blank">Often Overlooked, Affordable Housing Becomes A Campaign Issue</a> 09.28.22 <br /><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2022/09/21/op-ed-the-fightin-fifth-the-least-democratic-congressional-district-in-connecticut/" target="_blank">The Fightin' Fifth: The Least Democratic Congressional District In Connecticut</a> 09.21.22<br /><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2022/09/14/op-ed-will-september-surprise-in-greenwich-move-the-needle/" target="_blank">Will September Surprise In Greenwich Move The Needle?</a> 09.14.22<br /><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2022/09/07/op-ed-when-cops-issue-phony-tickets-confidence-in-law-enforcement-suffers/" target="_blank">When Cops Issue Phony Tickets, Confidence In Law Enforcement Suffers</a> 09.07.22<br /><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2022/08/24/op-ed-apropos-of-nothing-malloys-reprieve-bobs-plight-and-ditching-cable-news/" target="_blank">Apropos of Nothing: Malloy's Reprieve, Bob's Plight, and Ditching Cable News</a> 08.24.22<br /><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2022/08/17/op-ed-if-connecticut-republicans-want-to-win/" target="_blank">If Connecticut Republicans Want To Win, Some Soul Searching Is In Order</a> 08.17.22<p></p><p></p><div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div><p></p> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div></div>Terry Cowgillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09879361872421002161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926331686958472031.post-32885808369545388672022-08-11T06:09:00.006-04:002022-10-20T09:27:33.930-04:00Can Yang's Third Party Succeed? Depends On Where 'Forward' Is<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZsf7NyxZDQe2GADtMEn3lIY9el653VPQh8q20mmIEu2TCgmWVpaKXAJcaLG1Ouk2cM6_WYgLr101KUU1_BzqTuiWKHY3sPpOrJIfa4fP7xuEaNK8-qc8MH3CsZvFx8vlqvu4QedQ9BgrXQNvervn_Ih0NPCzH57Mk4i_nQwhUKSFRVnJjIB9doakO/s1624/ctnews-logo-full_orig.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="1624" height="86" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZsf7NyxZDQe2GADtMEn3lIY9el653VPQh8q20mmIEu2TCgmWVpaKXAJcaLG1Ouk2cM6_WYgLr101KUU1_BzqTuiWKHY3sPpOrJIfa4fP7xuEaNK8-qc8MH3CsZvFx8vlqvu4QedQ9BgrXQNvervn_Ih0NPCzH57Mk4i_nQwhUKSFRVnJjIB9doakO/w249-h86/ctnews-logo-full_orig.png" width="249" /></a></div>My latest column for <a href="http://CTNewsJunkie.com">CTNewsJunkie.com</a>:<p></p><p>As a lifelong unaffiliated voter unhappy with binary political choices, I've long wished for a viable third party to emerge. But at this early juncture, I find the new party started by Andrew Yang, Christine Todd Whitman and David Jolly profoundly unsatisfying.</p><p>To wit:</p><p><i>The "<a href="https://www.forwardparty.com/" target="_blank">Forward Party</a> is fighting for the American people with practical, common-sense solutions," its website announces. "While other political parties look to divide America into different camps, the Forward Party aims to bring them together."...</i></p><p><i>Presumably so as not to scare anyone away at this early juncture, Yang and company offer practically no specifics as to which policies they would pursue. <a href="https://www.forwardparty.com/platform" target="_blank">In its platform</a>, Forward offers ideas concerning elections themselves (e.g. ranked-choice voting, nonpartisan primaries, independent redistricting commissions) but next to nothing on the other policies its candidates would advocate for if elected to office.</i></p><p><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2022/08/10/op-ed-can-yangs-third-party-succeed-depends-on-where-forward-is/" target="_blank">Read more</a> ...</p><p><a class="twitter-follow-button" data-show-count="false" href="https://twitter.com/terrycowgill">Follow @terrycowgill</a></p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">My latest for <a href="https://twitter.com/ctnewsjunkie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ctnewsjunkie</a> >> So <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewYang?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AndrewYang</a> wants to move us "Forward" with his new political party but seems unwilling at this point to tell us exactly where "forward" takes us. I can't take this effort seriously until I see more transparency. <a href="https://t.co/Ssqfz8ikVU">https://t.co/Ssqfz8ikVU</a></p><p dir="ltr" lang="en">— Terry D. Cowgill (@terrycowgill) <a href="https://twitter.com/terrycowgill/status/1557375635827335168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2022</a></p></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>Terry Cowgillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09879361872421002161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926331686958472031.post-8020205481115988942022-08-01T10:59:00.008-04:002022-10-20T09:28:36.852-04:00Credit Where It's Due: Blumenthal Is Right To Take On MLB's Monopoly<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMQ3KufZxLM6UOSeXvKz27y9FIaRGNqQZR-tMRV1STzuzfVHK3-X0nCInooTKSJfomEpCuB1jMS8dwPhY8ymOmSmZOkIY_k1KxW5qRqjqnSBqAaZsrZALY1IwTzBuUCB0IJgft-QnmoA3rTdI2WNZiONUjvBp8EoV_Nc8k79kYxxU4w3Qu55K5i-wt/s2748/Blumenthal_Guns_(34368837663)_(cropped).jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2748" data-original-width="2740" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMQ3KufZxLM6UOSeXvKz27y9FIaRGNqQZR-tMRV1STzuzfVHK3-X0nCInooTKSJfomEpCuB1jMS8dwPhY8ymOmSmZOkIY_k1KxW5qRqjqnSBqAaZsrZALY1IwTzBuUCB0IJgft-QnmoA3rTdI2WNZiONUjvBp8EoV_Nc8k79kYxxU4w3Qu55K5i-wt/w254-h255/Blumenthal_Guns_(34368837663)_(cropped).jpg" width="254" /></a></div>My latest column for <a href="http://CTNewsJunkie.com">CTNewsJunkie.com</a>:<p></p><p>I may not be the biggest fan of Sen. Richard Blumenthal but I think he is has this right and it's time I said something about it. Major League Baseball's 100-year-old antitrust exemption has outlived its usefulness. Blumenthal and a bipartisan group of fellow senators are pressuring the league to explain itself in the face of evidence that the exemption serves only to protect the interests of the league and no one else.</p><p>To wit:</p><p><i>Speaking of wages, Blumenthal <a href="https://www.courant.com/sports/baseball/yard-goats/hc-sp-mlb-minor-leagues-blumenthal-20220725-20220725-gdha2wagxfcnzmmwet2p77tgay-story.html" target="_blank">pointed out at a press conference</a> (he likes press conferences) at Dunkin’ Donuts Park in Hartford last week, minor league players who are not on the 40-man roster of their major league organization make between $4,800 and $14,700 per year and are paid only during the baseball season. This would include most of the players on the Double-A <a href="https://www.milb.com/hartford" target="_blank">Hartford Yard Goats</a>, who play in the very stadium Blumenthal was standing in.</i></p><p><i>To that I might add, the low pay for minor leaguers disadvantages those whose families don’t have the means to support them while they work for pennies for a long-shot chance to make millions in the big leagues.</i></p><p><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2022/07/31/op-ed-credit-where-its-due-blumenthal-mlb-monopoly/" target="_blank">Read more</a> ...</p><p><a class="twitter-follow-button" data-show-count="false" href="https://twitter.com/terrycowgill">Follow @terrycowgill</a></p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">My latest for <a href="https://twitter.com/ctnewsjunkie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ctnewsjunkie</a> >> I may have my differences with <a href="https://twitter.com/SenBlumenthal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenBlumenthal</a> but he's right about the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/antitrustexemption?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#antitrustexemption</a> enjoyed by <a href="https://twitter.com/MLB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MLB</a> and how unfair it is to all but the well-heeled owners. <a href="https://t.co/1d2d77WOCM">https://t.co/1d2d77WOCM</a></p>— Terry D. Cowgill (@terrycowgill) <a href="https://twitter.com/terrycowgill/status/1554078048315645952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 1, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>Terry Cowgillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09879361872421002161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926331686958472031.post-40170420227233104062022-07-19T13:25:00.014-04:002022-10-20T09:29:25.219-04:00Is Businessman Bob Doomed To Repeat History?<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkW50VF9JbxKCEeAgiX3mt_-4lqz3FWKmvE8HpNtJsWy8ID2PPlCnBl7ckuu-dWAvWZrW1CvJGfINGTdFIGeXhEHTTDpnnCvGEhyhXy2xWWGbv-cMKMrB8sOZE7UQN9I0_rng-L2Vwy-dDYIdhTEB3Wn68UPX9e9oNnqgU3Hdzkh2Bzg0Rm8XW89h_/s600/Bob_Stefanowski_Headshot.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkW50VF9JbxKCEeAgiX3mt_-4lqz3FWKmvE8HpNtJsWy8ID2PPlCnBl7ckuu-dWAvWZrW1CvJGfINGTdFIGeXhEHTTDpnnCvGEhyhXy2xWWGbv-cMKMrB8sOZE7UQN9I0_rng-L2Vwy-dDYIdhTEB3Wn68UPX9e9oNnqgU3Hdzkh2Bzg0Rm8XW89h_/w199-h199/Bob_Stefanowski_Headshot.png" width="199" /></a></div>My latest column for <a href="http://CTNewsJunkie.com">CTNewsJunkie.com</a>:</div><div><br /></div><div>In almost any other endeavor, capable leadership would change course. But since 2010, Connecticut Republicans have continued to employ the same strategy in selecting candidates for high-profile statewide offices: rich, mostly self-funding office seekers with little-to-no experience in the public sector.</div><div><br /></div><div>Tom Foley ran against Dan Malloy twice and failed both times. Within the span of two years, Linda McMahon ran unsuccessfully for US Senate twice — once against Dick Blumenthal and another time against Chris Murphy. Bob Stefanowski ran against Ned Lamont for governor in 2018 and failed. So what is the CTGOP doing now? They're running Bob again.</div><div><br /></div><div>To wit:</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Stefanowski has an uphill climb here. Twice in the last decade, Republicans ran a wealthy businessman with no experience as a candidate for public office against Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and twice they lost. Twice they ran a wealthy businesswoman against each of our Democratic US senators and she lost both times. Why should we think Stefanowski’s rematch with Lamont will be any different? <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/einstein-s-parable-of-quantum-insanity/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CInsanity%20is%20doing%20the%20same,usually%20attributed%20to%20Albert%20Einstein." target="_blank">Einstein’s definition of insanity</a> comes to mind.</i></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2022/07/18/op-ed-is-businessman-stefanowski-doomed-to-repeat-history/" target="_blank">Read more</a> ...</div><div><br /></div><div><a class="twitter-follow-button" data-show-count="false" href="https://twitter.com/terrycowgill">Follow @terrycowgill</a></div>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">My latest for <a href="https://twitter.com/ctnewsjunkie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ctnewsjunkie</a> >> Looking at Connecticut's campaign for governor: <a href="https://twitter.com/CTGOP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CTGOP</a> again nominates for statewide office another businessman who has never even run for dog-catcher. What could possibly go wrong? <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TomFoley?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TomFoley</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LindaMcMahon?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LindaMcMahon</a> <a href="https://t.co/37Q5pPfqSQ">https://t.co/37Q5pPfqSQ</a></p>— Terry D. Cowgill (@terrycowgill) <a href="https://twitter.com/terrycowgill/status/1549087689948946435?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 18, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>Terry Cowgillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09879361872421002161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926331686958472031.post-10581674971935341822022-07-06T06:50:00.005-04:002022-10-20T09:29:52.831-04:00Lamont's Blunder: Using Abortion As Business Recruiting Tool<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSc2tcc_4FnKbUJNgkAuRiiI6EkgeynzmIP6Dz4Gad02K8uoZF7GDxSxqwm7mi_WyUGTXEZqi-J5ZBt1rTDBv2TPUxsLfrtS8iF0ORH5iPLdTQks21-5NE-GcjpE-BF0YM8z86PZ1aQYtWsIQBLseIHHnDz3rw1ZRygUtPeyM778imoq_L3ZUtwvvZ/s1624/ctnews-logo-full_orig.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="1624" height="84" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSc2tcc_4FnKbUJNgkAuRiiI6EkgeynzmIP6Dz4Gad02K8uoZF7GDxSxqwm7mi_WyUGTXEZqi-J5ZBt1rTDBv2TPUxsLfrtS8iF0ORH5iPLdTQks21-5NE-GcjpE-BF0YM8z86PZ1aQYtWsIQBLseIHHnDz3rw1ZRygUtPeyM778imoq_L3ZUtwvvZ/w244-h84/ctnews-logo-full_orig.png" width="244" /></a></div>My latest column for <a href="http://CTNewsJunkie.com">CTNewsJunkie.com</a>:<p></p><p>Few topics get the blood boiling like abortion. But the topic here isn't the procedure itself; it's Gov. Lamont's attempt to use abortion access as a means of attracting businesses to the state.</p><p>To wit:</p><p><i>But there is a twist to it. Instead of touting Connecticut’s great business environment, which would be difficult to do with a straight face, Lamont is trying to exploit unfavorable reaction to the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/06/24/1102305878/supreme-court-abortion-roe-v-wade-decision-overturn" target="_blank">overturning Roe vs. Wade</a> by bragging about the fact that abortion is safe and legal in Connecticut, and that it will remain that way if he has anything to do with it ...</i></p><p><i>It feels like, in the absence of a favorable business climate, Lamont is devaluing abortion rights by using them as a cheap gimmick, less to offer the procedure to desperate pregnant women from red states than as an wedge issue to deploy in the service of some sort of economic war with conservative states.</i></p><p><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2022/07/05/op-ed-using-abortion-as-business-recruiting-tool/" target="_blank">Read more</a> ...</p><p><a class="twitter-follow-button" data-show-count="false" href="https://twitter.com/terrycowgill">Follow @terrycowgill</a></p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"... Lamont is devaluing abortion rights by using them as a cheap gimmick..." <a href="https://t.co/jBWAsjm1IU">https://t.co/jBWAsjm1IU</a></p>— Linda Blais (@LindaB1310) <a href="https://twitter.com/LindaB1310/status/1544427438394195969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 5, 2022</a></blockquote>Terry Cowgillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09879361872421002161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926331686958472031.post-63160306697201165792022-06-28T15:59:00.004-04:002022-10-20T09:30:16.208-04:00REASON GONE MAD: The history of Great Barrington’s first roundabout<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">A knee-slapping piece of drollery here by <a href="https://twitter.com/BillShein?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BillShein</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerkEdge?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BerkEdge</a> on the great traffic-circle kerfuffle in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GreatBarrington?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GreatBarrington</a>. Warning: if you're one of those fire-breathing, fact-averse roundaboutaphobes, this piece might contain offensive language. <a href="https://t.co/wUlXNnvyBp">https://t.co/wUlXNnvyBp</a></p>— Terry D. Cowgill (@terrycowgill) <a href="https://twitter.com/terrycowgill/status/1541815181868670980?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 28, 2022</a></blockquote><p><a class="twitter-follow-button" data-show-count="false" href="https://twitter.com/terrycowgill">Follow @terrycowgill</a> </p> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>Terry Cowgillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09879361872421002161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926331686958472031.post-30084898925400684452022-06-21T08:00:00.005-04:002022-10-20T09:30:39.523-04:00As GOP Office Seekers Tiptoe Through Minefields, Talk of ‘Moral Turpitude’ in Torrington<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5EzBBcXoi9Sr8HfBSjtPz1EkP_ieQtYyb1wCDYhbNApwHFVlRula7bQWCyG2TMonodtRyoFTEliTiS70pNmRUZmTgT04aRitJ_lv_vO7pdQE8bO2EHAJm-GVuI7qt6xCM6V7o4jcKDkpyjAgS306-OU36i-0ZUzkMx45Cu0wxaj7er501JzEo4TVV/s600/50422514_2007603529289291_2261116383729287168_n.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5EzBBcXoi9Sr8HfBSjtPz1EkP_ieQtYyb1wCDYhbNApwHFVlRula7bQWCyG2TMonodtRyoFTEliTiS70pNmRUZmTgT04aRitJ_lv_vO7pdQE8bO2EHAJm-GVuI7qt6xCM6V7o4jcKDkpyjAgS306-OU36i-0ZUzkMx45Cu0wxaj7er501JzEo4TVV/w195-h195/50422514_2007603529289291_2261116383729287168_n.jpg" width="195" /></a></div>My latest column for <a href="http://CTNewsJunkie.com">CTNewsJunkie.com</a>:<p></p><p>Is it fair to either food truck operators or law enforcement itself to allow police to pull the licenses of food truck vendors who are lacking in "good moral character?" That's still the law in Torrington.</p><p>Also, in the Trump (or even post-Trump) era, how difficult is it in Connecticut to run for state or regional office as a Republican? Ask Bob Stefanowski, who is negotiating hazardous waters in his quest to become Connecticut's first Republican governor since Jodi Rell left the building in 2009.</p><p><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2022/06/20/op-ed-as-gop-office-seekers-tiptoe-through-minefields-talk-of-moral-turpitude-in-torrington/" target="_blank">Read more</a> ...</p><p><a class="twitter-follow-button" data-show-count="false" href="https://twitter.com/terrycowgill">Follow @terrycowgill</a></p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">OP-ED | As GOP Office Seekers Tiptoe Through Minefields, Talk of ‘Moral Turpitude’ in Torrington <a href="https://t.co/nRpLDlOX1d">https://t.co/nRpLDlOX1d</a></p>— ctnewsjunkie (@ctnewsjunkie) <a href="https://twitter.com/ctnewsjunkie/status/1538899355838521344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 20, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>Terry Cowgillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09879361872421002161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926331686958472031.post-61161307801108425602022-06-08T09:54:00.010-04:002022-06-12T14:34:19.345-04:00State and Federal Government Fact Checkers Doomed To Fail<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhDHRIsdsr5GhlvwGx-WtZl2gfJF7lczg99-kKbyb1VzT7ZoP84cu1H8CkEdUqRnu_4YuZJMv4LTb9IPwUqqY6XJb38faY1hOCyIoopbuoOlXZ4Nw2iHVhl1gS_3qTS-mH5wDfJcp9UQvK3GIC06eazbvkMwgzeXseWhigHah_cz4v0n3eTrZZSGxc/s1624/ctnews-logo-full_orig.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="1624" height="79" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhDHRIsdsr5GhlvwGx-WtZl2gfJF7lczg99-kKbyb1VzT7ZoP84cu1H8CkEdUqRnu_4YuZJMv4LTb9IPwUqqY6XJb38faY1hOCyIoopbuoOlXZ4Nw2iHVhl1gS_3qTS-mH5wDfJcp9UQvK3GIC06eazbvkMwgzeXseWhigHah_cz4v0n3eTrZZSGxc/w227-h79/ctnews-logo-full_orig.png" width="227" /></a></div>My latest column for <a href="http://CTNewsJunkie.com">CTNewsJunkie.com</a>:<p></p><p>CT's government fact-checkers could suffer the same fate as the Biden administration's Disinformation Governance Board. It will either be "paused" or few people will believe it.</p><p>To wit:</p><p><i>As my colleague Hugh McQuaid reported last week, the new post is “part of a broader, $2 million campaign to root out bad voting information ahead of the 2022 statewide elections.” Merrill’s chief of staff, Gabe Rosenberg, says the new hire’s charge “will be limited to election administration.” The analyst will not referee political disputes or personal attacks among candidates for office. Sounds harmless enough, right? ...</i></p><p><i>Moreover, those who cheered the creation of the disinformation board and the EISA might want to think twice about it. You might think those truth tellers are fine if they are guided by elected officials that you like, but imagine for a moment what a ministry of truth would look like in the Trump administration.</i></p><p><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2022/06/06/op-ed-state-and-federal-government-fact-checkers-doomed-to-fail/" target="_blank">Read more</a> ...</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">“misinformation … can spread faster than COVID at an orgy.” Yikes! Excellent piece by <a href="https://twitter.com/terrycowgill?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@terrycowgill</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ctnewsjunkie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ctnewsjunkie</a> This position should be scrapped; if not, then everything flagged as mis or dis information must be made public. <a href="https://t.co/y2gE4BzmaB">https://t.co/y2gE4BzmaB</a></p>— John McKinney (@SenatorMcKinney) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenatorMcKinney/status/1533844443454967810?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 6, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>Terry Cowgillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09879361872421002161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926331686958472031.post-6308425737625101262022-05-23T07:27:00.010-04:002022-06-30T06:05:12.226-04:00Lobster Or 'Porcupine?' Malloy In Hot Water In Maine<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoRZJYGYVskZxIQzFQjVNRdun8hn-hNEzFKH-vu1vqsXAlQqDZy42ZRR4G-x8MrjbulXtedv3Ja6s0VT84X1uozI7YF02zzSRK_aOIY1_4ULmtjLVIFQDabHSDPawZfgbtJiksMLQ4VFcmjQjsvWl4zK5XH3JT5ZJT2rt4JGE9vzKgXkty2Aae_4Bh/s600/50422514_2007603529289291_2261116383729287168_n.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoRZJYGYVskZxIQzFQjVNRdun8hn-hNEzFKH-vu1vqsXAlQqDZy42ZRR4G-x8MrjbulXtedv3Ja6s0VT84X1uozI7YF02zzSRK_aOIY1_4ULmtjLVIFQDabHSDPawZfgbtJiksMLQ4VFcmjQjsvWl4zK5XH3JT5ZJT2rt4JGE9vzKgXkty2Aae_4Bh/w196-h196/50422514_2007603529289291_2261116383729287168_n.jpg" width="196" /></a></div><br />My latest column for <a href="http://CTNewsJunkie.com">CTNewsJunkie.com</a>:</div><p></p><p>Should we be surprised that former Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy is alienating the good people of Maine with his arrogance and sharp elbows? In his post-gubernatorial gig as chancellor of the University of Maine system, Malloy began to make enemies right out of the starting blocks.</p><p>To wit:</p><p><i>Faculty at two of the system’s universities have passed resolutions of no-confidence in Malloy, while students at a third staged a 24-hour sit-in. These actions, which amount to a tsunami of bad news for Malloy, all happened within the span of three days this month but have been brewing almost from the start of Malloy’s tenure. The reasons for his troubles might seem rather simple but, as with all things Malloy, the reality is complicated.</i></p><p><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2022/05/23/op-ed-lobster-or-porcupine-malloy-in-hot-water-in-maine/" target="_blank">Read more</a> ...</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Good read, Terry. I was unaware of Malloy’s current travails in Maine, so thanks. You remind me of a few things I wrote about our former governor:<a href="https://t.co/vuVYp5fxtt">https://t.co/vuVYp5fxtt</a></p>— Barth Keck (@keckb33) <a href="https://twitter.com/keckb33/status/1528674513071882242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 23, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>Terry Cowgillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09879361872421002161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926331686958472031.post-1116613697447016862022-05-09T08:04:00.006-04:002022-05-09T12:07:40.987-04:00Apropos of Nothing: 2022 Session Ends; Lawmakers Raise Their Pay; and Reax To SCOTUS Leak<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjnhoylttOcC7doOpVALkA-V_wf2YkoeYviRtPPgZmWMZdGDLlUdXxpVKLovsnstx_zgTo-yBMVFHfX-2fzA5rZeBKtgDIqwwUp3GRAjHXy8YgVu1pVOO2ittbGje2DyWSr_RkwDX9XunEVZ2HbAVZh1QHTZfhoyZHNm9Ri_k8A450_BMzbCcZFufq/s180/CTNewsJunkie_big-e1399547570270.gif" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="180" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjnhoylttOcC7doOpVALkA-V_wf2YkoeYviRtPPgZmWMZdGDLlUdXxpVKLovsnstx_zgTo-yBMVFHfX-2fzA5rZeBKtgDIqwwUp3GRAjHXy8YgVu1pVOO2ittbGje2DyWSr_RkwDX9XunEVZ2HbAVZh1QHTZfhoyZHNm9Ri_k8A450_BMzbCcZFufq/s1600/CTNewsJunkie_big-e1399547570270.gif" width="180" /></a></div>My latest column for <a href="http://CTNewsJunkie.com">CTNewsJunkie.com</a>:<p></p><p>There were lots of juicy morsels worthy of note in the 2020 legislative session but few were more upsetting than the structure of the raises lawmakers gave themselves.</p><p>To wit:</p><p><i>The problem I have is that the legislation, which would boost base pay of members from $28,000 to $40,000 next year, ties future pay increases to the <a href="https://www.investopedia.com/terms/e/eci.asp" target="_blank">Employment Cost Index</a> to be adjusted every two years. </i></p><p><i>That means future raises will, for all practical purposes, be automatic. That’s not exactly a profile in courage, dear lawmakers. If you feel you need a raise, then have the guts to vote for it.</i></p><p><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2022/05/09/op-ed-apropos-of-nothing-2022-session-ends-lawmaker-raise-their-pay-and-reax-to-scotus-leak%ef%bf%bc/" rel="" target="_blank">Read more</a> ...</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/terrycowgill?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@terrycowgill</a> nails it!<br /><br />Get back to me when these part-timers pass a law so that ppl making min wage receive AUTOMATIC raises based off Employment Cost Index.<br /><br />Like I said before, this is some bi-partisan bullshit... <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ctpolitics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ctpolitics</a> <a href="https://t.co/xrVdajYfWa">https://t.co/xrVdajYfWa</a> <a href="https://t.co/XEvw7vp2Je">pic.twitter.com/XEvw7vp2Je</a></p>— Alfonso Robinson (@ctblogger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ctblogger/status/1523629475983880192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>Terry Cowgillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09879361872421002161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926331686958472031.post-82177332393409653102022-04-26T10:52:00.007-04:002022-04-26T10:53:30.707-04:00Musk Deletes Every Twitter Account but His<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Hah! "In an official statement, Musk said that he deleted everyone else’s accounts to address "the No. 1 problem plaguing Twitter: the relentless flood of voices inferior to mine." <a href="https://t.co/1qoXgIqOWG">https://t.co/1qoXgIqOWG</a></p>— Terry D. Cowgill (@terrycowgill) <a href="https://twitter.com/terrycowgill/status/1518960325969776645?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>Terry Cowgillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09879361872421002161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926331686958472031.post-7292060138295066882022-04-25T08:32:00.011-04:002022-04-25T12:29:32.583-04:00Unemployment Benefits For Striking Workers? No, It’s Not The Onion<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9KGOpI9AN8iH2UUfjvOt_UAFDjjTCSfoHEAS5ReCipP4xH3tPg3BG-1Bemz0qDI6eEBGbedynpxSbBYKn2U3sXEW50zdjkNqzQWIZKFU-3g7zedkHUcbkt8c-ChhOk8zy5kf7YKzK9I0WIBerkoglgrA8NhRCO66btHwYwxpF8NM_5DmTciEFXgSA/s294/ctnewsjunkie.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="93" data-original-width="294" height="68" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9KGOpI9AN8iH2UUfjvOt_UAFDjjTCSfoHEAS5ReCipP4xH3tPg3BG-1Bemz0qDI6eEBGbedynpxSbBYKn2U3sXEW50zdjkNqzQWIZKFU-3g7zedkHUcbkt8c-ChhOk8zy5kf7YKzK9I0WIBerkoglgrA8NhRCO66btHwYwxpF8NM_5DmTciEFXgSA/w216-h68/ctnewsjunkie.png" width="216" /></a></div>My latest column for <a href="http://CTNewsJunkie.com">CTNewsJunkie.com</a>:<p></p><p>Sometimes life imitates art or, in this case, it imitates some imaginary parody. To wit, the knuckle-headed idea of progressives in the state Senate to make striking workers eligible for unemployment benefits:</p><p><i>Is it possible to pull a muscle from shaking your head in disbelief? I’m about to find out because the state Senate has pulled a move that defies gravity, logic, and all good common sense ...</i></p><p><i>You could probably count on one hand the number of issues on which I agree with right-wing Republican Rep. Eric Berthel, but he correctly pointed out the cognitive dissonance of the bill’s misguided supporters.</i></p><p><i>"That is one of the tenets of being able to collect unemployment – you have to be ready to go back to work and they’re not because they’re on strike," Berthel told CTNewsJunkie's Hugh McQuaid.<br /></i></p><p><a href="https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2022/04/25/op-ed-unemployment-benefits-for-striking-workers-no-its-not-the-onion/" target="_blank">Read more</a> ...</p><p><a blockquote="" class="twitter-tweet"></a></p><p></p> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"The bottom line is the bill sends a dreadful message to companies that are considering relocating or starting up here," <a href="https://twitter.com/terrycowgill?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@terrycowgill</a> writes. "The burdens will fall on the little people of the state’s struggling private sector. Sweet." <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/smallbiz?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#smallbiz</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/emplaw?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#emplaw</a> <a href="https://t.co/F9TpBZALIP">https://t.co/F9TpBZALIP</a></p>— CBIA (@CBIANews) <a href="https://twitter.com/CBIANews/status/1518611671929044993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 25, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>Terry Cowgillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09879361872421002161noreply@blogger.com0