tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239070883775529047.post7350728470518637331..comments2024-03-02T16:26:31.465-05:00Comments on The Middletown Insider: Through the Looking Glass an alternate view of Wednesday's P/Z Meeting -Part 1Middletown Insiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10242085742226763775noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239070883775529047.post-26502246156746857702013-07-03T22:27:33.438-04:002013-07-03T22:27:33.438-04:00Hi! I just did a search on my new family homestead...Hi! I just did a search on my new family homestead, 170 College St., and found this thread. I'm not familiar with the local politics, but want to share my profound gratitude to the Blue House Group folks - Scott Kessel, Rani Arbo, Catherine Johnson, Mary Alice Haddad, Lucy McMillian, Edward McKeon, Stephen Smith, and Monica Belyea - for doing such a lovely job on the renovations and for being such great neighbors. I grew up in Middletown and actually lived at 170 College St. while an undergrad at Wesleyan (it was then known as Womanist House). So this is really a homecoming for me. My family and I are loving our new home! Julie Riouxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239070883775529047.post-85266489436375493072013-03-15T18:55:00.011-04:002013-03-15T18:55:00.011-04:00I would support developing the area if it was some...I would support developing the area if it was something besides Starbucks/Chipotle that could destroy the small businesses on/near Main St. Fine business idea putting something on Washington St., but poor choice of what to put there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239070883775529047.post-82364909261531307872013-03-12T23:35:21.733-04:002013-03-12T23:35:21.733-04:00True, but sometimes whistle blowers need to hide t...True, but sometimes whistle blowers need to hide their identity. Think about it, Ed went to someone's home and he was mistaken.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239070883775529047.post-19469374335235862452013-03-12T22:59:32.450-04:002013-03-12T22:59:32.450-04:00Thank you Rani. It gets real tiresome seeing comm...Thank you Rani. It gets real tiresome seeing comments by one or however many Anonymice we have here in Middletown. When you're a mouse hiding in your hole you feel free to say anything you want, whether you have any facts to back it up or not. Might as well be working for Fox News.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12100638287483252819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239070883775529047.post-54373992352301520092013-03-12T17:00:55.870-04:002013-03-12T17:00:55.870-04:00Wow. I am a member of the Blue House Group, and I ...Wow. I am a member of the Blue House Group, and I would like to clarify a few points. First of all, the "Blue House" is not 170 Washington Street; the house is on College Street and not in the proposed MX Zone, nor is it in the North End. Secondly, we are unlikely to make money on the sale, if we can indeed sell it at all, which we have not succeeded in doing (we finished it more than a year ago). Thirdly, and you may find this hard to believe, but we did not buy it to make money. We bought it because we wanted to fix it up and make it available to someone who would take care of it, enjoy living downtown, be part of our community and send their kids to school here. The house is within a half block of most of us, so it is literally our neighbor. Please do get in touch if you're interested!! But please don't slander us when you don't have the facts right. Lastly: the people opposing this zone change -- those who were at the P & Z meeting and who were demonstrating on Monday -- are from ALL OVER Middletown. This is not a Village District liberal conspiracy. I understand that tempers are high on both sides, and that cherry-picking facts is part of politics as we know it today. But if you're going to cherry pick them, please get them right. Rani Arbonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239070883775529047.post-33289050597475432312013-03-12T09:17:46.541-04:002013-03-12T09:17:46.541-04:00Here is the Poop Scoop on ole Eddie:
He wrote a n...Here is the Poop Scoop on ole Eddie:<br /><br />He wrote a nasty letter to one public official who sits on a very important committee in this matter: threats about this and that if this public official doesn't retract her/his statments which were published ANON by you guys/girls. Ed can do what he wants, it's ED4ED or ED$ED per Blue HOUSE LLC.<br /><br /> After having his threatening letter ignored, EM goes to her/his home on a SUNDAY morning with a camera in hand and is yelling and screaming until cops are called on him. The residents of the home "were shocked and scared about said incident."(FOI It! Naysayers!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239070883775529047.post-14076225917276382142013-03-11T12:29:15.006-04:002013-03-11T12:29:15.006-04:00These guys are protesting on the street today - to...These guys are protesting on the street today - too much time on their hands!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239070883775529047.post-52689835374115288082013-03-07T20:23:30.085-05:002013-03-07T20:23:30.085-05:00Whoa! All you protesters were up in arms over Land...Whoa! All you protesters were up in arms over Landino's Money making this and that.. NIce!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239070883775529047.post-69364616658640584252013-03-07T13:04:23.011-05:002013-03-07T13:04:23.011-05:00This is about zone change not about anyone's r...This is about zone change not about anyone's right to make money. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239070883775529047.post-77291741659856576182013-03-07T11:34:40.934-05:002013-03-07T11:34:40.934-05:00Agree with anonymous at 10:41 - Ed is a public off...Agree with anonymous at 10:41 - Ed is a public official and now it is become obvious that he spends more time on this issue and flipping houses for a profit instead of what he was elected to do.<br /><br />Transparency is a joke. <br /><br />He's on the budget committee, but there is not even a budget on the district's web site.<br /><br />He's steering extra staff to where his kids go to school. Of course he will deny all involvement in that and have "reasons" to justify the staffing level. <br /><br />He is also part of a movement to bring back the Norwalk school IT Director who got caught charging personal things for his airplane on the district credit card.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239070883775529047.post-1056674712344838252013-03-07T11:07:02.057-05:002013-03-07T11:07:02.057-05:00Wow! I thought Insider would and let Ed control yo...Wow! I thought Insider would and let Ed control your content and thoughts... I am very surprised that this true information came to light.. Double WOW!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239070883775529047.post-26506959729006333692013-03-07T10:41:39.186-05:002013-03-07T10:41:39.186-05:00I am disapponted in certain people.
HOw about a...I am disapponted in certain people. <br /><br />HOw about a story on Ed's appointment to the budget committee on the BOE? Where do you think he tries to muscle all his the town's monies toward? McDonough School, yep the same one where h is kids go... In this case Ed is like Ted Raczka.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239070883775529047.post-28044973273740237822013-03-07T10:14:09.718-05:002013-03-07T10:14:09.718-05:00Crazy... I don't get it.. There is a Blue Hous...Crazy... I don't get it.. There is a Blue House on the books at the city's offices, with all the names the author listed... Where is the lie? <br /><br />I guess it's the old Liberal adage: Do what I say not what I do! or It's okay for me to make $$ off the neighborhood but not you. <br /><br />Ed and Landino are very similiar except Landino is upfront like OsbourneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239070883775529047.post-74074947341799963332013-03-07T06:53:06.560-05:002013-03-07T06:53:06.560-05:00A blog is under no legal obligation to fact check ...A blog is under no legal obligation to fact check and the bar for defamation is pretty high. Obviously Ed confuses free speech with slander but only when it is about him. <br /><br />Noiceably absent is eds correcting of what he claims to be wrong facts. Just saying it without correcring the record doesn't make it so Ed. <br /><br />Looks like he's been exposed and he would prefer<br />To hide the truth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239070883775529047.post-24072119173495619692013-03-07T06:29:17.522-05:002013-03-07T06:29:17.522-05:00What isn't true about the article?? Check the ...What isn't true about the article?? Check the land records, Blue House LLC and those names are on them.. They exist.. <br /><br />True!.. Wow, battle of the blogs!!<br /><br />What would he sue for in court? He would have to prove that your opinions and facts (I checked) are true.. He is also a public figure... Malice? I don't see it.. Keep writing guys or girls or whomever you are.. the truth will come out. Don't let them scare you.. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239070883775529047.post-71896604692717180442013-03-06T23:13:30.486-05:002013-03-06T23:13:30.486-05:00Whaaaaa Whaaaaa Whaaa Ed. Don't like it when ...Whaaaaa Whaaaaa Whaaa Ed. Don't like it when the tables are turned on you? Now you are going to bully a blog? Gonna use taxpayer funds to sue them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239070883775529047.post-71492819439620007782013-03-06T21:37:08.381-05:002013-03-06T21:37:08.381-05:00The city moved the convent for the connection and ...The city moved the convent for the connection and gave federal funds to renovate for kid cityAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239070883775529047.post-63079398752463908682013-03-06T19:00:56.540-05:002013-03-06T19:00:56.540-05:00This post contains untruths and slanderous stateme...This post contains untruths and slanderous statement. Remove it immediately, or you are at risk of suit for defamation of character and slander.<br /><br />Ed McKeonMiddletown Eye (Ed McKeon)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15825886539128890014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239070883775529047.post-54073488051864098742013-03-06T18:15:15.969-05:002013-03-06T18:15:15.969-05:00Who can stand to read anything Ed McKeon writes?Who can stand to read anything Ed McKeon writes?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239070883775529047.post-57132713524198256012013-03-06T14:44:41.462-05:002013-03-06T14:44:41.462-05:00I guess I won't donate to Kid City anytime soo...I guess I won't donate to Kid City anytime soon!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239070883775529047.post-20695181093801881962013-03-06T12:38:03.952-05:002013-03-06T12:38:03.952-05:00Their side considers the INsider, a "bunch of...Their side considers the INsider, a "bunch of haters" and "smut", but it's starting to make sense.. They have a lot to hide, BLUE HOUSE is true. Makes me so upset.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239070883775529047.post-52530083388242099552013-03-06T12:32:48.357-05:002013-03-06T12:32:48.357-05:00The convent that became KidCity was donated by St....The convent that became KidCity was donated by St. Sebastian's Church to the non profit Connection Fund Inc., which moved the building to its current location and leased the property to KidCity, according to a Nov. 30th 1997 article in the Hartford Courant. The article does not state the City paid for the move.<br /><br />KidCity was later purchased from The Connection Inc., according to a 1999 Hartford Courant article which discusses funding and grants in better detail.<br /><br />http://articles.courant.com/1999-09-29/news/9909291085_1_museum-manager-kids-rule-main-streetMiddletown Insiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10242085742226763775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239070883775529047.post-12466010408363300582013-03-06T11:56:11.023-05:002013-03-06T11:56:11.023-05:00i want to know more about ed's and kidcity'...i want to know more about ed's and kidcity's sucking of taxpayer moneyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239070883775529047.post-49357605489703547582013-03-06T11:54:01.835-05:002013-03-06T11:54:01.835-05:00John Hall has no credibility in my book. He wanted...John Hall has no credibility in my book. He wanted to allow psycho killer John Messenger out of CVH to worship at a local church. So honest people trying to make a living and bring business bad but people who kill their pregnant wives with golf clubs ok? Give me a break- why did Ed leave that out of his essay? Phipps & Drew and all attend functions at that popular villager church quite often, they brag about it on facebook. Of course no one spoke against their support! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239070883775529047.post-80681188336823246002013-03-06T08:48:37.611-05:002013-03-06T08:48:37.611-05:00Most of the members of BLue House are married and ...Most of the members of BLue House are married and have a lot to gain by their continuance of flipping houses... <br /><br />Easy to do, right?<br /><br />1) Fool the masses with an environmental issue (ala John Hall)<br />2) Get the masses all fired up!. Green/Liberal<br />3) Cash out at the end. THe bottom line is to protect BLUEHOUSE<br /><br />How much does Jen make as CCO or CEO at KIDCITY?? NONPROFIT. It's taxpayer's money.. She didn't invest her own money into the project, it's like going to FOXWOODS with someboody else's money and then being rewarded for making a profit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com