tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390708837755290472024-03-16T14:50:10.326-04:00The Middletown Insider Middletown Insiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10242085742226763775noreply@blogger.comBlogger4456125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239070883775529047.post-83093178932509220152024-02-20T16:58:00.001-05:002024-02-20T16:58:17.978-05:00Action Alert : Ammo Tax needs to be stopped!<p> </p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="yiv5364682693templateContainer" style="background-color: #2b89ae; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important; width: 600px;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td align="center" style="outline: none !important; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="yiv5364682693templateBody" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; border-top: 0px; min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; width: 600px;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv5364682693bodyContainer" style="outline: none !important; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv5364682693mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; width: 100%;"><tbody class="yiv5364682693mcnTextBlockOuter" style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv5364682693mcnTextBlockInner" style="outline: none !important; padding-top: 9px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv5364682693mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv5364682693mcnTextContent" style="color: #606060; font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 30px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXUVO0PfPXiLDWrLIi1f0d3iPUnbc38pmxLp7XIbtJ2Uy4AeMB2EvK7_X6su3GZhZ0KUrfiOZY1xIw2YtShUiqcG6aVXqWgYPjSoIo4XwNcSJ8JVzQpi1G9riH7scCdHa2LTORopK9gu4pPK7d6NJptOuKdR4gp2SHqUzW7KVZS8Mgrj4WayXlG2l9BTsg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1707" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXUVO0PfPXiLDWrLIi1f0d3iPUnbc38pmxLp7XIbtJ2Uy4AeMB2EvK7_X6su3GZhZ0KUrfiOZY1xIw2YtShUiqcG6aVXqWgYPjSoIo4XwNcSJ8JVzQpi1G9riH7scCdHa2LTORopK9gu4pPK7d6NJptOuKdR4gp2SHqUzW7KVZS8Mgrj4WayXlG2l9BTsg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="outline: none !important;"><strong style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Ammo Tax in Committee - Again!<br /></span></strong></span><br style="outline: none !important;" /><span style="font-size: medium;">For the fourth time, Representative Jillian Gilchrest (D-18<sup style="outline: none !important;">th</sup>) has proposed yet another egregious <strong style="outline: none !important;"><u style="outline: none !important;">tax on ammunition</u></strong> sales in Connecticut. For now, this bill sits in Committee. It is our goal to see that it does not make it out! This is the easiest and most concise way to stop anti-gun bills.<br style="outline: none !important;" /> <br style="outline: none !important;" />We are calling on our membership to submit an e-mail to their representative and those sitting on the finance committee to ask they <strong style="outline: none !important;"><u style="outline: none !important;">DO NOT SUPPORT </u></strong>this proposed legislation. Our organization has so far been successful in keeping an ammunition tax at bay, please help us continue that success by voicing your opinion today!<br style="outline: none !important;" /><br style="outline: none !important;" />Proposed <strong style="outline: none !important;">H.B. 5114</strong> is dangerous for multiple reasons:</span><ul style="outline: none !important;"><li style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Responsible gun owners are being penalized for the actions of criminals!</span></li><li style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Makes it hard for people already struggling in our economy train properly</span></li><li style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Is on par with a sin tax</span></li><li style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Guns and ammo are ALREADY subject to an additional <a href="https://ccdl.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6023f7975cfc040f5d86fce47&id=62e178bbf8&e=41f6e27ba2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #6dc6dd; outline: none !important; overflow-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">11% tax</a> on top of the CT sales tax</span></li></ul><span style="font-size: medium;">Writing an e-mail to your legislator is easier than you would think. The anti-gun side is motivated and are emboldened by the new 2023 Assault Weapons Ban.<br style="outline: none !important;" /><br style="outline: none !important;" /><a href="https://ccdl.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6023f7975cfc040f5d86fce47&id=41727fe4b2&e=41f6e27ba2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #6dc6dd; outline: none !important; overflow-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a> to submit an e-mail to your representative. This newly created “click through” will allow you to easily draft a message to without the hassle of looking up their contact information individually. You will also note an option to sign up to track this proposal.<br style="outline: none !important;" /> <br style="outline: none !important;" />You don’t need to be an expert to advocate for your rights. Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee Members need to hear from us. A short, simple email is fine. You can help stop this tax with just 5 minutes of your time!<br style="outline: none !important;" /> <br style="outline: none !important;" /><strong style="outline: none !important;">TAKE ACTION NOW!</strong><br style="outline: none !important;" /> <br style="outline: none !important;" />The efforts of this organization are entirely fueled by donations and the work of both the volunteer executive committee and our volunteer members. Please consider a donation to help keep CCDL fighting for your rights!<br style="outline: none !important;" /><br style="outline: none !important;" /><a href="https://ccdl.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6023f7975cfc040f5d86fce47&id=844c6b6e0b&e=41f6e27ba2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #6dc6dd; outline: none !important; overflow-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">DONATE HERE</a></span><br style="outline: none !important;" /><span style="font-size: 15px;"> </span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv5364682693mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; width: 100%;"><tbody class="yiv5364682693mcnDividerBlockOuter" style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv5364682693mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; padding: 0px 18px; word-break: normal;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv5364682693mcnDividerContent" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td style="outline: none !important; word-break: normal;"><span style="outline: none !important;"></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv5364682693mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; width: 100%;"><tbody class="yiv5364682693mcnDividerBlockOuter" style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv5364682693mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; padding: 0px 18px; word-break: normal;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv5364682693mcnDividerContent" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td style="outline: none !important; word-break: normal;"><span style="outline: none !important;"></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td align="center" style="outline: none !important; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="yiv5364682693templateFooter" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; border-top: 0px; min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; width: 600px;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv5364682693footerContainer" style="outline: none !important; padding-bottom: 9px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv5364682693mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; width: 100%;"><tbody class="yiv5364682693mcnTextBlockOuter" style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv5364682693mcnTextBlockInner" style="outline: none !important; padding-top: 9px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv5364682693mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv5364682693mcnTextContent" style="color: #606060; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.75px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><em style="outline: none !important;">Copyright © 2024 Connecticut Citizens Defense League, Inc., All rights reserved.</em><br style="outline: none !important;" /> <br />f you have questions please contact someone through our contact page: http://www.ccdl.us/aboutmenu/contacts<br style="outline: none !important;" /><br style="outline: none !important;" /><strong style="outline: none !important;">Our mailing address is:</strong><br style="outline: none !important;" /><div class="yiv5364682693vcard" style="outline: none !important;"><span class="yiv5364682693org yiv5364682693fn" style="outline: none !important;">Connecticut Citizens Defense League, Inc.</span><div class="yiv5364682693adr" style="outline: none !important;"><div class="yiv5364682693street-address" style="outline: none !important;">P.O. Box 120</div><span class="yiv5364682693locality" style="outline: none !important;">Southbury</span>, <span class="yiv5364682693region" style="outline: none !important;">CT</span> <span class="yiv5364682693postal-code" style="outline: none !important;">06488</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Middletown Insiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10242085742226763775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239070883775529047.post-76955741635875323412024-01-29T20:30:00.005-05:002024-03-06T17:59:38.631-05:00Why is the Second Amendment Important?<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgitvz51J1DgMBm6FHqXeK3yhWxEO34ouhhIT7pCt-eid71gB3xcybWHPFNQ_rJCoTb6RKicf0s2fCi1nqS3rvsIwUIAO_ICJbDvwBCpSAsIlKnWgI3T4yE35aqjvqOmcPFANpSZvoJGq-DzC61IeQt7VJWDRNQhuI9NVILy7gmsU0OXN5HiPub-pTJyesC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1536" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgitvz51J1DgMBm6FHqXeK3yhWxEO34ouhhIT7pCt-eid71gB3xcybWHPFNQ_rJCoTb6RKicf0s2fCi1nqS3rvsIwUIAO_ICJbDvwBCpSAsIlKnWgI3T4yE35aqjvqOmcPFANpSZvoJGq-DzC61IeQt7VJWDRNQhuI9NVILy7gmsU0OXN5HiPub-pTJyesC" width="320" /></a></div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="font-size: medium; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Absolutely, you have a right to your opinions, (and other things), under the First Amendment. Millions of patriots will defend those rights, to the death. It is the Second Amendment that makes that possible for us ordinary Americans.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Remember how our country was formed? Colonist rose up against tyranny and against all odds, defeated Great Brittain. They did this because they were armed at least equally against British troops.</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Colonial army was largely using rifles at the time. England and their Hessian guns-for-hire were still using muskets. (Rifles have greater range, more power and superior accuracy.) Today, the militia, (<a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/246">see 10 US Code, Sec. 246</a>) has semi-automatic rifles, while the armed forces, (I'm a USAF Combat Arms vet), have fully automatic weapons.</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Today, the advantage of the citizenry is in numbers and the likelihood that many armed service members would not follow unlawful orders and side with The People. (After all, we took an oath to "uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States, against all enemies, foreign <i>and</i> domestic".) </span></span><div style="font-size: medium; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Therein lies the purpose behind the 2A; in addition to providing for one's personal protection, it is to discourage tyrants from trying to take power. (A government that fears an armed populace is a government to be feared.)</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">America has some 20K miles of border, it is crucial that the population be able to step up to defend it. No standing army could do so of its own accord. (The words of Japanese Adm. Yamamoto, "It would be impossible to invade the American mainland; we would find a rifleman behind every tree", speak to this truth.)</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">It is crucial to the preservation of our Constitutional Republic and the liberty that it provides, that the citizenry be prepared at all times for all contingencies.</span></span></div></span></span>Middletown Insiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10242085742226763775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239070883775529047.post-45804598588949894962023-10-11T10:44:00.003-04:002023-10-11T10:44:28.609-04:00An update from Joe Markley<p> </p><table align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="module" style="outline: none !important; padding: 0px; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td height="100%" style="outline: none !important; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table align="left" bgcolor="" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv5073720961column yiv5073720961column-0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; outline: none !important; width: 290px;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"></tbody></table><table align="left" bgcolor="" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv5073720961column yiv5073720961column-1" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; outline: none !important; width: 290px;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td style="border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; word-break: normal;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv5073720961wrapper" role="module" style="outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: none !important;"><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 24px; outline: none !important;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2JjMRkX4t1h4RdJJ8Oh8yL-H53rwVTE9JAW0iGdBRhMEiJ-BndCPz-6FxMQHjvYffXzOA8_NCqaekvBGYuzR90p0_-vRf43wLxurBvOm29rAnE0PPUfJToNzpJ9-OM6JV4g4THZ7hWxFLu05daV4hYLauVetoSDmIce8WIG5x18M5Nmg8szsI8nyPXM43" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2JjMRkX4t1h4RdJJ8Oh8yL-H53rwVTE9JAW0iGdBRhMEiJ-BndCPz-6FxMQHjvYffXzOA8_NCqaekvBGYuzR90p0_-vRf43wLxurBvOm29rAnE0PPUfJToNzpJ9-OM6JV4g4THZ7hWxFLu05daV4hYLauVetoSDmIce8WIG5x18M5Nmg8szsI8nyPXM43" width="160" /></a></div>In light of next month's election, I feel compelled to share my concern about the indifference of Southington Republican leadership to the dishonest and abusive behavior of council member Bill Dziedzic, who the party has endorsed for reelection.</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important; text-align: inherit;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 24px; outline: none !important;">In the video linked below, I discuss the events which have led me to criticize a party I have long and faithfully supported. I invite Southington residents to consider what I have observed when they cast their vote.</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important; text-align: inherit;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 24px; outline: none !important;">Regards, Joe</span></div><div style="outline: none !important;"></div></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv5073720961module" role="module" style="outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td bgcolor="" height="100%" style="line-height: 26px; outline: none !important; padding: 18px 0px; text-align: inherit; word-break: normal;" valign="top"></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 6px; line-height: 10px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv5073720961module" role="module" style="outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td align="center" bgcolor="#788DE5" class="yiv5073720961outer-td" style="background-color: #788de5; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; word-break: normal;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv5073720961wrapper-mobile" style="outline: none !important; text-align: center;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td align="center" bgcolor="#788de5" class="yiv5073720961inner-td" style="background-color: inherit; border-radius: 6px; font-size: 16px; outline: none !important; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://u23752607.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=SPhN-2FIBHTl7y0tT3jXazK6kN-2B5CXGK2UW6Tz2iGO9paYnVbo7I2VpS1svalofxxb-2F22qSiPRH8UYesogabgfJw-3D-3DVZtS_ycFUGOmj-2BzZRMCTo5aRQsWMx1mHDK3KfzO9H-2BCx82XuA5lNCoQ2p2eBR0-2BIGR00H51ydhE2U5rxbEw9rhp4WNR326GaXajHL0gDBRWCNj-2BFgsMvVG3AwIHe0c6BQEfVSq193JSfhaB-2BXUCDQ0fwpkDIiVNn-2BeT4Y5RjaAVWgQ8JACBPWTNRxsDxiV0-2B6F33bELWSOTKdtC3mr0dl-2Fgtn09c-2FPVuM29EYHAiMARXTON-2BCmVT1EQWYlsOcniZGJHlmGsNveuQiwtuCFuQCAIdzo7efkHTT59sffsS1CZTSVrJQig06WI01JAQnOC-2BPqGbw1VgM87U4Avqxq7Rf0GKnZcVlP-2FlqsICdUKqSxLcw8Y2m44eFjH273MjpdMyBNQUSlRVjYg9fskgcrQYfLXMZHkD4bed1yUEv9ZG7JaOzgihzufC-2Fk8wFoum4NxfnhMpJfOsagJFYGO9K8tuhA-2BLkTNALO87VZrN3EGy84oEjWKA8az6zBWft0eAF4NNmn9dipR7ugYecfIus0e2eSAqebQeTA9yAWnuzDzHHA-2BoAMwKeitJbNdMiMlQHaQhyrN6ldGiOIvAUyBKCiUyV7qyO1PRGHF3GwcVDhO9cGWJl5m79qcWJN9J4z-2Fyg6-2BK1b-2BD-2B2slcms2wIOwSbkk-2Bzxfeqx7-2BuK-2BQ98jnCZRKxj-2Fvme9T4o7fdRxSbO9WnKv9V4Pa4iQsQT8DNY5Z41y-2B6xxhSGodHtIiJBua3fzQlQaA1Q-2FjK-2B8McIlemYQyigSqtMg1znPpHofvNJXJTrzfwn3T38iLgVLPtI0Dj7PNm6O2FM0QlAnL0sNL0C1Xa2bIG5wFVhTyGncGCZ0Ri7fYTQGNYf2XccLASDb3Ym0p0Cdg3uijDQjPJgNMyjL3CYTZFOLl" rel="noreferrer" style="border-radius: 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #1d1e20; display: inline-block; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 36px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: normal; outline: none !important; padding: 12px 18px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Click Here to View Joe's Video</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="yiv5073720961module" data-type="unsubscribe" style="color: #444444; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; outline: none !important; padding: 16px; text-align: center;"><div class="yiv5073720961Unsubscribe--addressLine" style="background-color: white; outline: none !important;"></div></div>Middletown Insiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10242085742226763775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239070883775529047.post-42491869850377789662023-09-02T09:37:00.000-04:002023-09-02T09:37:07.558-04:00Connecticut Loses a Patriot - Obituary of Juan Espinosa<p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitxymbucS84JJSM62AiPkvLWWuqIsh8P1aqZWjZDWQWMUxschBCxodviMlqyXoM4Yl-ksKTNhFlAkcmSWimaF5JCNYbowss5m0YSfBVmweETIKDkF62dq-MAKIhEZqKwpezEOpIJi1yrIVJM0Mo5zW18deH03ubj55KDeljwqA7S1X-3v3zN-MvXnZfqlJ" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitxymbucS84JJSM62AiPkvLWWuqIsh8P1aqZWjZDWQWMUxschBCxodviMlqyXoM4Yl-ksKTNhFlAkcmSWimaF5JCNYbowss5m0YSfBVmweETIKDkF62dq-MAKIhEZqKwpezEOpIJi1yrIVJM0Mo5zW18deH03ubj55KDeljwqA7S1X-3v3zN-MvXnZfqlJ" width="240" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">A private funeral ceremony will be held next mid-week. Afterward,<br /> Juan will be interned at the Connecticut Veteran's Cemetary, in Middletown, CT. He was my brother-in-;aw. Rest in peace, Juan and look over Ma.</span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Juan Carlos Espinosa (60), a devoted husband and father, accomplished electrician, former United States Army Ranger, and resident of East Haddam, Connecticut, passed away peacefully on August 25, 2023, at Backus Hospital in Norwich, Connecticut, after an 11-year battle with brain cancer.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Juan is survived by his childhood sweetheart and loving, eternally patient wife of 20 years, Melissa Espinosa; his mother, Lucy Espinosa; his mother-in-law Angie Schultz, his twin sons, Hunter Espinosa and Logan Espinosa; his son Lucas Espinosa and his wife Hannah Cole; his daughter Ashley Espinosa and her two children, James and Gabriella; his son David Schwartz and his two children, Eli and Gracelyn; his daughter Savannah Espinosa and her two children, Penelope and Benjamin; his sister Maria Wiegel and her husband Chris; his brother Jorge; his brother Roberto; his best friend Tim Kesten and his wife Katie; his friend, mentor and father figure, Cos Giuffrida; his longtime, close friend Barbara Fouquette; and many cousins, nieces and nephews. He is predeceased by his father Juan Espinosa; his father-in-law Nolan Thayne Schultz; and his son Joshua Schwartz.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Juan was a first-generation Cuban-American, born in Miami, Florida on February 2, 1963. He spent most of his childhood in Middletown, Connecticut and enlisted in the United States Army at the age of 17. When asked what role he wanted to serve, he responded “I want to jump out of planes and shoot at people”. So began his path to becoming an Army Ranger, ultimately being assigned to the 75th Ranger Regiment, 1st Battalion, Alpha Company, Weapons Platoon, in Savannah, Georgia.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">On October 25, 1983, while assigned to the 1st Battalion of the 75th Ranger Regiment as an anti-armor recoilless gunner, Juan participated in the airborne assault of Grenada as part of Operation Urgent Fury. Under the fire of anti-aircraft guns, Juan executed a combat jump from a mere 500 feet of altitude, and seized the Point Salinas airfield. After returning from combat, he was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">His dedication and unparalleled success as an Army Ranger did not go unnoticed; he was eventually appointed as a Ranger School Instructor and later earned his Master Rated Jumpmaster wings. He would also go on to earn his Expert Infantry Badge and Air Assault Badge.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">After the Army, Juan became a certified electrician, graduating at the top of his class at the Lincoln Technical Institute. Over the years, he worked hard to perfect his electrical skills and advance his knowledge of the electrical trade. “Good enough” was never acceptable and if the job required additional hours to complete to his standard of quality, he was there to get the work done. He developed a reputation among fellow contractors as a leader and problem solver; his no-nonsense approach to work was well known. Additionally, equipped with a dry but affable sense of humor, he struck a chord with everyone he worked alongside. He was never short of jokes or sarcasm.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Juan took pride and great care in everything he did, whether it be his regular work, side jobs he took to ensure there was extra income to support his family or projects around the house. Lawn maintenance was an ongoing battle for perfection; “Don’t drive on the grass!”.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">In 2000, Juan was reunited with his childhood girlfriend Melissa. In 2003, they were married in their front yard, surrounded by family and friends, and shortly thereafter had their two boys, Hunter and Logan. Juan was a dedicated father. He took an active life in his children’s lives, including assisting with Boy Scouts and coaching the East Haddam Little League. Furthermore, he took pride in pushing his children to always be better. He never pulled his punches, often coming off as a bit harsh. Regardless, his intentions were always from a place of love and care. Juan also loved spending time with his grandchildren. He always went out of his way to entertain them and make them laugh. His wife has frequently compared him to a turtle; a tough outer shell but squishy and lovable beneath the surface.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Through the years, Juan acquired a handful of hobbies, often echoing his career in their demand for attention to detail and hard work. He enjoyed building and detailing model cars. He was extremely passionate about baseball and for a time, participated in a company softball league. Most recently he renewed his passion for marksmanship, spending many hours at the gun range honing his skills and an equivalent amount of time at home, cleaning and servicing his firearms. He was also an avid dog lover, raising and training multiple dogs over the years, including Patton, Beethoven, Shadow, and Cobra.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Juan was a tough, but loving husband, father, and friend. He worked hard in every endeavor of his life. His mark on this world will not soon be forgotten.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Calling hours for the public were held Thursday, August 31, 2023 at Biega Funeral Home, 3 Silver Street, Middletown, Connecticut. Casual attire is acceptable; Carhartt shirts are encouraged. A private military funeral will be held in the near future. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Juan’s name are suggested to the East Haddam Moodus Little League or the East Haddam Parks and Recreation, to be directed towards the East Haddam Dog Park. To share memories or express condolences online, please visit www.biegafuneralhome.com.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: underline;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Rangers lead the way.</span></span></em></span></p>Middletown Insiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10242085742226763775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239070883775529047.post-67861183845794523572023-07-07T21:42:00.002-04:002023-07-07T21:43:47.899-04:00 Once Upon a Time. . .<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://bestmoneymoves.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/flag-waving-shutterstock_360951227.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="171" src="https://bestmoneymoves.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/flag-waving-shutterstock_360951227.jpg" width="257" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.4px;">Bestmoneymoves.com</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><b><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Commentary by Matthew M Corey, Republican US Senate Candidate 2018</span></i></b></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Once upon a time. That is where stories had a meaning to them. Growing up, what I remember
is that if a story began with this phrase, it was certain there would be a moral to the story. The
morals or lessons that followed would sometimes influence one's behavior or outlook on life.
The words once upon a time remind me of the film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. A 1939
movie based loosely on a real Senator from Montana who wanted to see much-needed changes
in his State. He tried to make a profound statement that there were still good people who went
to Washington to represent the people and what they needed. He didn’t go to Washington for
self-serving reasons, he went based on his belief that he would do all he could to benefit his
community and constituents.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Today, unfortunately, we see politicians go to Washington to represent one view, one party, and
oneself. They seem to leave their morals and common sense at the doorsteps of the Halls of
Congress. We once had a Senator here in Connecticut who didn't go to Washington believing in
one-party philosophy. He didn’t believe in protecting individuals based on party affiliation. He
believed in holding the values of a US Senator and the constituents he represented to the
highest standard.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">That man was Lowell Weicker, the last Republican Senator Connecticut sent
to Washington. One could say he left his integrity at the Steps of The Governor's mansion when
it came to Connecticut State income tax. A case of saying anything to get elected. When it came
to bringing charges against a sitting President for spying and lying to the American people about
the Watergate Scandal, Senator Weicker had no problem forcing a leader of the Republican
Party, President Richard Nixon, to resign. It wasn’t the Democrats who investigated and pursued
the President, it was the Republicans who told him that they no longer could support him. An
aggressive media uncovered the scandal and the Republican party saw it through in spite of
Nixon being one of their own.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">This brings us to Senator Murphy, a ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, and Senator Blumenthal a ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. With
allegations of bribery and kickbacks from foreign Nations to a sitting President through his son,
Hunter Biden, and shell companies one would think our Senators representing its constituents
from Connecticut would be willing to investigate President Biden. If the allegations are true, we
have a sitting President who is compromised with decisions he is making on one of our biggest
adversaries, China. There lies the issue. We don’t have a Senator Weiker in Washington. We
have two partisan Senators who left their morals and integrity at the steps of Congress. How
has Connecticut fallen so far? Connecticut doesn’t send any Mr.<br /> or Mrs. Smiths to Washington
anymore; they send divisive one-party rule Senators to Washington. You don’t have to take my
word for it, just go on Senator Murphy’s Twitter feed and read the divisive rhetoric he tweets out
about his colleagues. Being silent in this ongoing investigation of a sitting President is being
complicit.<span><a name='more'></a></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Senator Murphy was asked about Justice Kavanaugh in a debate and Murphy stated
Kavanaugh’s values don't represent the values of the State of Connecticut. This was about
sexual allegations lodged against Justice Kavanagh. I only bring this up because values and
integrity are essential to being a US Senator. Is hiding behind a 20-million-dollar hush fund
Congress has allotted to silence victims and shield abusers of sexual harassment by Congress
members and their staff represent the values of Connecticut’s Constituents? Does Senator
Murphy believe being silent about the investigation into the allegations against President Biden
and his son, led by Representative James Comer, actually represent the values of the citizens
of Connecticut? In there lies your two tiers of justice, one for the politically connected, and then
one for the rest of us.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Senator Murphy has been able to raise <i>millions of dollars</i> in the wake of Sandy Hook and other similar
tragedies. What other major policy has he put forward other than gun control that he could raise
so much money for his reelection campaigns? There have been plenty of times he could have
worked in a bipartisan way to deal with mental illness and enforce school safety around the
country, but he chose to be an obstructionist on this issue. He voted to remove school resource
officers in public schools while he sends his children to school with private armed security
guards. I am not shaming him for protecting his children, but not everyone has the resources for
private schools with armed security.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Every parent wants their child safe at school. By voting to
remove resource officers in public schools, he is stating some children deserve protection while
others do not. You see, if this school safety issue is solved then he loses his campaign funds to
get reelected. He also loses the powerful vote of the Teacher’s Union. Yes, some Senators can
be bought and sold, we have two of them from Connecticut. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">With elections coming in 2024 for
members of Congress and the Senate, and yes, Senator Murphy is up for reelection, one has to
ask themselves if sending a Mr. Smith to Washington is better than sending a Senator who is
divisive. Hopefully, we can send a representative of the people who will bring back the integrity
of the office so Connecticut’s citizens can proudly say, we have a US Senator who represents
the values of Connecticut, and a Senator future generation can aspire to.</span></p>Middletown Insiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10242085742226763775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239070883775529047.post-48765570880262152612023-07-01T21:34:00.012-04:002023-07-18T16:03:08.339-04:00PROSTATE CANCER – Like Father, Like Son, A Personal Story<p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times;">On 26 June, 2016 my father, Francis William “Bill” Boylan died from prostate cancer. He was 86 years old. It seemed fitting that “our” story be released on the day of his passing, but the unexpected death of his brother, my uncle John Boylan, led to a delay.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br />Uncle John was there for Dad when he needed him, taking him to his oncology appointments at The James Cancer Hospital, part of the OSU Medical Center. He drove Dad to his doctor’s appointments, some 50 miles away, for the duration of his treatment and was otherwise there when needed.<br /><br /><b><i>This article is dedicated to their memory.</i></b><br /><br />What is written below is based on my personal experience, research, observation, and conversations with my medical team and should not be construed as medical advice. It is intended to raise awareness and encourage others to be diligent toward monitoring their own prostate health. Links to various prostate cancer information resources follow this article.<br /><br />Here goes . . .<br /><br />This is my story. And my father’s story. It is also the story of countless millions of other men, past, present and future. While each patient’s story is unique to him, we all share commonalities. Family, friends and co-workers are affected. We have to consult multiple doctors and make tough decisions. We all suffer emotional and psychological effects. And we all need information to guide us toward the right treatment strategy for <i>us</i>.<br /><br />The single-most important aspect of any treatment program is early detection.</span><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">According to <a href="https://www.cancer.org/cancer/prostate-cancer/about/key-statistics.html">The American Cancer Society</a>, (via <a href="https://www.bravemeninc.com/?fbclid=IwAR1Y2_BPKWpK6YoyKwqWYEB1C5mS81WFwLvekEaIXvG43SK6d76BLhtJkcI#contact">Brave Men, Inc.</a>), <i>192,000</i> American men are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year and over 33,000 die.</span><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.absolutelyrealtruefacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/russian-roulette-300x225.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="300" height="213" src="https://www.absolutelyrealtruefacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/russian-roulette-300x225.jpg" width="284" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">absolutelyrealtruefacts.com</td></tr></tbody></table><div>The odds of developing prostate cancer in one’s lifetime are 1 in 7.7,</div>or 13%, slightly better than the odds in Russian Roulette, which are 1<br />in 6, or 16.67%. <i>This also means that 13% of spouses will have a husband with prostate cancer</i>. If a revolver had eight cylinders rather than six, would you be more willing to put the gun to your head and pull the trigger? Not me. No way. But that is what most guys are doing. We are unknowingly playing Russian Roulette by not seeking regular prostate health screening. (See Risk Factors)<br /><br />My father was not one to talk about things. Anything. He never told me he had prostate cancer or that he would die from it. I had to learn these things from a sister who was helping care for our mother and later, Dad. Prostate cancer must be talked about. I had no idea that if one’s father had prostate cancer, his sons are more likely to have it. <i>We must talk about it with our sons, our fathers, friends and family, regardless of gender.</i><span><a name='more'></a></span><br /><br />I first came to suspect I might have prostate cancer, (PC from here out), last August. While back east in July, my dear friend Beth pointed out that I had lost weight. She and the friends we were with made me promise to see a doctor. (My weight had dropped from 165 lbs. to 143 lbs., a loss of 13.33%.) My general practitioner ordered blood tests and on August 5th, they revealed a PSA (prostate specific antigen) level elevated to 5.8. I was referred to a urologist.<br /><br />A normal PSA level is below 4, although it is possible to have PC with lower PSA levels and not to have it with higher levels. The surest way to determine if one has PC is to perform a biopsy, a procedure usually performed by a urologist. At the time, I did not have insurance, so put it off until Medicare kicked in. On 20Jan23, I was informed that I have prostate cancer.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/95c7ef9e-40a9-11e7-8162-67a333fbe7cb/image/uploads_2F1533147673311-u6gwakvpc5-27517140d2ec880e39a5fb80e7f38269_2FClarkPodcastsPhoto.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&w=400&h=400" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="198" src="https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/95c7ef9e-40a9-11e7-8162-67a333fbe7cb/image/uploads_2F1533147673311-u6gwakvpc5-27517140d2ec880e39a5fb80e7f38269_2FClarkPodcastsPhoto.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&w=400&h=400" width="198" /></a></div>Many are familiar with Clark Howard, a consumer advocate who had a radio program, </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times;">(and now a podcast),</span><span style="font-family: times;"> that I listed to when living in Connecticut. He also has PC. In a short video posted on </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPoBsGNHseQ&t=3s" style="font-family: times;">YouTube</a><span style="font-family: times;">, he says, “If you get a diagnosis of cancer, you’re automatically going to freak out . . ., let’s call it like it is, full freak out mode.” Boy, is he right about that!</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br />I freaked out. I didn’t know what to think, what to do. I don’t have a spouse to turn to. I didn’t want the guys I work with feeling sorry for me or treating me like some invalid. As it is, they look out for me because of my age, not wanting me to carry heavy materials and so forth. (How else are you supposed to keep in shape if you don’t do some heavy lifting?) They are a great group. We are like family, we take care of each other, bickering like siblings one minute, pals the next and when someone needs support, we’re there for him.<br /><br />A couple of the guys knew and were sworn to secrecy. A couple weeks ago, when I came forward and told the rest of the crew, no one seemed surprised, so I suspect the cat had already been let out of the bag.<br /><br /><i>The last</i> thing I wanted was for two people in particular, to find out. I couldn’t have them reveling over my circumstance, laughing and mocking me. But I had to turn somewhere in the family. I called Uncle John. After all, he was the family patriarch and was there for Dad. True to form, he was there for me, too, offering moral support and a listening ear.<br /><br />I also turned to his son, my cousin Joel who is a medical doctor. He was with me 100%, like his father, offering moral support and a listening ear. He also provided me with links to the National Cancer Institute and American Cancer Society. Joel offered good, common sense advise concerning overall health and advised me to do my own research and put together a list of questions to ask my doctors.<br /><br />Joel helped launch a research project that led to over 40 sources of information on PC. (See bibliography) As a result, I went back to my doctors with<i> sixteen pages of notes and questions</i>. Joel and I continued to talk and share information. He told me that I probably knew more about PC than he did!<br /><br />Uncle John and Joel were both sworn to secrecy. I did not want <i>anyone</i> to know I had prostate cancer. Their support and encouragement were immeasurable. Without them, I would not be where I am today. Regrettably, Uncle John passed away on the morning of Father’s Day. I was getting ready to go see him when I got the news from Joel’s brother, Jeff. It was totally out of the blue and unexpected. It hurt. Badly.<br /><br />Uncle John, also a USAF veteran, was laid to rest with full military honors on Friday, the 23rd. After the funeral, the family gathered for a meal provided by the church, as customary. When we prepared to part ways, it slowly came out that all the first cousins knew. And I’m glad they did. Their display of genuine caring and support was needed. It touched me.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times, serif; line-height: 107%;">Between the close-knit friends back east, the
guys at work, now the family and more-local friends and neighbors</span>, I have a strong support network. I guess that is why I’m getting so personal; to emphasize the importance of having support.<br /><br />More on this later; back to full freak-out mode.<br /><br /></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.bravemeninc.com/assets/img/content/dimitrious.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="554" height="371" src="https://www.bravemeninc.com/assets/img/content/dimitrious.jpg" width="257" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dimitrious Stanley 1974 -2023</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">College football fans may remember record-setting OSU wide<br />receiver, Dimitrius Stanley. He was also an every-Friday guest on a local radio program, <a href="https://610wtvn.iheart.com/featured/mark-blazor/">The Mark Blazor Show</a>, where he had been given the nickname, “The Guv’na”. He had prostate cancer and regularly spoke about it on the air. Back in October or November of last year, he suddenly stopped appearing, though he would on occasion call in. Knowing a couple of people who had undergone cancer treatment, I just assumed that the treatment had caught up with him and he would be back on the air, once he recovered. (After all, he was a young man.)<br /><br />On February 9, 2023, 20 days after my diagnosis, Dimitrius Stanley passed away at 48 years of age. Diagnosed at 44, he fought the cancer for 4 years. When I heard the news, I cried for the first time since my own diagnosis. Dimitrius was a gentleman and a gentle man, a man who cared about his country, his state and his fellow Man. Though we never met, I still miss him. His life, his spirit and determination were an inspiration, not just to me but to many others.<br /><br />I printed numerous copies of his picture, posting them around home and on the dashboard in the car, where I could look toward him when I needed strength. I found myself talking to him, frequently. To this day, I talk to him and almost believe he answers me. Maybe he does.<br /><br />While doing a bit more research on “The Guv’na” for this article, I learned something that makes me think <i>he really did</i> hear and answer me . . .</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/wp-content/uploads/self-exam-shower.png" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="246" src="https://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/wp-content/uploads/self-exam-shower.png" width="246" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">National Breast Cancer Foundation</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Weeks earlier, I had a long talk with my oncologic nurse practitioner, Kelly Slavens. (She’s been terrific and I’m grateful to have her on the team.) Among other things we discussed how breast cancer research and treatment were decades ahead of prostate cancer research and treatment. The reason being, breast cancer receives so much publicity. Remember the TV commercials where a woman would raise one arm over her head and feel for lumps in her breasts? Everyone talks about boobs, but no one wants to talk about the prostate.<br /><br />After our conversation, I decided, “the heck with it”. Who cares what certain others think. If they want to revel in my misery, then that is THEIR problem, not mine. Let it be a reflection on <i>their</i> character.<br /><br />Prostate cancer needs to be talked about. I have a platform from which to speak, along with a substantial social media circle through which to share, and a few broadcast and print media connections in two states.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Virtually everyone knows someone who has, or has had, (or will have) prostate cancer, whether they know it or not. Most people don't realize that because nobody talks about it! Today, that changes.<br /><br />Back to “The Guv’na” . . .<br /><br />. . . I learned he founded a non-profit to help men (and their families) pay for the tremendous costs of PC treatment. On the website, under “My Story” he writes the following, “My hope is to raise awareness through my foundation, <a href="https://www.bravemeninc.com/?fbclid=IwAR1Y2_BPKWpK6YoyKwqWYEB1C5mS81WFwLvekEaIXvG43SK6d76BLhtJkcI">Brave Men Inc</a>, by gaining knowledge through our research and sharing this valuable information with the public. Prevention is key so let’s work together to end this terrible disease that is ravaging men’s bodies all around the world.”<br /><br />Could it be Dimitrious actually heard me in my freak out and guided me toward coming forward? Could be. Our goals are virtually identical; to raise prostate cancer awareness and to share the benefit of our experience with others in order to help <i>them</i>.<br /><br />Back to my story . . .<br /><br />A few weeks ago, a course of treatment was decided upon. I was anxious to get started but there was a delay in getting a certain medication. Anxiety is common in cancer patients.<br /><br />A week prior to Father’s Day, all that occurred over the last five months came to a head and I just could not go on. I had to have a break. My work performance the Thursday and Friday before, falling off dramatically. It would not be fair to my co-workers or my employer to go to work in such condition. I took a week off. The short sabbatical performed wonders. It allowed me to decompress and get my home in order; carpet and furniture cleaned, office work organized and filed, some gardening done. All at an easy pace, no pressure. I rested.<br /><br />Then Uncle Johnny died. For the second time since the cancer diagnosis, I cried. As hard as that was to deal with, without the time off it would have been impossible to come to Jeff and Joel’s support, small though that was. Funny, isn’t it, how the timing of events beyond our control work out?<br /><br />Back to January and the road to selecting a plan of action.<br /><br />The prostate biopsy showed cancer prevalent on the entire right side and mildly present in one area on the left. In six areas, the Gleason scores were three at (3+4=7) and considered to have a good outlook, three at (4+3=7) which is more aggressive and likely to spread, and one (3+3=6), a low risk. Based on that, I had Stage II cancer. Once my urologist had those results, he ordered a PET Scan.<br /><br /></span></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; font-family: times;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://post.healthline.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/PET-scan-machine-body1.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="449" data-original-width="800" height="180" src="https://post.healthline.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/PET-scan-machine-body1.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">www.healthline.com<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">A PET Scan, (positron emission tomography), is a form of imaging. </span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">In my case, it scanned my body from the top of the scull to mid-thigh. The machine is similar in appearance to those used for a CT Scan. (It looks like something right out of Star Trek!</span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">)<br /><br />Twenty minutes prior to the scan, the Tech injected me with a radioactive tracer. Once on the machine, it moved back and forth in the chamber while the scanner spun around me. Kind of boring, nothing like a Cedar Point rollercoaster ride.<br /><br />The scan revealed the cancer had spread into the right seminal vesicle, raising the staging from Stage II to Stage IIIB. The seminal vesicles are small glands located between the bladder and rectum. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">They pass through the prostate and connect to the vas deferens and urethra. They are responsible for producing seminal fluid. The prostate adds semen to the seminal fluid (or vice versa) and then pushes the fluid through the urethra.<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmediad.publicbroadcasting.net%2Fp%2Fkwmu%2Ffiles%2F201201%2FprostatediagramNationalCancerInstitute.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=2667a2a881618b5af8db950eb1355ce5c96507e2a076cb9bd27aaa65d325766b&ipo=images" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="343" data-original-width="509" height="169" src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmediad.publicbroadcasting.net%2Fp%2Fkwmu%2Ffiles%2F201201%2FprostatediagramNationalCancerInstitute.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=2667a2a881618b5af8db950eb1355ce5c96507e2a076cb9bd27aaa65d325766b&ipo=images" width="251" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">news.stlpublicradio.org</td></tr></tbody></table></div></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br />Based on this, my urologist recommended radical prostatectomy. This involves removing the entire prostate, including the seminal vesicles. I’ll not get into the risks or side effects, here. (More info in the appendix.) Let it suffice to say, I did not like them. We discussed the questions I’d prepared. Every other form of treatment I asked about was rejected.<br /><br />I told the doctor it was out of the question and asked for referrals for second opinions. He referred me to another urologist, (which, knowing I’d get the same recommendation, I passed on), then to medical and radiation oncology.<br /><br />I saw the medical oncologist, first. Of course, he had a different recommendation. We too discussed my questions, and all other forms of treatment were rejected. His recommendation was hormone therapy, (androgen depravation), for 18-36 months. The one-word sentence he used sent chills through my body, “Castration”.<br /><br />The first question for my doctors was, "how long I would live if I decided to forgo treatment"? He told me one to two years. He also said this had been going on for only five “or more years”. I began to mentally prepare myself to die.</span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times;">(What do I do with all those topographic maps?)</span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span><span style="font-family: times;">The freak out skyrocketed.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br />Androgen depravation therapy (ADT) shuts down testosterone production, (see appendix) effectively rendering a man impotent and without interest is sex. It can take two years for testosterone levels to recover to normal, if they recover. The testicles become so small they cannot be detected. Other side effects include osteoporosis, decreased mental sharpness, increased risk of dementia and loss of strength. These things alone could put me out of work, permanently.<br /><br />I will not be castrated, chemically or surgically. I will not live like that. It is not living; it is a mere existence! Three years of treatment, followed by two years of recovery make the process <i>five years long!</i> I would be over 70 years old by then. There is no guarantee of full recovery. No woman is interested in a man who is impotent. How could any man, in good conscience make such a recommendation to another man? He’s off the team.<br /><br />Then, Nurse Practitioner Kelly Slavens called. We spoke for nearly 40 minutes. She is a gem. I asked her many of the same question I’d asked the doctors. She thought I could live another ten years without treatment and thought the PC had been going on for likely ten years. That means my father and I had PC at the same time. <i>Like father, like son. </i>It also coincides with a diagnosis of having a "slightly enlarged" prostate. I didn't understand the implications, it was not explained to me, and it was not followed up. Be forearmed. <i>Ask educated questions.</i><br /><br />Kelly’s talk helped lift the dark cloud that had consumed me. I wasn’t going to die. I would recover, whole and intact. She told me about a new FDA approved drug, Orgovyx. While it too, is a form of hormone therapy, it is only used for 6 months, and testosterone levels return to normal in about two months. Kelly said the Orgovyx treatment would be used in conjunction with radiation.<br /><br />In my research notes, I’d written that hormone therapy is not for me, <i>unless as a short-term complementary treatment</i>. Prophetic insight? Pre-destined?<br /><br />Life teaches many lessons. One such lesson, often hard-learned, is to trust your instinct. After talking to Kelly, I had a really good feeling <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://nstarcapital.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/life-lessons-small-300x215.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="215" data-original-width="300" height="197" src="https://nstarcapital.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/life-lessons-small-300x215.jpg" width="275" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">nstarcapital.com</td></tr></tbody></table>about the treatment plan we discussed. My gut instinct pulled toward it. Though, like President Ronald Reagan said, “Trust, but verify”. I did. Due diligence affirmed what we discussed. It verified that the long-term risks are minimal, potential side effects are minimal or easily tolerable, the recovery time, quick.<br /><br />Next stop, radiation oncology. The meeting with Dr. Wang further served to raise confidence in this treatment combination. Like with the other doctors, only in greater detail, we discussed my questions. The conversation was informative and productive.<br /><br />My gut instinct was affirmed. This is the right way to go. I accepted the treatment plan and Dr. Wang said he would set the wheels in motion.<br /><br />There was one further obstacle to overcome, though. Orgovyx, being a new-to-the-market drug, is expensive. Without insurance, the drug costs $16,000 – $17,000 for a six-month supply. With my Medicare plan, the out-of-pocket cost is $5,400. I was prepared to pay it. How do you put a price on your health and quality of life? As it turned out, the Orgovyx manufacturer offers financial assistance. I didn’t think I’d qualify for it, but I did. (I never thought about financial aid. It’s out there, if you need it. Seek and you will find. Start with <a href="https://www.bravemeninc.com/?fbclid=IwAR1Y2_BPKWpK6YoyKwqWYEB1C5mS81WFwLvekEaIXvG43SK6d76BLhtJkcI#my-story">bravemeninc.com</a>.)<br /><br />While the Orgovyx arrived on the 21st, because of the potential for certain side effects, I delayed starting the medication until the evening of June 23rd, the day Uncle John was laid to rest. That was also the last day I smoked a cigarette. Certainly, there is something symbolic, there. (To date, there have been no side effects from the Orgovyx.)<br /><br />The radiation treatment, in order to be more accurate and to prevent damage to surrounding tissues, requires gold markers be placed into the prostate, where they will remain. These markers provide a very narrow target for the radiation device to focus on. Also, a spacer is placed between the rectum and prostate, further reducing the risk of collateral damage. This will be done in late July.<br /><br />Following that, I’ll be fitted with, for lack of a better word, a seat conforming to my body. The purpose is to keep the body in a precise position to assure consistent accuracy of the radiation treatment. At the same time, a CT simulation will be performed, which serves to locate and focus on the area to be treated.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; font-size: x-large;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCdj1InQhtUXtnTNvTYL2zTayaXgDqNhq23ime4FVi54ta29dIqhwKvxlg6mDDt9AqQgW1VkRE_-XpGLHNN6JgKiShMMC-ZTYQ2D0eULxQcTYoY8yBUeG8_R8i1RHk83r3bJLCeMnrB2NNWW8nHm5R-nYkERwy_VisCbJc1c9px1ZHy0fG0dz4wrt0qFe9" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="295" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCdj1InQhtUXtnTNvTYL2zTayaXgDqNhq23ime4FVi54ta29dIqhwKvxlg6mDDt9AqQgW1VkRE_-XpGLHNN6JgKiShMMC-ZTYQ2D0eULxQcTYoY8yBUeG8_R8i1RHk83r3bJLCeMnrB2NNWW8nHm5R-nYkERwy_VisCbJc1c9px1ZHy0fG0dz4wrt0qFe9=w307-h220" width="307" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p align="center" class="MsoCaption"><span style="font-size: small;">Image from popularairsoft.com</span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;">The radiation treatment will start the week of 21Aug. It is called External Beam Radiation. (There are internal forms of radiation.) There will be 28 treatment sessions, 5 days per week ending around the first of October. The treatments last just a few minutes each; in and out the door in 20 minutes. The James Cancer Hospital offers treatment up to 7:00 PM, it will not be necessary to miss much more work.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">After treatment, begins active surveillance, which likely will continue for the rest of my life. At first, if I recall correctly, I’ll be examined (for PSA levels), every six months, then annually thereafter.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">The prognosis is good. I’m highly confident in the treatment program <i>I chose</i> and in my care team. Today, I’m at ease. It’s all come together, nicely. The treatment has started and the “strategery” to complete it is laid out. A lot of people have prayed for me. If I’m gonna believe Dimitrious has reached out to me, I gotta believe that those prayers have helped, too. There is definitely a mental, psychological, (and maybe a spiritual), link to a positive outcome, and I don’t doubt I’ll come out of this in good health and good spirits.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>In summary</b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">All men are at risk of developing prostate cancer. No family history required. Early detection is key, (the average age is 66). It saves lives. It makes for shorter, less invasive or radical courses of treatment, with fewer risks and fewer long-term consequences.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">While sources recommend starting at later ages, my personal belief is that if you are a Black man, start having your PSA level tested at age 30. Test every three years and at age 40, test every year. Non-black men, start at age 40. Test every three years and at age 50, every two years. At age 60, start testing every year. A PSA test can be conducted as part of a regular physical checkup, which should only cost a couple hundred bucks, or less. Well worth the investment.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">If you are diagnosed with cancer, go ahead and freak out. It’s normal. Just don’t let it consume you or keep you from fighting back.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Most of all, communicate. Talk to your sons, fathers, husbands. Make sure they are equipped with knowledge ahead of time so they can be pro-active.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Appendix</i></span></b></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Following are some details concerning risk factors, symptoms, complementary treatment options and various medical treatment options:</b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><b>Risk Factors</b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">While all men are at risk of developing prostate cancer, there are certain things that put some more at risk than others.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">I learned that if your father had prostate cancer, you are more likely to develop it. There are other hereditary factors. For example, if you have a family history of genes that increase the risk of breast cancer (BRCA1 or BRCA2) or a very strong family history of breast cancer, your risk of prostate cancer may be higher.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />For unknown reasons, Black men have a greater risk of having PC and it is more likely to be aggressive or advanced. Remember Dimitrious Stanley.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">The older you get, the greater the risk.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">In obese people, the cancer is more likely to be more aggressive and more likely to return after initial treatment.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Prostate cancer feeds on testosterone. Body builders with prostate cancer who are given testosterone or drugs to increase testosterone production, will have a more aggressive and faster growing cancer. I know of someone in this position. He is only 53 yrs. old and his cancer is advanced. </span></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">His sister had breast cancer.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Symptoms of Prostate Cancer</b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">In the early stages of PC, there are often no outward symptoms though a digital exam can detect an enlarged prostate. Later, more advanced stage symptoms include trouble urinating, decreased force in the stream of urine, blood in the urine, blood in the semen, bone pain, erectile dysfunction and losing weight without trying.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Complementary Treatments</b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Complementary methods refer to treatments that are used along with your regular medical care. Alternative treatments are used instead of a doctor’s medical treatment. (I would be damn careful before going that route.)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Complementary methods can include vitamins, herbs, and special diets, or other methods such as acupuncture or massage, to name a few. Turmeric is one such recommended supplement.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Medical mushrooms have been used for centuries to treat infections. For several decades, mushrooms have been approved as a complementary cancer treatment in China and Japan. NuCana, a Britain based pharma company, is developing a mushroom-based cancer treatment derived from mushrooms found in Eastern Europe. Clinical trials are underway and should be complete in just a few years. (I bought their stock.)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Treatments</b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">There are many treatment options available for treating PC. They include, but are not limited to the following, much of which is copy and paste, directly from various sources:</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Surgery – Prostatectomy/Radical Prostatectomy</b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Prostatectomy is the removal of part of the prostate. Radical Prostatectomy is removal of the entire prostate. There are various surgical techniques used for prostatectomy. They include:</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">Robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy, laparoscopic radical prostatectomy, radical perineal prostatectomy and radical retropubic prostatectomy.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">And of course, there are various risks to surgery. These risks include those related to any surgery, such as reactions to anesthesia, bleeding from the surgery, blood clots in the legs or lungs, damage to nearby organs, infections at the surgery site.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then, there are side effects, which I prefer to call “undesirable co-effects”. These include urinary incontinence and erectile dysfunction (impotence). Urinary incontinence includes stress incontinence, overflow incontinence, and urge incontinence. All men can expect some decrease in the ability to have an erection. If your ability to have erections does return after surgery, it often returns slowly. In fact, it can take from a few months up to 2 years. If nerves are damaged, there is no natural way to restore the ability to have an erection.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">There can also be a loss of fertility, a decrease in penis length and the loss of the ability to have an orgasm.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Radiation Therapy - Radiopharmaceutical Therapy - Radiation Treatment – Brachytherapy/MARS</b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Radiation uses high-energy rays (like x-rays) to kill cancer cells. It can be aimed at the prostate gland from a machine outside the body. Or in some cases, small radioactive pellets, or seeds, each about the size of a grain of rice, can be put right into your prostate.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Current methods such as conformal radiation therapy (CRT), intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), and proton beam radiation help doctors avoid giving radiation to normal tissues as much as possible. These methods are expected to increase the effectiveness of radiation therapy while reducing the side effects.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Common side effects of radiation to the prostate are diarrhea, leaking stool, or blood in the stool; having to urinate a lot, leaking urine, burning when you pee, or blood in your urine; erection problems, feeling very tired (fatigue); and fluid build-up in your legs.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Brachytherapy/MARS</b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>The most appealing of all the various option was this. Unfortunately, because of the stage of the cancer, my doctors ruled this out.</b></i></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Along with monoclonal antibodies/small molecule drugs . . .,</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Brachy delivers radiation with a small radioactive pellet that is about the size of a grain of rice. The pellet (or pellets) is/are positioned precisely inside the patient’s body, close to or inside the tumor. In some cases, the pellets remain in place for just a few minutes. Other times, they are left in place for several months.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Brachytherapy allows doctors to deliver radiation directly to the patient’s tumor while limiting radiation exposure to healthy tissue.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">MRI-assisted radiosurgery (MARS), refers to the method of implanting the radiation seeds. It allows for more precise delivery of the radiation with fewer side effects.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Side effects from MARS are minimal. Most patients return to normal activities the day after the procedure. After treatment, patients can return to normal sexual activity. Incontinence is rare, but some patients may experience temporary urinary side effects. These include burning, frequent or urgent need to urinate. These side effects can be managed with medication and typically resolve a few months after treatment.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Hormone Therapy</b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Several newer forms of hormone therapy have been developed in recent years. Some of these may be helpful when standard forms of hormone therapy (chemical castration) are no longer working. Some examples include abiraterone (Zytiga), enzalutamide (Xtandi), and apalutamide (Erleada), which are described in </span><a href="https://www.cancer.org/cancer/prostate-cancer/treating/hormone-therapy.html" style="font-size: x-large;">Hormone Therapy for Prostate Cancer</a><span style="font-size: large;">. Others are now being studied as well.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Hormone therapy alone does not cure prostate cancer.</i></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Hormone therapy may be used, (as in my case), along with radiation therapy as the initial treatment, if you are at higher risk of the cancer coming back after treatment (based on a high </span><a href="https://www.cancer.org/cancer/prostate-cancer/detection-diagnosis-staging/how-diagnosed.html" style="font-size: x-large;">Gleason score</a><span style="font-size: large;">, high </span><a href="https://www.cancer.org/cancer/prostate-cancer/detection-diagnosis-staging/how-diagnosed.html" style="font-size: x-large;">PSA level</a><span style="font-size: large;">, and/or growth of the cancer outside the prostate). Prostate cancer feeds on testosterone. Hormone therapy can be used before radiation to try to shrink the cancer (by starving it) to make treatment more effective.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Possible side effects from long-term treatment</b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Orchiectomy (actual castration) and LHRH agonists and antagonists can all cause similar side effects from the lower levels of hormones such as testosterone. These side effects can include:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Reduced or absent sexual desire, erectile dysfunction (impotence), shrinkage of testicles and penis, hot flashes, breast tenderness and growth of breast tissue (gynecomastia), osteoporosis (bone thinning), anemia (low red blood cell counts), decreased mental sharpness, loss of muscle mass, weight gain, fatigue, increased cholesterol levels and depression.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Chemotherapy - Chemo</b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Chemo is the use of (non-hormonal) drugs to fight cancer. The drugs may be given into a vein or taken as pills. These drugs go into the blood and spread through the body. Chemo is given in cycles or rounds. Chemo may be used if the cancer has spread outside the prostate gland. It’s not used for early prostate cancer. Studies in recent years have shown that many chemotherapy drugs can affect prostate cancer. Some have been shown to help men live longer. Chemo is also used to relieve symptoms associated with advanced or metastatic disease, to improve surgical outcomes and in conjunction with hormone therapy, also to improve outcomes. It can also prolong the lives of patients who are no longer responding to hormone therapy.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Other new chemo drugs and combinations of drugs are currently being studied. (There are 38 or so different drugs used to treat prostate cancer.)</span><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">Side Effects of Chemo</span><br /></b><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Chemo can make you feel very tired, sick to your stomach, and cause your hair to fall out. These problems go away after chemo treatment ends. It can also cause mouth sores, loss of appetite, diarrhea, increase the risk of infection due to reduced white blood cells, easy bruising or bleeding due to reduced blood platelets.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">These are some of the more common treatments for prostate cancer.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Other treatments include vaccines that treat, rather than prevent PC, targeted therapy drugs that target specific parts of cancer cells, altering the way a cancer cell grows, divides, repairs itself, or interacts with other cells, and immunotherapy which uses substances made by the body or in a lab to boost, direct, or restore the body’s natural defenses against cancer. Other treatments are being explored and tested.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">Do your research.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">Final edit done to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R82OM5tzcrk&pp=ygUiZ3JlZW4gZ3Jhc3MgYW5kIGhpZ2ggdGlkZXMgZm9yZXZlcg%3D%3D" target="_blank">"Green Grass and High Tides".</a></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Bibliography</span></b></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times; 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border-bottom: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; border-top: 0px; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 600px;"><tbody><tr><td class="bodyContainer" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 30px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>2A Tuesdays </strong><br /><br />It is critical that as many members (and other Second Amendment supporters) as possible join us for <strong>2A Tuesdays at the State Capitol</strong> <u>on <strong>May 16<sup>th</sup></strong></u><strong> </strong><strong>&</strong><strong> </strong><strong><u>May 23<sup>rd</sup></u></strong> for an important event that will make a difference in the future of your 2<sup>nd</sup> Amendment rights here in Connecticut. Do not sit by and allow the Governor's bill to be unopposed! <br /><br /><u>On <strong>May 16<sup>th</sup></strong></u><strong> </strong><strong>& 23rd</strong>, we will be holding a <strong>2A Tuesday Day</strong> at the Legislative Office Building and the State Capitol where we will make our voices heard and advocate for our unalienable rights.<br /><br />Your participation is essential to the success of this event. Our goal is to remind all the legislators of how many legal firearms owners, 2nd Amendment supporter, and how large of a voting block we are.<br /><br /><a href="https://ccdl.us/capitol-update-april-19-2023/" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; text-size-adjust: 100%;">HB6667 AN ACT CONCERNING GUN VIOLENCE “2023 ASSAULT WEAPON BAN”</a> is expected to come up for a vote as early as this week. We need all our members who are passionate about making a difference in our state to be in Hartford on <strong>2A Tuesdays</strong>. We urge you to act now and reach out to <a href="https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/menu/cgafindleg.asp" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; text-size-adjust: 100%;">your state representative</a>. Make your voice heard and let them know what you stand for and, if you are planning on attending 2A Tuesday, request a meeting with them when you are there. It may seem like a small act, but it has a tremendous impact.<br /><br />This is an opportunity to meet with <a href="https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/menu/cgafindleg.asp" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; text-size-adjust: 100%;">your legislators</a> in person, to share your stories and experiences, and to advocate for your rights that are important to you.<br /> <br />The event will take place <u>from </u><strong>8:30 AM to 5:30 PM at</strong> the State Legislative Office Building located at <strong><u>300 Capitol Ave, Hartford, CT</u></strong><u>.</u> Come for the whole day or just a few hours. Any time that you can be available makes a difference!<br /><br /><strong>Please read our</strong><strong> </strong><strong><a href="https://ccdl.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/2A-Tuesday-Guide_2023.pdf" style="font-weight: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">2A Tuesday Guide</a></strong><strong> </strong><strong>for additional information, a timeline, guidance on effectively communicating with legislators, and making the most of your time at the Capitol.</strong><br /><br />We look forward to seeing you there and working to make a difference.<br /><br />We will be holding a webinar to have a quick overview of 2A Tuesdays if you have any questions.<br /><a href="https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/e2cd99ce-92ff-48d5-b021-f01d8613d476@ec1a788b-e9b5-4a23-84a0-715e5075f2e7" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/e2cd99ce-92ff-48d5-b021-f01d8613d476@ec1a788b-e9b5-4a23-84a0-715e5075f2e7</a></span><br /><span style="color: #606060; font-size: 15px;"> </span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width: 100%; padding: 0px 18px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnDividerContent" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width: 100%; padding: 0px 18px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnDividerContent" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="templateFooter" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; border-top: 0px; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 600px;"><tbody><tr><td class="footerContainer" style="padding-bottom: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #606060; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.75px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><em>Copyright © 2023 Connecticut Citizens Defense League, Inc., All rights reserved.</em></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Middletown Insiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10242085742226763775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239070883775529047.post-53837383129988157152023-05-03T18:51:00.000-04:002023-05-03T18:51:06.066-04:00Conservative Women's Forum to Host Lunch with Gov. Chris Sununu on May 16, in Clinton<p> </p><table align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="module" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td height="100%" style="outline: none !important; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table align="left" bgcolor="" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv2868005102column yiv2868005102column-0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; outline: none !important; width: 290px;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td style="border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; word-break: normal;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv2868005102module" role="module" style="outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td bgcolor="" height="100%" style="line-height: 36px; outline: none !important; padding: 18px 0px; text-align: inherit; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><div style="font-size: 14px; outline: none !important;"><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 24px; outline: none !important;">An invitation from</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important; text-align: right;"><span style="color: #37268c; font-size: 36px; outline: none !important;"><strong style="outline: none !important;">Joe Markley</strong></span></div><div style="outline: none !important;"></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="left" bgcolor="" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv2868005102column yiv2868005102column-1" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; outline: none !important; width: 290px;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td style="border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; word-break: normal;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv2868005102wrapper" role="module" style="outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td align="left" style="font-size: 6px; line-height: 10px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><img alt="" border="0" class="yiv2868005102max-width" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.mcauto-images-production.sendgrid.net%2F4a8ce14dd8102c1e%2Fd85da178-6805-47cc-869e-53295fc17a04%2F960x1440.jpg&t=1683150662&ymreqid=982bb962-c49d-4856-1c48-e60190012600&sig=1G.ORS8Q1WXHAB7sJjbKgg--~D" style="display: block; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; height: auto !important; max-width: 30%; outline: none !important; text-indent: -9999px; width: 87px;" width="87" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv2868005102module" role="module" style="color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td bgcolor="" height="100%" style="line-height: 22px; outline: none !important; padding: 18px 0px; text-align: inherit; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><div style="outline: none !important;"><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 18px; outline: none !important;">We have the extraordinary opportunity of hearing from New Hampshire </span><span style="font-size: 18px; outline: none !important;"><strong style="outline: none !important;">Governor Chris Sununu</strong></span><span style="font-size: 18px; outline: none !important;"> at a luncheon at the </span><span style="font-size: 18px; outline: none !important;"><strong style="outline: none !important;">Clinton Country Club</strong></span><span style="font-size: 18px; outline: none !important;"> on </span><span style="font-size: 18px; outline: none !important;"><strong style="outline: none !important;">May 16</strong></span><span style="font-size: 18px; outline: none !important;">. Governor Sununu is a proven winner who's likely to play a major role in the Republican party for years to come. Seats are limited and going fast; you'll find information on making your reservation below.</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important; text-align: inherit;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 18px; outline: none !important;">Hope to see you there, Joe</span></div><div style="outline: none !important;"></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv2868005102wrapper" role="module" style="color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td align="center" style="font-size: 6px; line-height: 10px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><img alt="" border="0" class="yiv2868005102max-width" height="2208" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.mcauto-images-production.sendgrid.net%2F4a8ce14dd8102c1e%2F027381ed-823e-4d92-9a56-9e399893fddd%2F806x3190.jpg&t=1683150662&ymreqid=982bb962-c49d-4856-1c48-e60190012600&sig=qOqswVNFlhAYh5KJpkhhxg--~D" style="display: block; 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width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td style="outline: none !important; word-break: normal;" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="outline: none !important; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td style="outline: none !important; word-break: normal;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width: 600px; outline: none !important; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="outline: none !important; padding: 0px; word-break: normal;" width="100%"><table align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="module" style="outline: none !important; padding: 0px; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td height="100%" style="outline: none !important; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table align="left" bgcolor="" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv4699775999column yiv4699775999column-0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; outline: none !important; width: 186px;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td style="border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; word-break: normal;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv4699775999module" role="module" style="outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td bgcolor="" height="100%" style="line-height: 36px; outline: none !important; padding: 18px 0px; text-align: inherit; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><div style="font-size: 14px; outline: none !important;"><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 24px; outline: none !important;">An invitation from</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important; text-align: right;"><span style="color: #37268c; font-size: 36px; outline: none !important;"><strong style="outline: none !important;">Joe Markley</strong></span></div><div style="outline: none !important;"></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="left" bgcolor="" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv4699775999column yiv4699775999column-1" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px 10px; outline: none !important; width: 186px;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td style="border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; word-break: normal;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv4699775999wrapper" role="module" style="outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td align="center" style="font-size: 6px; line-height: 10px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><img alt="" border="0" class="yiv4699775999max-width" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.mcauto-images-production.sendgrid.net%2F4a8ce14dd8102c1e%2Fd85da178-6805-47cc-869e-53295fc17a04%2F960x1440.jpg&t=1683150169&ymreqid=982bb962-c49d-4856-1c48-e60175012600&sig=XIOhHIAiri5_QHVh08QCKg--~D" style="display: block; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; height: auto !important; max-width: 65%; outline: none !important; text-indent: -9999px; width: 120.896px;" width="121" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="left" bgcolor="" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv4699775999column yiv4699775999column-2" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; outline: none !important; width: 186px;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td style="border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; word-break: normal;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv4699775999wrapper" role="module" style="outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td align="center" style="font-size: 6px; line-height: 10px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><img alt="" border="0" class="yiv4699775999max-width" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.mcauto-images-production.sendgrid.net%2F4a8ce14dd8102c1e%2Ff4b50acc-aa6d-437f-a416-8d4685efb133%2F432x144.jpg&t=1683150169&ymreqid=982bb962-c49d-4856-1c48-e60175012600&sig=x1OvNFcC6yFDUT2jUol_Vw--~D" style="display: block; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; height: auto !important; max-width: 100%; outline: none !important; text-indent: -9999px; width: 186px;" width="186" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv4699775999module" role="module" style="outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td bgcolor="" height="100%" style="line-height: 22px; outline: none !important; padding: 18px 0px; text-align: inherit; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><div style="font-size: 14px; outline: none !important;"><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; outline: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><strong style="outline: none !important;">Voter-integrity advocate Dominic Rapini has joined with 2WinCT to call for an investigation of suspicious political contributions. You can read the text of the petition and view facts about the dubious donations below:</strong></span></div><div style="outline: none !important;"></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv4699775999module" role="module" style="outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td align="center" bgcolor="" class="yiv4699775999outer-td" style="outline: none !important; padding: 0px; word-break: normal;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv4699775999wrapper-mobile" style="outline: none !important; text-align: center;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td align="center" bgcolor="#2828ad" class="yiv4699775999inner-td" style="background-color: inherit; border-radius: 6px; font-size: 16px; outline: none !important; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://u23752607.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=SPhN-2FIBHTl7y0tT3jXazK63CLl3d5-2FoGKeNmQDbQU3NktdcqFJcBXRcPoAu6CA8GyypO_ycFUGOmj-2BzZRMCTo5aRQsWMx1mHDK3KfzO9H-2BCx82XuA5lNCoQ2p2eBR0-2BIGR00H51ydhE2U5rxbEw9rhp4WNR326GaXajHL0gDBRWCNj-2BFgsMvVG3AwIHe0c6BQEfVSq193JSfhaB-2BXUCDQ0fwpkDIiVNn-2BeT4Y5RjaAVWgQ8KBImZrkv7r-2B58c-2FwyI-2Ft3li4WMN-2BJiwIYcLQXOgGEsLWl5uJXYWh5Y6QFnjYK-2FrjtOF5hFwWpFTSsosHwjWkduzT6tNbv7U58LLLpMdWcj-2FHnIV1KWZLQOxmOhIgj1Alwk6Am9DZUFtkI5XJu8sLrRXBmjl5lnwUE0SxoDOCD9ZiTNSiMTEUja9bWzIZ0Bms4Fy7Xj3lEUxXJQ6mXGVIX4n4ow4DLe4Qei9bFR78OnKMmCwp4rwlYlMefreT0sGTyVUZ7gofINfTehYe8PxOaCejsaaCEeR-2FJ6yY7pdlQv09omZTIibvr2RMrM-2FwXlEGRlrO7RiKBicKrD-2BPIhIfpYTA-2BJbKCX1XJQiEhCq-2FCBlYK-2B3JvntZD-2Bx49S1H-2BgtGKymO7qoia8M9gtcqeP5Cen44hxu6iXzMLKZ892LXIlBDzdcWv7iJ-2FTGabcHY5BF-2F8rCBdHHUmD0xADCJAlH9nBaWrHyIv4umesSYBFjLYH9Mikz-2BUWbK3YrmCUzoLuB-2F-2Fc6dT86ILL8UkmVjzfpP-2FnyvIGBf1F2TeExVzrhyP1Fk9Y6ZVt0I2VBb9L6-2BW8mycMkmZvBBX5pBNlPqWX1A9E2lDxukHKFXPG55FvGUsXlfUOZn7urBnIr9Dyv6tQZCNqTeoRAcl-2BvsoB5JBEhewsvlFzHvhlAp0J2aRHK4BRXTDz6c5AqlJxYvUSZzwsVjodTZbwuzS2l-2FuYHqVuxaOLXeYkaGRm6xMWfR7yVsgZEA-3D-3D" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: #2828ad; border-radius: 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); color: white; display: inline-block; font-size: 22px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: normal; outline: none !important; padding: 12px 18px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Click Here to Read Text, Sign Petition</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv4699775999module" role="module" style="outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td bgcolor="" height="100%" style="line-height: 22px; outline: none !important; padding: 18px 0px; text-align: inherit; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><div style="font-size: 14px; outline: none !important;"><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.04px; margin: 0px; outline: none !important;"><em style="outline: none !important;">We the cosigners of this petition urge you and your office to consider this request:</em></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important; text-align: inherit;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.04px; margin: 0px; outline: none !important;">In Connecticut and across the country, a pattern is emerging where elderly donors are exhibiting massive numbers of donations in the FEC.GOV database. The data suggests that </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19.04px; margin: 0px; outline: none !important;">senior citizens are being targeted</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.04px; margin: 0px; outline: none !important;"> in a process that constitutes the elements of identity theft, elder abuse, and most concerning, laundering of money to political candidates and committees.</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important; text-align: inherit;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.04px; margin: 0px; outline: none !important;">According to FEC, the average donor donates 1.4 times a year, compared to the donors we have identified who are donating to candidates and committees thousands of times each year for an extended period of time.</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important; text-align: inherit;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.04px; margin: 0px; outline: none !important;">The questions we are asking is whether or not these are system issues related to the practice of earmarks/bundles, or are unsuspecting citizens have their donor IDs hijacked for the purpose of funneling outside money to campaigns and political committees?</span> </div><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important; text-align: inherit;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important; text-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.04px; margin: 0px; outline: none !important;">2WINCT identified </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19.04px; margin: 0px; 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border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); border-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-top: 0px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_5388914341034138359mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_5388914341034138359mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 32px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="color: red;">Have your voice heard on Tuesday, Feb. 28</span></span></strong></p><div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="color: red;">Please Testify Against HB6633, a bill that would end single-family zoning in Connecticut.</span></span></strong></div><br />Dear Friends, If you would like to submit testimony to the Housing Committee on the "Fair Share" bill (HB6633) which would essentially get rid of single-family zoning in CT in the next decade, you are welcome to use the testimony below or some variation of it.<br /><br /><strong>The public hearing in the Housing Committee is taking place on Tuesday, 2/28 and we recommend that you send it in soon as possible. You may submit testimony <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ct169strong.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D845e66a589deb5dbdbc314e23%26id%3D8d017a67ed%26e%3Df5c2e130fc&source=gmail&ust=1677602180807000&usg=AOvVaw2Snnr0JEriJ_JHJkx9n7o7" href="https://ct169strong.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=845e66a589deb5dbdbc314e23&id=8d017a67ed&e=f5c2e130fc" style="color: #007c89; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">here</a> or sign up to speak via Zoom or in-person <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ct169strong.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D845e66a589deb5dbdbc314e23%26id%3D5986f9a2c4%26e%3Df5c2e130fc&source=gmail&ust=1677602180807000&usg=AOvVaw3_mL4cW66nVbYPBjQLNeAh" href="https://ct169strong.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=845e66a589deb5dbdbc314e23&id=5986f9a2c4&e=f5c2e130fc" style="color: #007c89; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">here </a>(the deadline to sign-up to speak is 2/27 at 3 p.m.)</strong><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: red;">HB6633 mandates every municipality (except the seven with over 20% poverty - Hartford, Bridgeport, New Britain, New Haven, New London, Waterbury, Windham) to create a “Fair Share” number of affordable units. These can be built 1) all by the municipality or 2) by a developer that the town allows to build 80% high density market value multifamily units with remaining 20% of the project being the town’s “Fair Share” affordable units. With massive overdevelopment of 80% market value multifamily apartments, very few affordable units (20%) get built - scheme #2 would DOUBLE the town’s entire housing stock in 10 years.</span></span><br /><br /><strong>Here's our Fair Share spreadsheet which shows how many units your town will need to build and the cost associated with Fair Share for your town: </strong><strong style="text-align: center;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ct169strong.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D845e66a589deb5dbdbc314e23%26id%3De704d71ae3%26e%3Df5c2e130fc&source=gmail&ust=1677602180807000&usg=AOvVaw386AGGFJZU5huP9ddZ_f1Z" href="https://ct169strong.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=845e66a589deb5dbdbc314e23&id=e704d71ae3&e=f5c2e130fc" style="color: #007c89; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">Fair Share Calculation by Town - Google Sheets</a></strong><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Sample Testimony to Use:</span></strong></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 32px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong id="m_5388914341034138359docs-internal-guid-25c23c15-7fff-1971-0b65-59247140569e">Dear Esteemed Members of the Housing Committee:<br /><br />I write today to ask you to vote NO to HB6633. This “Fair Share” bill would impose extreme density on our local communities without regard to existing capacity. It would be catastrophic for most of Connecticut.<br /><br />The bill would result in municipalities being sued and forced to build at public expense housing when the private sector does not do so, when a municipality does not meet its Fair Share allocation, which is not based on market demand or the wishes of state residents, but rather the determination of the executive branch, as informed by housing advocates and organizations. </strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 32px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong id="m_5388914341034138359docs-internal-guid-25c23c15-7fff-1971-0b65-59247140569e"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ct169strong.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D845e66a589deb5dbdbc314e23%26id%3Db513a8ec7d%26e%3Df5c2e130fc&source=gmail&ust=1677602180807000&usg=AOvVaw0-G3-BFcqXZUyXmpw3cSAK" href="https://ct169strong.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=845e66a589deb5dbdbc314e23&id=b513a8ec7d&e=f5c2e130fc" style="color: #007c89; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">Open Communities Alliance</a> says there is demand for 140,000 affordable, but only 2,500 are homeless in Connecticut. Who are we building for?</strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 32px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong id="m_5388914341034138359docs-internal-guid-25c23c15-7fff-1971-0b65-59247140569e"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ct169strong.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D845e66a589deb5dbdbc314e23%26id%3D5b14f9b6ac%26e%3Df5c2e130fc&source=gmail&ust=1677602180807000&usg=AOvVaw2PbCHKmPvOOxM-BLUXG8yQ" href="https://ct169strong.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=845e66a589deb5dbdbc314e23&id=5b14f9b6ac&e=f5c2e130fc" style="color: #007c89; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">New Jersey</a> is the only state that has had a fair share plan for decades and it has not improved diversity in communities, and it has not created affordability. Why would Connecticut now want to follow with a fair share plan when the model in New Jersey has not been successful and has spurred litigation.</strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 32px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><em><strong id="m_5388914341034138359docs-internal-guid-25c23c15-7fff-1971-0b65-59247140569e">Let’s not make decisions where the very communities that you represent will suffer. We don’t negotiate against ourselves.</strong></em></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 32px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong id="m_5388914341034138359docs-internal-guid-25c23c15-7fff-1971-0b65-59247140569e">Fair Share provides for a ten-year timetable for municipalities to meet their "Fair Share" allocations; in prior years, the bill’s advocates have indicated that they intend for up to 300,000 units to be constructed within this period (enough to house approximately 700,000 persons). In addition to lawsuits forcing public construction, municipalities that do not comply may be subject to “default zoning” overriding all local land use regulation, permitting up to 20 units per acre in much of the state. Note that “fair share” does not replace 8-30g but is in addition to it which needs to be badly reformed. You can’t just say housing is needed everywhere, unilaterally, and double down on more one-size-fits-all mandates to build, build, build. </strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 32px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong id="m_5388914341034138359docs-internal-guid-25c23c15-7fff-1971-0b65-59247140569e">We need proper metrics for demand for housing, such as where jobs are in the state, what is the access to transportation, what are the limits of infrastructure, water tables, sewage capacity, and the environment, and cost of living in each area. This bill only looks at regional income, declares a formula, and mandates housing.<br /><br />Let’s be clear – this bill would get rid of single-family zoning in Connecticut. Creating affordable housing with all stakeholders involved is a laudable goal but getting rid of zoning and established neighborhoods is not. We know there is a better way such as towns getting seed money from the State to build 100 percent affordable units and fixing our voucher system. Land is finite and unique, and land use decisions permanently affect a Town’s economic, ecological and community health. We can and must find a better way. This bill does not make Connecticut more affordable.<br /><br />Sincerely,</strong><br /><br /><br /> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Tips to Testifying <span><a name='more'></a></span></strong></span><br /><strong>Testifying on Maintaining Local Oversight of Planning and Zoning</strong><br /><br /><strong>The Basics.</strong><br /><br />Speaking at a public hearing is a great way to make your voice heard.<br />Your goal is to persuade. How you speak is as important as what you<br />say. Here are some simple tips.<br /><br />Be factual and polite.<br /><br />Thank the decision-makers for their willingness to hear from the public.<br /><br />Identify yourself.<br /><br />Then, state your name, address, and whether you support or oppose the<br />proposal.<br /><br />Address the decision-makers.<br /><br />Direct your comments to the board or commission, not other speakers or<br />the applicant. Use titles and last names if addressing one directly (“Chair<br />X,” “Commissioner Y,” etc.).<br /><br />Make it personal.<br /><br />Decision-makers respond to personal stories that illustrate why<br />something matters to you. Talk about how the proposal could affect you,<br />your family, or the community at large.<br /><br /><strong>Know what you’re asking for.</strong><br /><br />DesegregateCT: For hearings on specific projects, you should ask the<br />body to approve, approve with conditions, or deny the project. For<br />hearings on changing the zoning regulations (which would affect many<br />parcels or projects), you should make suggestions on the drafted<br />language and encourage adoption of alternative proposals instead which<br />would directly achieve their stated goals of bringing the equity,<br />economic, and environmental benefits of building a more inclusive<br />community.<br /><br /><strong>For hearings on state mandated control of zoning, you can state:</strong><br />1) One size does not fit all in our 169 town and the state legislature<br />should maintain existing laws which allow local criteria for zoning<br />decision making, including: character, environmental impacts,<br />traffic, septic limitations, town water and sewer capacity, fire safety<br />and public safety.<br />2) For hearings on changing the 8-30g zoning regulations (which<br />would affect many parcels or projects), you should make<br />suggestions to the drafted language and encourage modification,<br />or rejection of the state mandated changes. For hearings to<br />develop city/town plans, state that sweeping one size benchmarks<br />(number targets) for housing will not be attainable.<br />3) State Legislature should not engage in making such broad<br />sweeping changes without collaboration with other best practices<br />already in our state: members of suburban local housing<br />authorities within CT and members of local planning and zoning<br />committees.<br />4) Singling out Suburbs as High Target Opportunity Zones again<br />excludes the serious issues in existing Urban Affordable Housing<br />Developments, which must be addressed immediately to help<br />those that are currently in need.<br />5) Offer alternative solutions: Creation of Opportunity Zones in urban<br />communities, expansion of public private partnerships and<br />mentoring to provide opportunities for growth of jobs and<br />revitalization of communities where transportation infrastructure<br />already exists.<br />6) In any situation, you can speak broadly about how this legislation<br />will not result in the equity, economic, and environmental benefits<br />they intend.<br /><br /><strong>Prepare in advance.</strong><br /><br />Take notes, write out your speech or bullet points, and if you can,<br />practice in advance. It’s OK to read from a phone.<br />Mind time limits.<br /><br />Usually, testimony is limited to 2 or 3 minutes per speaker. You can say<br />about 125 words per minute comfortably. The decision-makers may let<br /><br />you go over time, but read their body language. If they’re annoyed, they<br />might ignore your message.<br /><br /><strong>Submit written comments.</strong><br /><br />You can submit written comments to supplement spoken comments<br />during a meeting. (Bring multiple hard copies if attending in person!) You<br />can also submit written comments if you can’t attend a meeting at all. 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Every dollar will be used to spread our message and support our efforts to stave off onerous zoning and housing bills, and to stop activists from ending single-family zoning in Connecticut before it’s too late. <span style="color: red;">Local zoning and sound housing policy are not partisan issues</span>. We all care deeply about the development of our towns. Please donate <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ct169strong.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D845e66a589deb5dbdbc314e23%26id%3D33c08f4087%26e%3Df5c2e130fc&source=gmail&ust=1677602180807000&usg=AOvVaw1TJUjsDRDXnIatJe_9yvHq" href="https://ct169strong.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=845e66a589deb5dbdbc314e23&id=33c08f4087&e=f5c2e130fc" style="color: #007c89; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">here</a>.</strong><br /> </p></div></div><h1 style="font-size: 26px; line-height: 32.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: mediumblue;"><strong>Questions? Want to get involved? Drop us a note at <a href="mailto:info@ct169strong.org" style="color: #007c89; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">info@ct169strong.org</a></strong></span></h1></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Middletown Insiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10242085742226763775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239070883775529047.post-15819396918762675982022-12-12T19:02:00.000-05:002022-12-12T19:02:59.233-05:00CCDL Member Update - Meeting Tuesday, 13Dec<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7YJJGqW08yJL-pRnNlej06ZCI-0YfOnmajNp6ljSKWwsHLNl5VitjdNhhCQEcTkzwdZNrkUrZwWzquxSJbS1hno2M5MV80aFODQElQ2XfykJkCURw3onNDYerCAUdko5F7bMDW-2C_0NyNxQgpbRKuPB2JQvhbMJ8ioauvf-QAKF60OjMAVztuzwMxQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="204" data-original-width="200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7YJJGqW08yJL-pRnNlej06ZCI-0YfOnmajNp6ljSKWwsHLNl5VitjdNhhCQEcTkzwdZNrkUrZwWzquxSJbS1hno2M5MV80aFODQElQ2XfykJkCURw3onNDYerCAUdko5F7bMDW-2C_0NyNxQgpbRKuPB2JQvhbMJ8ioauvf-QAKF60OjMAVztuzwMxQ" width="235" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="yiv1377249183templateContainer" style="background-color: #2b89ae; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; width: 600px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="yiv1377249183templateBody" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; border-top: 0px; min-width: 100%; width: 600px;"><tbody><tr><td class="yiv1377249183bodyContainer" style="word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv1377249183mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="yiv1377249183mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="yiv1377249183mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv1377249183mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="yiv1377249183mcnTextContent" style="color: #606060; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="font-size: 24px;">This month's meeting is Tuesday December 13th at 7:00 </strong><span style="font-size: 24px;"><strong>p.m.</strong></span><strong style="font-size: 24px;"> - In Person at the V.F.W Post 511 in New </strong><span style="font-size: 24px;"><strong>Britain.</strong></span><br /><br /><strong>Meeting Agenda: </strong></p><ul><li>President's Report</li><li>Vice President's Report</li><li>Treasurer's Report</li><li>Secretary's Report </li><li>Event Coordinator Report</li><li>Permit Issues Report</li><li>Urban Engagement Report</li><li>Legislative Coordinator Report</li><li>Membership Coordinator Report</li><li>Outreach Committee Report</li></ul><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /><strong><span style="font-size: 24px;">Election Result Review</span></strong><br />Legislative Coordinator Ray Bevis will breakdown the election results during the meeting.<br /><br /><img height="262" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmcusercontent.com%2F6023f7975cfc040f5d86fce47%2Fimages%2Ff67d035d-dde9-0c4d-095a-d9e7ffd3d306.jpg&t=1670885195&ymreqid=982bb962-c49d-4856-1cd3-e40001016e00&sig=AKteM0IXkQe49UGqjsDGxg--~D" style="border: 0px; height: auto !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 262px; outline: none; text-indent: -9999px; width: 500px;" width="500" /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;"><strong>Legislative Workshop Planning</strong></span><br />It's <span style="font-size: 14px;">time </span>to start planning the Legislative Workshops for 2023. If your club or organization is interested in hosting a workshop between January 7th and March 8th, please reach out to our Legislative Coordinator for more details, Ray Bevis at <a href="mailto:legislative@ccdl.us?subject=Legislative%20Workshop%20Info" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #6dc6dd; overflow-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:legislative@ccdl.us?subject=Legislative%20Workshop%20Info">legislative@ccdl.us</a>.<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size: 24px;">Next Month - Impact of new ATF regulations</span></strong><br /><span style="font-size: 14px;">Attorney Greg Miller will be our guest at our January Membership Meeting to discuss the impact of the new ATF regulations. If you cannot attend in person, tiered members can log into the live stream.</span><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size: 24px;">Anniversary Dinner - Save the date</span></strong><br /><span style="font-size: 14px;">On Saturday February 18th 2023 CCDL will be having it's annual anniversary from 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM. Details will soon be on our website. </span><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size: 24px;">Bring your appetite to the meeting!</span></strong><br />Long time CCDL Member Mona Starczewski is making her now famous kielbasa sandwiches where she has donated all profit to CCDL! She will start serving at 6pm. <strong>Thank you, Mona!</strong><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;"><strong>CCDL Gives Back!</strong></span><br />Please consider bringing canned goods and non-perishable items to our meeting; CCDL will donate them to a local food panty or shelter. In addition, CCDL has donated unneeded building materials from our HQ renovation.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;"><strong>U.S. Law Shield<br /><a href="https://ccdl.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6023f7975cfc040f5d86fce47&id=3406c31cef&e=41f6e27ba2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #6dc6dd; font-weight: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank"><img height="143" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmcusercontent.com%2F6023f7975cfc040f5d86fce47%2Fimages%2Fd3e0610d-de82-d08a-af36-158392f2364b.png&t=1670885195&ymreqid=982bb962-c49d-4856-1cd3-e40001016e00&sig=EfktzvNQ6x3DXAzZtN1ZbA--~D" style="border: 0px; height: auto !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 143px; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; text-indent: -9999px; width: 200px;" width="200" /></a></strong></span><br />CCDL is pleased that US Law Shield offers an exclusive offer for our members. CCDL members receive 2 free months of membership with an annual US Law Shield membership. Learn more about US Law Shield benefits at the following <a href="https://ccdl.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6023f7975cfc040f5d86fce47&id=18f50de837&e=41f6e27ba2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #6dc6dd; overflow-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">link</a>.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv1377249183mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="yiv1377249183mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr><td class="yiv1377249183mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width: 100%; padding: 0px 18px; word-break: normal;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv1377249183mcnDividerContent" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="word-break: normal;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv1377249183mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="yiv1377249183mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="yiv1377249183mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv1377249183mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="yiv1377249183mcnTextContent" style="color: #606060; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="font-size: 24px;">January meeting on the 10th, 7:00 PM in New </strong><span style="font-size: 24px;"><strong>Britain</strong></span><br />Come join us at the January meeting! As of now there are no restrictions on the number of participates due to the pandemic. If something changes, we will let you know.<br /><br />The Connecticut Citizens Defense League strives for hands on activism from our members. We want an organization for us all to be proud of as we put forth effort to fight for our 2nd Amendment rights in our beautiful State. <br /><br /><br />Please Support <a href="https://ccdl.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6023f7975cfc040f5d86fce47&id=0703dc1c5d&e=41f6e27ba2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #6dc6dd; overflow-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Our Sponsor</a></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /><a href="https://ccdl.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6023f7975cfc040f5d86fce47&id=1fce9fe23f&e=41f6e27ba2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #6dc6dd; overflow-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank"><img height="312" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmcusercontent.com%2F6023f7975cfc040f5d86fce47%2Fimages%2F9a2b3551-11c3-46d9-b497-efc3903d8957.jpg&t=1670885195&ymreqid=982bb962-c49d-4856-1cd3-e40001016e00&sig=gYAeb0qNvR0bKkDFMdHjSw--~D" style="border: 0px; height: auto !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 312px; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; text-indent: -9999px; width: 500px;" width="500" /></a><br /> </p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv1377249183mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="yiv1377249183mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr><td class="yiv1377249183mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width: 100%; padding: 0px 18px; word-break: normal;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv1377249183mcnDividerContent" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="word-break: normal;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv1377249183mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="yiv1377249183mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr><td class="yiv1377249183mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width: 100%; padding: 0px 18px; word-break: normal;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv1377249183mcnDividerContent" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="word-break: normal;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv1377249183mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="yiv1377249183mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr><td class="yiv1377249183mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width: 100%; padding: 0px 18px; word-break: normal;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv1377249183mcnDividerContent" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="word-break: normal;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv1377249183mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="yiv1377249183mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr><td class="yiv1377249183mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width: 100%; padding: 0px 18px; word-break: normal;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv1377249183mcnDividerContent" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="word-break: normal;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" style="word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="yiv1377249183templateFooter" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; border-top: 0px; min-width: 100%; width: 600px;"><tbody><tr><td class="yiv1377249183footerContainer" style="padding-bottom: 9px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv1377249183mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="yiv1377249183mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="yiv1377249183mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv1377249183mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="yiv1377249183mcnTextContent" style="color: #606060; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.75px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><em>Copyright © 2022 Connecticut Citizens Defense League, Inc., All rights reserved.</em><br />You are receiving this email because you joined as a member of the CCDL at our website www.ccdl.us. Replies to this message are routed to an unmonitored mailbox. If you have questions please contact someone through our contact page: http://www.ccdl.us/aboutmenu/contacts<br /><br /><strong>Our mailing address is:</strong><br /><div class="yiv1377249183vcard"><span class="yiv1377249183org yiv1377249183fn">Connecticut Citizens Defense League, Inc.</span><div class="yiv1377249183adr"><div class="yiv1377249183street-address">P.O. Box 120</div><span class="yiv1377249183locality">Southbury</span>, <span class="yiv1377249183region">CT</span> <span class="yiv1377249183postal-code">06488</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Middletown Insiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10242085742226763775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239070883775529047.post-32834277967617100672022-11-09T18:39:00.000-05:002022-11-09T18:39:43.221-05:00Thank You from State Senator Rob Sampson!<p><br /></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv6710626744templateContainer" style="background-color: #fafafa; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; max-width: 600px !important; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td id="yiv6710626744templateBody" style="background: none center center / cover no-repeat rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-top: 0px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv6710626744mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="yiv6710626744mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="yiv6710626744mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv6710626744mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="yiv6710626744mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Friends,<br /><br />Thank you to the voters of Connecticut’s 16th senate district for trusting me to represent them in the State Senate for another two-year term. I am humbled by the tremendous amount of support I received in this election.<br /><br />You can count on me to keep my promises and my commitment to honor and defend this great country and to work every day to rebuild our beloved State of Connecticut.</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv6710626744mcnImageBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="yiv6710626744mcnImageBlockOuter"><tr><td class="yiv6710626744mcnImageBlockInner" style="padding: 9px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv6710626744mcnImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="yiv6710626744mcnImageContent" style="padding: 0px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: large;"><img align="center" alt="" class="yiv6710626744mcnImage" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmcusercontent.com%2Fb4e5fe3ce84997fb20f33c361%2Fimages%2Fac874f09-a979-4dfe-3503-fc34069700c6.jpg&t=1668033611&ymreqid=982bb962-c49d-4856-1c2c-df0001019b00&sig=Lo2h3p.mnP0dBXdeQkbS5Q--~D" style="border: 0px; display: inline !important; height: auto; max-width: 500px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; text-indent: -9999px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="500" /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td id="yiv6710626744templateFooter" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: center center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-top: 9px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv6710626744mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="yiv6710626744mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="yiv6710626744mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv6710626744mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="yiv6710626744mcnTextContent" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am at your service. Please reach out to me anytime. My personal cell phone is 860-508-1969.<br /><br />Finally, if you hosted a lawn sign for my campaign, thank you sincerely for doing so. I appreciate the visible show of support!<br /><br />My volunteers will be out collecting lawn signs over the next week. Please bear with us. There are over 700 signs across the five towns of the district. It may take a while to retrieve them all. <br /><br />Of course, you are welcome to keep your sign if you choose to. I recommend picking it up soon though!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sincerely,<br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">State Senator Rob Sampson</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> Middletown Insiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10242085742226763775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239070883775529047.post-12502566841892058702022-10-23T15:12:00.001-04:002022-10-23T15:12:12.353-04:00Senator Rob Sampson Sets the Record Straight After Opponent's False Claims<p> </p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="templateContainer" style="background-color: #fafafa; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px; color: black; max-width: 600px !important; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td id="templateHeader" style="background: none center center / cover no-repeat rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnImageBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageBlockInner" style="padding: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageContent" style="padding: 0px 9px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><img align="center" alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/b4e5fe3ce84997fb20f33c361/images/4c5095d6-5607-e867-9952-77190ab128bb.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline !important; height: auto; max-width: 500px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="500" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td id="templateBody" style="background: none center center / cover no-repeat rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: medium;">Many of you have probably received the above campaign flyer from my opponent or seen a letter to the editor making false claims about my voting record.<br /><br />While I appreciate the Star Wars theme, he has it backwards. I am not Senator "Vader." I am on the rebel side fighting the Evil empire.<br /><br />I have never told a lie about my votes, my record, or my positions since first being elected in 2010. My opponent has not even been elected yet. It appears to me that he has no problem stretching the truth to tarnish my reputation. <br /><br />I put this together to set the record straight. I have itemized ALL his statements and shared documentation and facts for each. Please review and judge for yourself.<br /><br /><strong>CLAIM #1: The only no vote for healthcare for children and infants</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&which_year=2021&bill_num=1004" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">SB1004</a> – passed in 2021. This bill allows children and stepchildren to stay on parents dental and vision insurance until AGE 26. I was not the only no vote. There were also 16 no votes in the House. This is another costly mandate that drives up premiums.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&which_year=2022&bill_num=377" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">SB377</a> – did not pass. This bill would have increased the time a policyholder has to report to their insurance company that they have a newborn from 60 to 120 days. This bill would have allowed those who fail to report to avoid premium payments that would fall to every other policyholder to pay.<br /><br />Mr. Robertson may not agree with me on these two bills but to claim that I voted against healthcare for children and infants is patently false. I have supported countless policies to benefit the health of children. (2 Pinocchio’s)<br /><br /><strong>CLAIM #2: The only no vote for mental and behavioral health services for children</strong><br /><a href="https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&which_year=2022&bill_num=2" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">SB2</a> – passed in 2022. This was one of several bills on mental health. This bill was not the primary one. This is kind of where all the ideas that were scrapped but still the pet projects of individual legislators ended up.<br /><br />I was not the only no vote. There were also 17 no votes in the House.<br /><br />I voted FOR <a href="https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&which_year=2022&bill_num=5001" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">HB5001 – PA 22-47 AN ACT CONCERNING CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH</a> which included:</span><ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">988 suicide prevention</span></li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">License reciprocity</span></li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Telehealth services</span></li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Truancy intervention</span></li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Youth service bureaus</span></li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mental health wellness exams</span></li></ol><span style="font-size: medium;">I also voted FOR <a href="https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&which_year=2022&bill_num=5500" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">HB5500 – PA 22-58</a> omnibus public health bill<br />Senate Bill 2 deserved a no vote because it is:</span><ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;" value="7"><span style="font-size: medium;">Duplicative – The good policies were already passed in HB5001</span></li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;" value="8"><span style="font-size: medium;">Huge bill with 46 sections on task forces, and new spending including loan forgiveness for mental health professional students</span></li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;" value="9"><span style="font-size: medium;">It is a “Gotcha Bill” made for campaign mailers.</span></li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;" value="10"><span style="font-size: medium;">Lots of mandates on local school districts</span><ol style="list-style-type: lower-roman;"><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">restricts school districts on recess</span></li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">requires local boards to hire a family care coordinator</span></li></ol></li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;" value="11"><span style="font-size: medium;">More “in loco parentis” – parents restricted from KNOWING what is going on with their own kids.</span></li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;" value="12"><span style="font-size: medium;">Interferes with parental rights, Is mental health and education issue?</span></li></ol><span style="font-size: medium;">Mr. Robertson is attempting to paint a picture that I am against children’s mental health by using this isolated vote. There are countless other votes that prove otherwise. (1 Pants on Fire)<br /><br /><strong>CLAIM #3: No for access to absentee voting</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&which_year=2022&bill_num=5262" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">HB5262</a> Passed in 2022. This bill redefined the term “illness” as an acceptable reason to vote by absentee so it could be exploited by Democrats, one of many bills that will contribute to less election integrity. I support our current absentee system and want to improve it with signature verification and VOTER ID. The Democrats refuse both. There were many NO votes in both chambers. I am well known to support policy that balances access and integrity in voting. <span><a name='more'></a></span><br /><br />Please watch my remarks on the Senate Floor here - <a href="https://youtu.be/28eOCWwBU38" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">https://youtu.be/28eOCWwBU38</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageCardBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnImageCardBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageCardBlockInner" style="padding: 9px 18px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageCardBottomContent" style="background-color: #404040; border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="mcnImageCardBottomImageContent" style="padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><a class="" href="https://youtu.be/28eOCWwBU38" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="" title=""><span style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/b4e5fe3ce84997fb20f33c361/video_thumbnails_new/7778cd460162cd14c8cac59d566aa6fa.png" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 640px; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: bottom;" width="564" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21px; padding: 9px 18px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top" width="546"><span style="font-size: medium;">My Floor Speech on the Democrats dangerous effort to undermine our election laws.</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mr. Robertson can disagree with me on election policy, but it is dishonest to say I oppose absentee voting. (3 Pinocchio’s)<br /><br /><strong>CLAIM #4: No for cash refunds for gift card balances</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&which_year=2022&bill_num=179" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">SB179</a> Didn’t become a law – the bill died on house calendar in 2022 Killed by Speaker of the House. 24 Yes 9 No. <br /><br />SUMMARY - Under current law, anyone accepting a gift card as payment must give the purchaser cash for the remaining balance on the card after the purchase if the (1) balance is under $3 and (2) purchaser requests it and provides the proof of purchase or a gift receipt for the gift card. This bill increases the balance limit from $3 to $5 and eliminates the requirement to provide the proof of purchase or a gift receipt.<br /><br /><strong>CLAIM #5: No for protecting domestic violence victims</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&which_year=2021&bill_num=1091" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">SB1091</a> This was the domestic violence bill from 2021 that I worked on in the Judiciary committee for months. Unfortunately, the majority Democrats spoiled this proposal at the last minute by inserting language requiring landlords to change locks within six hours of tenant’s request and not provide keys to others, even if they might be on the lease. The problem with all this is that it makes the landlord and employee of both the tenant and the state a dangerous proposition. A landlord’s obligations are merely what is in the lease. I supported this bill and helped it get passed into law. I cast my no vote after attempting to remove this additional language and debating at length on the floor. They acted in bad faith, and it showed. You can watch my floor speech here - <a href="https://youtu.be/fyzlw-t20ZA" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">https://youtu.be/fyzlw-t20ZA</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageCardBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnImageCardBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageCardBlockInner" style="padding: 9px 18px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageCardBottomContent" style="background-color: #404040; border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="mcnImageCardBottomImageContent" style="padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><a class="" href="https://youtu.be/fyzlw-t20ZA" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="" title=""><span style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/b4e5fe3ce84997fb20f33c361/video_thumbnails_new/86c11dd05ef2495a8f9d98a9ac763220.png" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 640px; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: bottom;" width="564" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21px; padding: 9px 18px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top" width="546"><span style="font-size: medium;">Watch as Senator Sampson calls out Senate Democrats for adding poison pill to Domestic Violence bill.</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: medium;">I am certain Mr. Robertson knows my involvement with this legislation but that didn’t stop him from attempting to paint a different picture. (2 Pants on Fire)<br /><br /><strong>CLAIM #6: Lone no for $25 cap on insulin</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&which_year=2020&bill_num=6003" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">HB6003</a> Passed in 2020. I was not the only NO - 4 no votes in the House. </span><ul><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Price caps don’t work despite being implemented many times, e.g., rent control, etc. Ultimately, these restrictions create a short supply and ultimately drive prices even higher. Socialist economics do not work.</span></li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Also, the Democrats were thoroughly annoyed that President Trump was getting credit for fighting prescription drug prices and they wanted to make a political statement - not good policy.</span></li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is a rate hike for MOST consumer. The uninsured get no help at all in this bill. In fact, they pay more.</span></li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I have helped pass numerous policies to fight rising prescription prices. </span></li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You can watch my floor speech here - <a href="https://youtu.be/uaOXVAm1tO4" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">https://youtu.be/uaOXVAm1tO4</a> - I predicted this would be used unfairly by Democrats in a campaign attack ad.</span></li></ul><span style="font-size: medium;">(1 Raised Eyebrow)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageCardBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnImageCardBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageCardBlockInner" style="padding: 9px 18px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageCardBottomContent" style="background-color: #404040; border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="mcnImageCardBottomImageContent" style="padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><a class="" href="https://youtu.be/uaOXVAm1tO4" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="" title=""><span style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/b4e5fe3ce84997fb20f33c361/video_thumbnails_new/ccf49886f058a6569c43069fc90cdbda.png" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 640px; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: bottom;" width="564" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21px; padding: 9px 18px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top" width="546"><span style="font-size: medium;">Senator Sampson calls out Democrats for passing bills for politics not policy.</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>CLAIM #7: No for paid family leave</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&which_year=2019&bill_num=1" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">SB1</a> Passed in 2019 – 21 to 15 in the senate, 79 to 69 in the House<br /><br />Of course, I voted NO. This is bad policy, not a freedom like my opponent claims.</span><ul><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It includes Mandated payroll tax, even for some people who cannot use the program.</span></li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Competes with private insurance industry, I wrote the <a href="https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/amd/S/pdf/2019SB-00001-R00SB-AMD.pdf" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">GOP amendment</a> to fix this and instead work with existing carriers. The Democrats rejected my proposal in favor of socialism and big government waste.</span></li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This policy has undermined the disability insurance marketplace and hurt thousands of people.</span></li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Waste and fraud are rampant.</span></li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You can watch my remarks in committee here - <a href="https://youtu.be/cWg8EaMai98" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">https://youtu.be/cWg8EaMai98</a> and on the senate floor here - <a href="https://youtu.be/JfMKIgOkS4w" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">https://youtu.be/JfMKIgOkS4w</a></span></li></ul><span style="font-size: medium;">Mr. Robertson gets credit for not fibbing on this one. (1 Checkmark)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageCardBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnImageCardBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageCardBlockInner" style="padding: 9px 18px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageCardBottomContent" style="background-color: #404040; border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="mcnImageCardBottomImageContent" style="padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><a class="" href="https://youtu.be/cWg8EaMai98" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="" title=""><span style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/b4e5fe3ce84997fb20f33c361/video_thumbnails_new/5c2e0eaebbe36ae89a9655dace2069e7.png" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 480px; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: bottom;" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21px; padding: 9px 18px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top" width="546"><span style="font-size: medium;">Senator Sampson challenges committee leaders on new payroll tax.</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageCardBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnImageCardBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageCardBlockInner" style="padding: 9px 18px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageCardBottomContent" style="background-color: #404040; border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="mcnImageCardBottomImageContent" style="padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><a class="" href="https://youtu.be/JfMKIgOkS4w" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank" title="State Senator Rob Sampson Paid Family Leave 5 22 19"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/b4e5fe3ce84997fb20f33c361/video_thumbnails_new/371658e28ded9af35340732b975e4dde.png" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 640px; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: bottom;" width="564" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21px; padding: 9px 18px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top" width="546"><span style="font-size: medium;">Paid Family Leave is bad policy for Connecticut.</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>CLAIM #8: No for women’s reproductive freedom</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&which_year=2022&bill_num=5414" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">HB5414</a> Passed in 2022. This was a party line vote.<br /><br />The bill did not make any measurable change to abortion rights (let alone “reproductive freedom.”) The bill was wholly political, partly about refuting the TX law which CT cannot control. That will be decided by the courts. The bill also allows APRN’s to perform abortions. <br /><br />Mr. Robertson is using a vote loosely related to abortion rights to make a statement about my position on abortion. He didn’t need to do that. I am personally Pro-Life and happy to say so. However, I have only tried to pass two common sense laws in our state. 1) Put an end to late term / 3<sup>rd</sup> trimester abortions, and 2) require parental notification for minors. This is necessary to prevent abusers and rapists from escaping justice. (1 Pinocchio)<br /><br /><strong>CLAIM #9: The only no for mothers who are breastfeeding</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&which_year=2021&bill_num=5158" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">HB5158</a> Passed in 2021. Again, I was not the only no vote. There were also 10 no votes in the House. <br /><br />This bill does not prevent breastfeeding. This is a mandate on employers requiring them to provide a space, an outlet, and a refrigerator to employees who are breastfeeding. This bill is unnecessary. There is no problem that is being addressed. There are no complaints on file. The law already existed, and it has no penalty. This is a wholly political bill designed for use during elections as a gotcha bill against the few principled Republicans who opposed it. Watch my remarks on the floor here - <a href="https://youtu.be/e2X2BtkOfdQ" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">https://youtu.be/e2X2BtkOfdQ</a><br /><br />Mr. Robertson again stretches the truth to falsely damage my reputation. (2 Pinocchio’s)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageCardBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnImageCardBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageCardBlockInner" style="padding: 9px 18px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageCardBottomContent" style="background-color: #404040; border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="mcnImageCardBottomImageContent" style="padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><a class="" href="https://youtu.be/e2X2BtkOfdQ" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="" title=""><span style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/b4e5fe3ce84997fb20f33c361/video_thumbnails_new/b20651d05fda95bc1e5120049d5fa00f.png" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 640px; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: bottom;" width="564" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21px; padding: 9px 18px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top" width="546"><span style="font-size: medium;">Senator Sampson discusses more political gamesmanship in the Senate and costly mandates on business.</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>CLAIM #10: No for raising the minimum wage to $15</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&which_year=2019&bill_num=5004" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">HB5004</a> Passed in 2019. This was a party line vote. I led the fight against it on the senate floor as Ranking Republican on Labor committee. This is a ban on jobs that pay less than $15 per hour. History shows us that entry level employees are hurt by this. They do not benefit. The result is less job opportunities, less business, hurts economy, causes inflation. I encourage anyone who favors a high minimum wage to watch my floor remarks here - <a href="https://youtu.be/h2wL1CBWW9g" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">https://youtu.be/h2wL1CBWW9g</a><br /><br />Mr. Robertson gets credit for not fibbing on this one. (1 Checkmark)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageCardBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnImageCardBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageCardBlockInner" style="padding: 9px 18px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageCardBottomContent" style="background-color: #404040; border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="mcnImageCardBottomImageContent" style="padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><a class="" href="https://youtu.be/h2wL1CBWW9g" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="" title=""><span style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/b4e5fe3ce84997fb20f33c361/video_thumbnails_new/e8fb007e4f005a943d17b5c546dc1e6c.png" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 480px; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: bottom;" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21px; padding: 9px 18px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top" width="546"><span style="font-size: medium;">Senator Sampson speaks on the economic impact of raising the minimum wage to $15.</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>CLAIM #11: The only no for police officers to express their religion on duty</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&which_year=2022&bill_num=133" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">SB133</a> Passed in 2022. I was indeed the only no vote in either chamber. I stand by it. Police officers need to wear a uniform, not promote a political or religious ideology while on duty. I am disappointed that the many other members who knew this was wrong were scared to say no.<br /><br />Mr. Robertson stretches my vote to require police officers to remain in uniform instead of promoting political or religious ideology to imply I am infringing on their religious freedom. (2 Pants on Fire)<br /><br /><strong>CLAIM #12: The only no to make Juneteenth a holiday</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&which_year=2022&bill_num=350" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">SB350</a> Passed in 2022. I was not the only no vote. There was another no vote in the House. This is a completely dishonest interpretation. This bill did not make Juneteenth a holiday. It was already a national holiday. This bill made it a <u>paid</u> holiday for state employees. You can watch my remarks here - <a href="https://youtu.be/m3g5-54CcfA" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">https://youtu.be/m3g5-54CcfA</a><br /><br />Mr. Robertson again stretches the truth about my position to create a false image of my record. (3 Pinocchio’s)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageCardBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnImageCardBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageCardBlockInner" style="padding: 9px 18px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageCardBottomContent" style="background-color: #404040; border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="mcnImageCardBottomImageContent" style="padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><a class="" href="https://youtu.be/m3g5-54CcfA" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="" title=""><span style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/b4e5fe3ce84997fb20f33c361/video_thumbnails_new/2754c76a72a789ce992a571b72f224ea.png" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 640px; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: bottom;" width="564" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21px; padding: 9px 18px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top" width="546"><span style="font-size: medium;">Senator Sampson supports Juneteenth but questions another paid holiday for state workers.</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>CLAIM #13: The only no for small business childcare incentives</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&which_year=2022&bill_num=408" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">SB408</a> – passed in 2022. I was indeed the only no vote, but this bill was just a study (at taxpayer expense) on the issue, and not any new policy or program. <br /><br />Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, in consultation with the Office of Early Childhood and the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, shall identify the economic barriers experienced by persons seeking to open a childcare center, group childcare home or family childcare home and develop a plan to address such barriers. Not later than January 1, 2023, the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, regarding such plan to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to commerce.<br />Mr. Robertson knows this was just a study and not an actual policy but that didn’t stop him from claiming I am against small business childcare incentives. (2 Pinocchio’s)<br /><br /><strong>CLAIM #14: No for affordable healthcare</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&which_year=2022&bill_num=416" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">SB416</a> Did not Pass. This is a bill that interferes with private contracts between insurance companies and providers. There were 4 no votes in the Senate. Bill died on house calendar. Apparently, not everyone that it was a good idea. The Democrat Speaker of the House is more responsible for it not passing than anyone. It’s not the role of government to stick their nose into private contracts.<br /><br />Mr. Robertson makes the ridiculous claim that I am against “affordable healthcare” based on a vote on a bill that did not become law, and that is more likely to raise premiums than lower them. (3 Pants on Fire)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><p style="line-height: 21px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">There is no excuse for deceiving voters. I hope you will stand with me. </span></strong></p><p style="line-height: 21px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />The November election is our chance to fight for and defend what we believe in. <br /><br />Reach out to your friends and neighbors and let them know of the importance of this election and how voting for me will ensure that our voices will continue to be heard at the State Capitol.<br /><br />It has been an honor and privilege being our voice in Hartford. I would like the opportunity to continue fighting for you!<br /><br />Sincerely,<br /><br />State Senator Rob Sampson<br /><br /> </span></p><p style="line-height: 21px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://eepurl.com/dDunA5" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><img data-file-id="1529922" height="66" src="https://mcusercontent.com/b4e5fe3ce84997fb20f33c361/images/22fba2d8-01a7-4738-ba37-01a0f8b6c089.png" style="border: 0px; height: 66px; margin: 0px; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; width: 248px;" width="248" /></a><br /><br />#proudamerican</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><p style="line-height: 21px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhG92FF1aWM&list=PLg8hH5Q6U20-GoH5w7mjPC2WK9EpRI6JT&index=27" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><img data-file-id="5851018" height="336" src="https://mcusercontent.com/b4e5fe3ce84997fb20f33c361/images/8a121a13-7a71-5d76-3884-cdb8487f7cf3.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: 336px; margin: 0px; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; width: 600px;" width="600" /></a></span></p><p style="line-height: 21px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">June 15, 2021 Sen Sampson sets the record straight on the state budget - a great example of the fire and passion he has become known for. </span></strong></p><p style="line-height: 21px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwR2McXY1TI&list=PLg8hH5Q6U20-GoH5w7mjPC2WK9EpRI6JT&index=3" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><img align="none" data-file-id="5093218" height="338" src="https://mcusercontent.com/b4e5fe3ce84997fb20f33c361/images/8ea5965d-dc4b-41eb-9f93-a1da0578f339.jpg" style="border: 5px solid; height: 338px; margin: 0px; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; width: 600px;" width="600" /></a></span></p><p style="line-height: 21px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">July 28, 2020 Sen Sampson speaks eloquently on the state of our state on the subject of crime, police, and the political divide - and challenges his colleagues to stop with the political games and begin working toward good policy that benefits the people we represent.</span></strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td id="templateFooter" style="background-attachment: initial; 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All but one was unpublished for "violating our guidelines" concerning the "Malware and Viruses policy". The other was <i>twice</i> unpublished for violating the child safety policy and later, (twice) reinstated.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">What the hell is going on? Two of the unpublished posts were from 2013 and the most recent from 2018! This blog has been around for well over a decade and there has never been such a problem, before.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I posted most of the unpublished items and I can assure you that there was NEVER any malware or viruses included in them.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The messages I received say, "Your post titled . . . . . . was flagged to us for review." How does a post get flagged? By readers? Were all these posts flagged by the same person?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The messages also say, "If you are interested in republishing the post, please update the content to adhere to Blogger's Community Guidelines. Once the content is updated, you may republish it . . . . . . This will trigger a review of the post." There is no way these posts can be updated, since they are no longer available, even to me. They were unpublished.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">There were NO specifics in the email notices regarding the nature of the malware or what exactly violated the child protection policy. How would one know what to look for without that information?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The "review", I have to assume from the result, is not conducted by a human. Thinking that it might be, I sent a message to Blogger through the update link, asking the same questions I'm now asking here. My questions were answered as follows:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">"We have re-evaluated the post titled "Guest Blog: Greetings Patriots by Palin Smith Conservative Roundup " against Community Guidelines content policy. Upon review, the post has been reinstated . . . at </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">http://www.middletowninsider.com/2013/05/guest-blog-greetings-patriots-by-palin.html."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Check it out. They "reinstated" my questions, not the post.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The post that was actually</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">reinstated</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> is titled, "Child Sex Tourism". It is an FBI story about a man convicted and sentenced to 330 yrs. in prison for engaging in the same.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">It seems to me that someone flagging such an article for review, one that is clearly NOT improper, would be suspicious.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">So, again I ask, were these posts flagged by the same person? I'll bet they were, and I have an idea as to who it was.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">It is also suspicious that, never having a problem in the past, that nine posts were flagged in a four-day period.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Blogger has yet to answer my questions, submitted via "feedback". They never will; they are lazy and don't give a damn.</span></p>Middletown Insiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10242085742226763775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239070883775529047.post-47147726367874905582022-09-05T06:46:00.001-04:002022-09-05T06:46:40.534-04:00Re-Elect Senator Rob Sampson Yard Signs Available!<p> </p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv1020508616templateContainer" style="background-color: #fafafa; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; max-width: 600px !important; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td id="yiv1020508616templateHeader" style="background: none center center / cover no-repeat rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 9px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv1020508616mcnImageBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; 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font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Dear Friends,</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 15px;">Election day will be here before you know it.</span><p style="line-height: 21px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">If you live in the 16th district - Southington, Wolcott, Prospect, Cheshire, or the East End of Waterbury, please show your support for my re-election campaign by hosting a <strong>yard sign</strong>.<br /><br /><a href="https://sampsonforct.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b4e5fe3ce84997fb20f33c361&id=0d61f267ac&e=da36cdeef4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #007c89;" target="_blank"><img height="594" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmcusercontent.com%2Fb4e5fe3ce84997fb20f33c361%2F_compresseds%2F83f7cf85-1294-dc97-e14e-db3bed8a8ab1.jpg&t=1662374556&ymreqid=982bb962-c49d-4856-1ccb-f30001014400&sig=3DjD56OjQGLPjz4nSLWbxA--~D" style="border: 0px; 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margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://sampsonforct.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b4e5fe3ce84997fb20f33c361&id=629ee44ff5&e=da36cdeef4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #007c89;" target="_blank"><img height="66" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmcusercontent.com%2Fb4e5fe3ce84997fb20f33c361%2Fimages%2F22fba2d8-01a7-4738-ba37-01a0f8b6c089.png&t=1662374556&ymreqid=982bb962-c49d-4856-1ccb-f30001014400&sig=z8jZ_6V0jAQOl6irILGmrw--~D" style="border: 0px; height: auto !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 66px; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; text-indent: -9999px; width: 248px;" width="248" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 15px;">#proudamerican</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Middletown Insiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10242085742226763775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239070883775529047.post-90202496998089365502022-08-26T17:53:00.015-04:002022-08-27T18:58:39.851-04:002013 Guest Blog by Palin Smith Unpublished for "Violating" Community Guidelines<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Marck Script"; font-size: large;">The following is my response to Google after they informed me the above post had been removed for violating "community standards". More than nine years after it was originally posted on May 15th, 2013.</span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: "Marck Script"; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: "Marck Script"; font-size: large;">The only way to contact Google was to edit the post and submit it for review. Google approved and re-published the following, which only goes to show that the "review" was conducted by an algorithm.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: "Marck Script"; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: "Marck Script"; font-size: x-large;">SMH</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Dear Google,</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">What on earth are you talking about? Specifically, how does this post violate any guidelines? </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I no longer have access to the post since it was unpublished. How could I possibly edit the post if I don't have access to it or know what part of it violated guidelines and how so?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">This post is over nine years old. What prompted the review? How was it "flagged"? Why, after nine years, is there suddenly a problem?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Your email mentions my "content has violated our Malware and Viruses policy". The idea that malware or a virus was deliberately put in the blog post is absurd! Specifically, what was the nature of the malware/virus and why did it take nine years for it to manifest?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Maybe there was a hacker. Maybe Blogger should transition blog addresses to an https prefix.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Below is Google's notice of cancelation (sic):</span></b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; height: auto !important;"><div dir="ltr" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> Hello,<br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> As you may know, our Community Guidelines <br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">(<a href="https://blogger.com/go/contentpolicy" style="color: #196ad4; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://blogger.com/go/contentpolicy</a>) describe the boundaries for what we <br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">allow-- and don't allow-- on Blogger. Your post titled "Guest Blog: <span style="font-size: 13.2px;">Greetings Patriots by Palin Smith Conservative Roundup " was flagged to us </span></div><div style="font-size: 13.2px; height: auto !important;"><div dir="ltr" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">for review. We have determined that it violates our guidelines and have <br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">unpublished the URL <br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.middletowninsider.com/2013/05/guest-blog-greetings-patriots-by-palin.html," style="color: #196ad4; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">http://www.middletowninsider.com/2013/05/guest-blog-greetings-patriots-by-palin.html,</a><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">making it unavailable to blog readers.<br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> Why was your blog post unpublished?<br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> Your content has violated our Malware and Viruses policy. Please visit <br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">our Community Guidelines page linked in this email to learn more.<br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> If you are interested in republishing the post, please update the <br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">content to adhere to Blogger's Community Guidelines. 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word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv3812581889mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="yiv3812581889mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: center;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="word-break: normal;" valign="top"><h1 style="color: #202020; font-size: 26px; line-height: 32.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Rally for an Affordable Connecticut</h1><h2 style="color: #202020; font-size: 22px; line-height: 27.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em>Join me in Niantic on June 24th</em></h2><p style="color: #202020; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;">Connecticut is unaffordable and growing more unaffordable by the day.<br /><br /><strong>As inflation surges, I'm advocating for relief. </strong></p><p style="color: #202020; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br />The cost of living continues to increase; the cost of oil, the cost of groceries. The cost of just trying to balance our family budgets is becoming more and more difficult.<br /><br />That's why I'm calling for a special session to adopt nearly <strong>$750 million in relief</strong> for CT residents, including <strong>tax cuts</strong> and <strong>energy assistance</strong> to make our state more affordable for working- and middle-class families. </p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="word-break: normal;" valign="top"><a href="https://ctsenaterepublicans.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=599cf7ca6f609f059261df82c&id=dd63e2fbba&e=aa68d7eb1a" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #007c89;" target="_blank" title=""><img align="center" alt="" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmcusercontent.com%2F599cf7ca6f609f059261df82c%2Fimages%2F4e99d0b3-0e01-8c0d-6e1e-3cecff503779.png&t=1655758397&ymreqid=982bb962-c49d-4856-1c09-a00001013d00&sig=6RCLInqo8B5T34csSDskMg--~D" style="border: 0px; height: auto; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; text-indent: -9999px;" width="564" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="word-break: normal;" valign="top"><p style="color: #202020; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><em><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>You can join me in advocating for this relief.</strong></span></em><br /> </p><h3 style="color: #202020; font-size: 20px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">1) Join me in demanding a Special Session on tax relief and energy assistance.</h3></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv3812581889mcnButtonBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="yiv3812581889mcnButtonBlockOuter"><tr><td align="center" class="yiv3812581889mcnButtonBlockInner" style="padding: 0px 18px 18px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv3812581889mcnButtonContentContainer" style="background-color: #163098; border-radius: 4px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="yiv3812581889mcnButtonContent" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; padding: 18px; word-break: normal;" valign="middle"><a class="yiv3812581889mcnButton" href="https://ctsenaterepublicans.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=599cf7ca6f609f059261df82c&id=46a4370684&e=aa68d7eb1a" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: white; display: block; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank" title="SIGN THE PETITION">SIGN THE PETITION</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv3812581889mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="yiv3812581889mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="yiv3812581889mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv3812581889mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="yiv3812581889mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="word-break: normal;" valign="top"><h3 style="color: #202020; font-size: 20px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">2) Rally with me for a more affordable Connecticut.</h3><br />I'll be rallying with residents in Niantic on Friday, June 15 at 5:00 pm at Guy's Oil, 87 West Main Street. 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text-decoration-line: none; transition: opacity 0.1s ease-in 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: inherit;">Nelson Maatman, founder of the Dutch political party “Neighborly Love, Freedom and Diversity” was arrested in Mexico on June 5th, 2022. His political party — which is not represented in Dutch Congress — sought to promote laws to support adult sex with children starting at age 12.</span></a></span></p></div></div><div style="line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px;"><div style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; text-align: center;"><img alt="icon of person and magnifying glass" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=http%3A%2F%2Fi2.cmail19.com%2Fei%2Fy%2F0B%2FB7D%2F310%2F075944%2Fcsfinal%2Fwhiteinvestigate-99028a06db3cf03c.png&t=1655331107&ymreqid=982bb962-c49d-4856-1cdf-26004201c300&sig=pXrDSC_l03yEdjVpisW90g--~D" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; line-height: inherit; max-width: 72px; text-align: left; text-indent: -9999px; width: 72px;" width="72" /></div></div></div></div></div><div class="yiv7085208801layout yiv7085208801one-col yiv7085208801fixed-width yiv7085208801stack" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 600px; min-width: 320px; 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text-decoration: inherit;"><a class="yiv7085208801no-underline" href="https://operationundergroundrailroad.cmail19.com/t/y-l-bkjfdk-idkudkiuid-i/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #fec10d; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; transition: opacity 0.1s ease-in 0s;" target="_blank"><strong style="line-height: inherit;"><span style="color: black; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: inherit;">“From April 2014 to March 2021, Maatman allegedly ran a blog which pushed the legalization of sex with minors, arguing that children were capable of deciding on their own if they wanted to partake in sexual acts.”</span></strong></a></span></p></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div><div class="yiv7085208801layout yiv7085208801one-col yiv7085208801fixed-width yiv7085208801stack" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 600px; min-width: 320px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition: width 0.25s ease-in-out 0s, all 0.25s ease-in-out 0s; width: 320px;"><div class="yiv7085208801layout__inner" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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text-decoration-line: none; transition: opacity 0.1s ease-in 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #4d4d4f; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: inherit;"><em style="line-height: inherit;">Translated from an interview with Nelson Maatman:<span></span></em></span></a></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p class="yiv7085208801size-16" style="font-family: Montserrat, "DejaVu Sans", Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 20px;"><span class="yiv7085208801font-montserrat" style="line-height: inherit; text-decoration: inherit;"><a class="yiv7085208801no-underline" href="https://operationundergroundrailroad.cmail19.com/t/y-l-bkjfdk-idkudkiuid-k/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #fec10d; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; transition: opacity 0.1s ease-in 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: inherit;"><strong style="line-height: inherit;">Nelson M:</strong> A kid is developed enough to answer if they want to go on a trip or to the park.</span></a></span></p><p class="yiv7085208801size-16" style="font-family: Montserrat, "DejaVu Sans", Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 20px;"><span class="yiv7085208801font-montserrat" style="line-height: inherit; text-decoration: inherit;"><a class="yiv7085208801no-underline" href="https://operationundergroundrailroad.cmail19.com/t/y-l-bkjfdk-idkudkiuid-u/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #fec10d; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; transition: opacity 0.1s ease-in 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: inherit;"><strong style="line-height: inherit;">Interviewer:</strong> But those things and sex are not the same.</span></a></span></p><p class="yiv7085208801size-16" style="font-family: Montserrat, "DejaVu Sans", Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px;"><span class="yiv7085208801font-montserrat" style="line-height: inherit; text-decoration: inherit;"><a class="yiv7085208801no-underline" href="https://operationundergroundrailroad.cmail19.com/t/y-l-bkjfdk-idkudkiuid-o/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #fec10d; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; transition: opacity 0.1s ease-in 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: inherit;"><strong style="line-height: inherit;">Nelson M:</strong> I think it is. I think that they are very comparable.</span></a></span></p></div></div><div style="line-height: inherit; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px;"><div style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 20px; text-align: center;"><img alt="Icon of handcuffs" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=http%3A%2F%2Fi3.cmail19.com%2Fei%2Fy%2F0B%2FB7D%2F310%2F075944%2Fcsfinal%2Fyellowcuff-99028a06db3cf03c.png&t=1655331107&ymreqid=982bb962-c49d-4856-1cdf-26004201c300&sig=U78Q_PEUwK76gZgW2GaV1w--~D" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; line-height: inherit; max-width: 72px; text-align: left; text-indent: -9999px; width: 72px;" width="72" /></div></div><div style="line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px;"><div style="line-height: inherit; vertical-align: middle;"><p class="yiv7085208801size-16" style="font-family: Montserrat, "DejaVu Sans", Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="yiv7085208801font-montserrat" style="line-height: inherit; text-decoration: inherit;"><a class="yiv7085208801no-underline" href="https://operationundergroundrailroad.cmail19.com/t/y-l-bkjfdk-idkudkiuid-b/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #fec10d; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; transition: opacity 0.1s ease-in 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: inherit;">He was arrested in the Netherlands in February 2020 and caught in possession of more than 10,000 pieces of child sexual abuse material. He appeared before a judge in June of that year but was allowed to fight the case without being in police custody. However, Maatman was declared a fugitive after he skipped his 2022 court date and fled the country.</span></a></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><div class="yiv7085208801layout yiv7085208801one-col yiv7085208801fixed-width yiv7085208801stack" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 600px; min-width: 320px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition: width 0.25s ease-in-out 0s, all 0.25s ease-in-out 0s; width: 320px;"><div class="yiv7085208801layout__inner" style="background-color: #fec10d; border-collapse: collapse; display: table; line-height: inherit; width: 600px;"><div class="yiv7085208801column" style="color: #697d71; display: table-cell; float: none !important; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; max-width: 600px !important; transition: width 0.25s ease-in-out 0s, all 0.25s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: top; width: 600px !important;"><div style="line-height: inherit; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; margin-top: 24px;"><div style="line-height: inherit; vertical-align: middle;"><p class="yiv7085208801size-30" style="font-family: Montserrat, "DejaVu Sans", Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 26px; line-height: 34px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="yiv7085208801font-montserrat" style="line-height: inherit; text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="color: black; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: inherit;"><strong style="line-height: inherit;">February – June 2022</strong></span></span></p></div></div><div style="line-height: inherit; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px;"><div style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 20px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=http%3A%2F%2Fi4.cmail19.com%2Fei%2Fy%2F0B%2FB7D%2F310%2F075944%2Fcsfinal%2Fflag-99028a06db3cf03c.png&t=1655331107&ymreqid=982bb962-c49d-4856-1cdf-26004201c300&sig=yfXsv9.gW2Ypj3UQN.8ZaA--~D" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; line-height: inherit; max-width: 72px; text-align: left; text-indent: -9999px; width: 72px;" width="72" /></div></div><div style="line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px;"><div style="line-height: inherit; vertical-align: middle;"><p class="yiv7085208801size-16" style="font-family: Montserrat, "DejaVu Sans", Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="yiv7085208801font-montserrat" style="line-height: inherit; text-decoration: inherit;"><a class="yiv7085208801no-underline" href="https://operationundergroundrailroad.cmail19.com/t/y-l-bkjfdk-idkudkiuid-n/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #fec10d; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; transition: opacity 0.1s ease-in 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: inherit;">Amid O.U.R.’s work to help individuals at risk of trafficking in Ukraine, we discovered that predators across the world were trying to exploit refugees from Ukraine. </span></a><a class="yiv7085208801no-underline" href="https://operationundergroundrailroad.cmail19.com/t/y-l-bkjfdk-idkudkiuid-p/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #fec10d; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; transition: opacity 0.1s ease-in 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: inherit;">While gathering intelligence to rescue vulnerable Ukrainian refugees, O.U.R. operatives found several leads where Ukrainian refugees were being smuggled into Mexico.</span></a><a class="yiv7085208801no-underline" href="https://operationundergroundrailroad.cmail19.com/t/y-l-bkjfdk-idkudkiuid-x/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #fec10d; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; transition: opacity 0.1s ease-in 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: inherit;"> With help from the organization, Free a Girl, O.U.R. found that Maatman was involved. Maatman had formed an online network that O.U.R. had begun to track. After going dark, Maatman reappeared in Mexico with disguises to hide his identity.</span></a></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><div class="yiv7085208801layout yiv7085208801one-col yiv7085208801fixed-width yiv7085208801stack" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 600px; min-width: 320px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition: width 0.25s ease-in-out 0s, all 0.25s ease-in-out 0s; width: 320px;"><div class="yiv7085208801layout__inner" style="background-color: black; border-collapse: collapse; display: table; line-height: inherit; width: 600px;"><div class="yiv7085208801column" style="color: #697d71; display: table-cell; float: none !important; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; max-width: 600px !important; transition: width 0.25s ease-in-out 0s, all 0.25s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: top; width: 600px !important;"><div style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://operationundergroundrailroad.cmail19.com/t/y-l-bkjfdk-idkudkiuid-a/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #fec10d; line-height: inherit; transition: opacity 0.1s ease-in 0s;" target="_blank"><img alt="Gif of O.U.R. K-9 and car outside of house in Mexico where authorities arrested Maatman." src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.giphy.com%2Fmedia%2FfwnJPNLAACZtkJOlMa%2Fgiphy.gif&t=1655331107&ymreqid=982bb962-c49d-4856-1cdf-26004201c300&sig=P0ztcY4tlrp3.A7cOcPDLQ--~D" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; line-height: inherit; max-width: 382px; text-align: left; text-indent: -9999px; width: 382px;" width="382" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="yiv7085208801layout yiv7085208801one-col yiv7085208801fixed-width yiv7085208801stack" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 600px; min-width: 320px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition: width 0.25s ease-in-out 0s, all 0.25s ease-in-out 0s; width: 320px;"><div class="yiv7085208801layout__inner" style="border-collapse: collapse; display: table; line-height: inherit; width: 600px;"><div class="yiv7085208801column" style="color: #697d71; display: table-cell; float: none !important; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; max-width: 600px !important; transition: width 0.25s ease-in-out 0s, all 0.25s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: top; width: 600px !important;"><div style="line-height: inherit; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; margin-top: 24px;"><div style="font-size: 1px; line-height: 3px;"> </div></div><div style="line-height: inherit; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px;"><div style="line-height: inherit; vertical-align: middle;"><p class="yiv7085208801size-16" style="font-family: Montserrat, "DejaVu Sans", Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="yiv7085208801font-montserrat" style="line-height: inherit; text-decoration: inherit;"><a class="yiv7085208801no-underline" href="https://operationundergroundrailroad.cmail19.com/t/y-l-bkjfdk-idkudkiuid-f/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #fec10d; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; transition: opacity 0.1s ease-in 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: inherit;">In the official search of the home, led by O.U.R.’s K9 Hidu, investigators discovered child sexual abuse material on computers, hard drives, telephones, and several USB flash drives, along with a handgun and cocaine.</span></a></span></p></div></div><div style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://operationundergroundrailroad.cmail19.com/t/y-l-bkjfdk-idkudkiuid-z/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #fec10d; line-height: inherit; transition: opacity 0.1s ease-in 0s;" target="_blank"><img alt="Image of gun and bullets from the investigation." src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=http%3A%2F%2Fi5.cmail19.com%2Fei%2Fy%2F0B%2FB7D%2F310%2F075944%2Fcsfinal%2F58791791-10893199-image-a-8_1654616981587-9900000a2805143c.png&t=1655331107&ymreqid=982bb962-c49d-4856-1cdf-26004201c300&sig=RInyfBD5VBgsLHXLJopHUQ--~D" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; line-height: inherit; max-width: 480px; text-align: left; text-indent: -9999px; width: 480px;" width="480" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://operationundergroundrailroad.cmail19.com/t/y-l-bkjfdk-idkudkiuid-v/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #fec10d; line-height: inherit; transition: opacity 0.1s ease-in 0s;" target="_blank"><img alt="Image of USB's from the investigation side by side" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=http%3A%2F%2Fi6.cmail19.com%2Fei%2Fy%2F0B%2FB7D%2F310%2F075944%2Fcsfinal%2F58791797-10893199-image-a-7_1654616975200-9900000a2805143c.png&t=1655331107&ymreqid=982bb962-c49d-4856-1cdf-26004201c300&sig=e3xds.AumwHdhcLICMjMAQ--~D" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; line-height: inherit; max-width: 480px; text-align: left; text-indent: -9999px; width: 480px;" width="480" /></a></div><div style="line-height: inherit; margin: 20px 20px 24px;"><div style="line-height: inherit; vertical-align: middle;"><p class="yiv7085208801size-20" style="font-family: Montserrat, "DejaVu Sans", Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="yiv7085208801font-montserrat" style="line-height: inherit; text-decoration: inherit;"><em style="line-height: inherit;"><a class="yiv7085208801no-underline" href="https://operationundergroundrailroad.cmail19.com/t/y-l-bkjfdk-idkudkiuid-e/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #fec10d; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; transition: opacity 0.1s ease-in 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #4d4d4f; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: inherit;">From a member of the O.U.R. Ops Team:</span></a></em><a class="yiv7085208801no-underline" href="https://operationundergroundrailroad.cmail19.com/t/y-l-bkjfdk-idkudkiuid-s/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #fec10d; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; transition: opacity 0.1s ease-in 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #4d4d4f; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: inherit;"><em style="line-height: inherit;"></em></span></a></span></p><p class="yiv7085208801size-16" style="font-family: Montserrat, "DejaVu Sans", Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 20px;"><span class="yiv7085208801font-montserrat" style="line-height: inherit; text-decoration: inherit;"><a class="yiv7085208801no-underline" href="https://operationundergroundrailroad.cmail19.com/t/y-l-bkjfdk-idkudkiuid-g/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #fec10d; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; transition: opacity 0.1s ease-in 0s;" target="_blank"><strong style="line-height: inherit;"><span style="color: black; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: inherit;">“We were grateful to play a role in this case by providing to our contacts in the Mexico City police a great deal of valuable information and intelligence. We continue to be impressed by the skill and dedication of Mexico City’s law enforcement and its commitment to protecting children from suspected child predators. We are also grateful to partner with an organization such as Free a Girl that is willing to be proactive in pursuing those believed to be abusing children around the world.”</span></strong></a></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><div class="yiv7085208801layout yiv7085208801one-col yiv7085208801fixed-width yiv7085208801stack" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 600px; min-width: 320px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition: width 0.25s ease-in-out 0s, all 0.25s ease-in-out 0s; width: 320px;"><div class="yiv7085208801layout__inner" style="background-color: #fec10d; border-collapse: collapse; display: table; line-height: inherit; width: 600px;"><div class="yiv7085208801column" style="color: #697d71; display: table-cell; float: none !important; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; max-width: 600px !important; transition: width 0.25s ease-in-out 0s, all 0.25s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: top; width: 600px !important;"><div style="line-height: inherit; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; margin-top: 24px;"><div style="line-height: inherit; vertical-align: middle;"><p class="yiv7085208801size-16" style="font-family: Montserrat, "DejaVu Sans", Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="yiv7085208801font-montserrat" style="line-height: inherit; text-decoration: inherit;"><a class="yiv7085208801no-underline" href="https://operationundergroundrailroad.cmail19.com/t/y-l-bkjfdk-idkudkiuid-w/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #fec10d; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; transition: opacity 0.1s ease-in 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: inherit;">An operation like this shows the importance of O.U.R.’s international operations. Sex trafficking knows no national boundaries, O.U.R. is committed to fighting this global trade.</span></a></span></p><p class="yiv7085208801size-16" style="font-family: Montserrat, "DejaVu Sans", Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;"><span class="yiv7085208801font-montserrat" style="line-height: inherit; text-decoration: inherit;"><strong style="line-height: inherit;"><a class="yiv7085208801underline" href="https://operationundergroundrailroad.cmail19.com/t/y-l-bkjfdk-idkudkiuid-yd/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #fec10d; line-height: inherit; transition: opacity 0.1s ease-in 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: inherit;">Learn more about this arrest here:</span></a></strong></span></p></div></div><div style="line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px;"><div style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://operationundergroundrailroad.cmail19.com/t/y-l-bkjfdk-idkudkiuid-yh/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #fec10d; line-height: inherit; transition: opacity 0.1s ease-in 0s;" target="_blank"><img alt="Image of K-9 officer in Mexico" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=http%3A%2F%2Fi7.cmail19.com%2Fei%2Fy%2F0B%2FB7D%2F310%2F075944%2Fcsfinal%2F1000-99079e0a28028a3c.png&t=1655331107&ymreqid=982bb962-c49d-4856-1cdf-26004201c300&sig=k_S3Ok4T1JjomuW3GlUMbg--~D" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; line-height: inherit; max-width: 286px; text-align: left; text-indent: -9999px; width: 286px;" width="286" /></a></div></div></div></div></div><div class="yiv7085208801layout yiv7085208801one-col yiv7085208801fixed-width yiv7085208801stack" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 600px; min-width: 320px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition: width 0.25s ease-in-out 0s, all 0.25s ease-in-out 0s; width: 320px;"><div class="yiv7085208801layout__inner" style="border-collapse: collapse; display: table; line-height: inherit; width: 600px;"><div class="yiv7085208801column" style="color: #697d71; display: table-cell; float: none !important; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; max-width: 600px !important; transition: width 0.25s ease-in-out 0s, all 0.25s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: top; width: 600px !important;"><div style="line-height: inherit; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; margin-top: 24px;"><div style="line-height: inherit; vertical-align: middle;"><p class="yiv7085208801size-16" style="font-family: Montserrat, "DejaVu Sans", Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="yiv7085208801font-montserrat" style="line-height: inherit; text-decoration: inherit;"><a class="yiv7085208801no-underline" href="https://operationundergroundrailroad.cmail19.com/t/y-l-bkjfdk-idkudkiuid-yk/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #fec10d; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; transition: opacity 0.1s ease-in 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: inherit;">We could not have carried out this operation without your donations. Every single dollar provides us resources to track down monsters like this. 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background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mceSpacing-24" style="padding: 12px 24px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div class="mceText" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; width: 612px;"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;">Dear Friends,</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;">Earlier this week, I received the unanimous nomination to continue representing the Connecticut Republican party to be our candidate for State Senator for the 16th district including the towns of Cheshire, Prospect, Southington, Waterbury, and Wolcott.</p><p class="last-child" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;">I am proud to represent the Republican Party and our principles as our candidate and will work hard to be re-elected as our State Senator.</p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" class="mceSpacing-24" style="padding: 12px 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><img alt="" role="presentation" src="https://dim.mcusercontent.com/cs/b4e5fe3ce84997fb20f33c361/images/2e84422e-1223-acf2-eec6-83f311a7f0ba.jpg?w=564&dpr=2" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; outline: none; width: 564px;" width="564" /></td></tr><tr><td class="mceSpacing-24" style="padding: 12px 24px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div class="mceText" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; width: 612px;"><h1 class="last-child" style="font-size: 29.295px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">My Commitment to you:</h1></div></td></tr><tr><td class="mceSpacing-24" style="padding: 12px 24px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div class="mceText" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; width: 612px;"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;">I will remain the most consistent defender of our American system of representative government in our state senate - of, for, and by the people.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;">I will continue keeping my promise never to vote for policies that will limit the freedom or civil rights of my constituents.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;">I will continue to advocate for shrinking the size, scope, and cost of state government. I have never voted for a tax or spending increase, and I never will.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;">I will continue to recognize that I represent every person in my district, including those who supported me and those who did not, and will act accordingly by only supporting policies that are beneficial to the prosperity of all Connecticut citizens, and respect the rights of every individual to their own perspective and life choices.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;">I will defend our CT State and US Constitutions every day in every action I take since this is the basis for the freedom and prosperity we all enjoy.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;">I will continue to be responsive to my constituents and never shy away from sharing my position or answering any questions. My cell phone is 860-508-1969. You are welcome to call me.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;">I will continue to be the most independent voice and voter in the state legislature owing my allegiance to our American system and the people I represent alone and not to lobbyists or special interests. Nor will I cave to pressure caused by party leadership, misinterpretation or misinformation by the press or my political opponents. In short, I promise to do what is right every time, regardless of how hard it is to do so.</p><p class="last-child" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;">I hope to continue to earn the support of the people of the 16th district and promise to continue to do my job as our State Senator as it was intended -as the person selected by my neighbors to carry our concerns and wishes to the state government so our voices are heard.</p></div></td></tr><tr><td class="mceSpacing-24" style="padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr class="mceRow"><td style="background-position: center center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><colgroup><col span="1"></col><col span="1"></col><col span="1"></col><col span="1"></col><col span="1"></col><col span="1"></col><col span="1"></col><col span="1"></col><col span="1"></col><col span="1"></col><col span="1"></col><col span="1"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td class="mceColumn" colspan="12" style="background-color: white; background-position: center center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="0" style="text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr class="mceRow"><td style="background-position: center center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><colgroup><col span="1"></col><col span="1"></col><col span="1"></col><col span="1"></col><col span="1"></col><col span="1"></col><col span="1"></col><col span="1"></col><col span="1"></col><col span="1"></col><col span="1"></col><col span="1"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td class="mceColumn" colspan="12" style="background-position: center center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mceSpacing-24" style="padding: 12px 24px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div class="mceText" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; width: 612px;"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;">The below link is the first article covering my race. Not surprisingly, it shows a strong contrast between me and my challenger. Enjoy the read.</p><p class="last-child" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;"><a href="https://www.myrecordjournal.com/News/Southington/Southington-News/Southington-fire-commissioner-to-challenge-incumbent-senator.html#gallery-3" style="color: #2b75c1; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;">Southington Democrat to challenge Sampson for 16th Senate seat (myrecordjournal.com)</a></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td class="mceSpacing-24" style="padding: 12px 24px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div class="mceText" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; width: 612px;"><p class="last-child" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;"><strong>Please follow me on all social media @sampsonforct</strong></p></div></td></tr><tr><td class="mceSpacing-24" style="padding: 12px 0px; 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Don't tell Mama...<p> </p><p><br /></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv4276483572templateContainer" style="background-color: #fafafa; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; max-width: 600px !important; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td id="yiv4276483572templateUpperBody" style="background: none center center / cover no-repeat rgb(10, 9, 15); border-bottom: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv4276483572mcnImageBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="yiv4276483572mcnImageBlockOuter"><tr><td class="yiv4276483572mcnImageBlockInner" style="padding: 0px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv4276483572mcnImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="yiv4276483572mcnImageContent" style="padding: 0px; text-align: center; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><img align="center" alt="" class="yiv4276483572mcnRetinaImage" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmcusercontent.com%2F80faaee6b4edd3c9c394548e1%2Fimages%2F52ead88a-fa4e-36c3-82b8-d31f79c4fc8a.gif&t=1651789521&ymreqid=982bb962-c49d-4856-1ce0-ae000101b700&sig=iJXzx4iadFybreOMshElmg--~D" style="border: 0px; display: inline !important; height: auto; max-width: 1200px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; text-indent: -9999px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="600" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv4276483572mcnImageBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="yiv4276483572mcnImageBlockOuter"><tr><td class="yiv4276483572mcnImageBlockInner" style="padding: 0px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv4276483572mcnImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="yiv4276483572mcnImageContent" style="padding: 0px; text-align: center; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><a class="yiv4276483572" href="https://goodspeed.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=80faaee6b4edd3c9c394548e1&id=8e1b8ea336&e=945597735d" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #196ad4;" target="_blank" title=""><img align="center" alt="" class="yiv4276483572mcnImage" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmcusercontent.com%2F80faaee6b4edd3c9c394548e1%2Fimages%2F29df998a-84dc-42e4-efaa-54f0716f53d2.jpg&t=1651789521&ymreqid=982bb962-c49d-4856-1ce0-ae000101b700&sig=OJ5_gk_lG5kYOZ3g4t4kkw--~D" style="border: 0px; display: inline !important; height: auto; max-width: 1200px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-indent: -9999px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="600" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv4276483572mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed !important; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="yiv4276483572mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr><td class="yiv4276483572mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width: 100%; padding: 18px; word-break: normal;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv4276483572mcnDividerContent" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top: 2px solid rgb(169, 141, 46); min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="word-break: normal;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv4276483572mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="yiv4276483572mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="yiv4276483572mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv4276483572mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="yiv4276483572mcnTextContent" style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Get Mom a gift that dazzles this Mother's Day…tickets to <em>Cabaret</em></strong>, Kander and Ebb’s legendary musical about British nightclub singer Sally Bowles, American writer Cliff Bradshaw, and the decadence of 1929 Berlin. With mounting fear and uncertainty outside, the bawdy Emcee lures you into the world of the Kit Kat Club where your troubles are left at the door. Featuring the treasured songs "Maybe This Time," "Don’t Tell Mama" and "Cabaret," this Tony Award-winning masterpiece comes to the Goodspeed stage for the very first time!</span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong><a href="https://goodspeed.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=80faaee6b4edd3c9c394548e1&id=74a2d1aaa4&e=945597735d" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #a98d2e;" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a> to learn more about the show</strong></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv4276483572mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed !important; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="yiv4276483572mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr><td class="yiv4276483572mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width: 100%; padding: 18px; word-break: normal;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv4276483572mcnDividerContent" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top: 2px solid rgb(169, 141, 46); min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="word-break: normal;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv4276483572mcnBoxedTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="yiv4276483572mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="yiv4276483572mcnBoxedTextBlockInner" style="word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv4276483572mcnBoxedTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 9px 18px; word-break: normal;"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv4276483572mcnTextContentContainer" style="background-color: #404040; border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="yiv4276483572mcnTextContent" style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; padding: 18px; text-align: center; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><span style="color: #a98d2e;"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><strong>MORE GIFT IDEAS!</strong></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-size: 17px;"><strong><span style="color: #a98d2e;">Mom already has her <em>Cabaret</em> tickets?</span></strong></span><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong> </strong>Not a problem! She'll love Anne of Green Gables, 42nd Street and Christmas In Connecticut, too. <a href="https://goodspeed.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=80faaee6b4edd3c9c394548e1&id=b6aebcfc72&e=945597735d" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #a98d2e; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a> to learn more about the 2022 lineup.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="color: #a98d2e;"><strong>Not sure which show she'll like best?</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> A gift card is the way to go! It's never too late to get an e-gift card sent straight to Mom's inbox! 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style="border: 0px; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; height: auto !important; outline: none; text-indent: -9999px;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Friends -</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">I’m writing to ask for your support of my friend Jacqueline Crespan who’s running for the State Senate in the 4<sup>th</sup> District which includes Manchester, Glastonbury, Bolton and Andover. I’m wholeheartedly endorsing Jacqueline today as she shares the same vision for Connecticut that I do.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Jacqueline is currently serving as the Republican Leader of the Manchester Board of Directors, which is the Town’s governing body. She has lived in Manchester for over 23 years. She was born in Uganda under the rule of Idi Amin, emigrated legally to the United States and five years later proudly became an American citizen. She knows what it’s like to live under executive rule so I know she will fight everyday for the freedoms and liberties that make this country great.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Today, Jacqueline needs our help! She needs to qualify for the citizen’s election program. She needs 300 residents from either Manchester, Glastonbury, Bolton or Andover to donate at least $5 or the maximum of $290 to my campaign. And she also needs to raise $17,300.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Please donate by credit online today at: </span><a href="https://jacqueline4ct.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=930f18d99f545c05b9e57a015&id=f3595fb793&e=a95ab84f11" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #007c89; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window">https://secure.anedot.com/510c6971-93ac-4bde-aa72-6093f870934c/donate</a><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">The sooner this part of the campaign is completed, the sooner Jacqueline can move on to meeting voters, knocking on doors and attending public events.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">I’m proud to support Jacqueline and I ask that you do the same today!</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br />Yours truly,</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Matt Corey</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;">Posted as a public service.</p>Middletown Insiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10242085742226763775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239070883775529047.post-82458902495456473732022-03-26T14:57:00.001-04:002022-03-26T14:57:44.100-04:00CCDL Action Alert - Public Health Committee Hearing on Gun Violence<p> <span style="text-align: center;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzpXtdQwLOQdeuD3dx4iP6w02LEyIwKH73Tc3cvM5nNQ6qnffKcm9-wZ4djHcBfEcXJFTJR8AobpuudiaTlH0pjpcK5YzgnXqzUZ9C7WqCpw-6vBjDs7TyNqYa7ZnOQLdwRmZFhKW5QbRlXCcfQurOQ-WiHIq15QTz0MhSwnzOEnHNKI1-MhzzakO3Vw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="960" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzpXtdQwLOQdeuD3dx4iP6w02LEyIwKH73Tc3cvM5nNQ6qnffKcm9-wZ4djHcBfEcXJFTJR8AobpuudiaTlH0pjpcK5YzgnXqzUZ9C7WqCpw-6vBjDs7TyNqYa7ZnOQLdwRmZFhKW5QbRlXCcfQurOQ-WiHIq15QTz0MhSwnzOEnHNKI1-MhzzakO3Vw=w523-h157" width="523" /></a></p><br /><p></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="templateContainer" style="background-color: #2b89ae; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px; color: black; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 600px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="templateBody" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; border-top: 0px; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 600px;"><tbody><tr><td class="bodyContainer" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 22.5px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><p style="color: #606060; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Public Health Committee will hold a public hearing on <strong>Monday, March 28, 2022, at 11:00 </strong><strong>A.M</strong>. via Zoom.<br /><br />The subject matter will be Gun Violence Prevention and other Public Health Related Bills. <span style="color: red;"><strong>The two bills listed below are anti-gun and will affect your rights!</strong></span><br /><br /><strong>TAKE ACTION NOW! Step by step to protect your rights!</strong><br /> <br /><a href="https://mailchi.mp/ccdl/action_alert_for_judiciary_hearing_2022-2688761?e=41f6e27ba2#_STEP_1:_How" style="color: #6dc6dd; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>STEP 1</strong></a> Prepare your written testimony (preferably in Word or PDF attachment)</span></p><p style="color: #606060; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><a href="https://mailchi.mp/ccdl/action_alert_for_judiciary_hearing_2022-2688761?e=41f6e27ba2#_STEP_2:_How" style="color: #6dc6dd; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>STEP 2</strong></a> Email your written testimony to: <a href="mailto:PHtestimony@cga.ct.gov" style="color: #6dc6dd; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-size-adjust: 100%;">PHtestimony@cga.ct.gov</a><br /><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://mailchi.mp/ccdl/action_alert_for_judiciary_hearing_2022-2688761?e=41f6e27ba2#_STEP_3:_How" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="color: #6dc6dd;">STEP 3</span></a><span style="color: #606060;"> cc: your testimony to </span><em style="color: #606060;">your <strong>state</strong></em><span style="color: #606060;"> Senator and Representative. </span><a href="https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/menu/cgafindleg.asp" style="color: #6dc6dd; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-size-adjust: 100%;">Find your Legislator </a><span style="color: #606060;"> </span><br /><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://mailchi.mp/ccdl/action_alert_for_judiciary_hearing_2022-2688761?e=41f6e27ba2#_STEP_4:_How" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="color: #6dc6dd;">STEP 4</span></a><span style="color: #606060;"> If you can, pre-register to </span><a href="https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RXzY6KRGSAamnxs-dvPuFg" style="color: #6dc6dd; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-size-adjust: 100%;">testify via zoom</a><span style="color: #606060;">, before Sunday, March 27</span><sup style="color: #606060;">th</sup><span style="color: #606060;"> 3:00 P.M.</span><br /><span style="color: #606060;"> </span><br /><span style="color: #606060;">The two firearm related bills on the Public Health Committee agenda are:</span><br /><span style="color: #606060;"> </span><br /><a href="https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&which_year=2022&bill_num=477" style="color: #6dc6dd; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>S.B. No. 477 AN ACT CONCERNING THE PUBLIC HEALTH OF RESIDENTS OF THE STATE.</strong></a></span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><em style="color: #606060;">Sec. 7. of this bill will establish a 21-member Commission on Gun Violence Intervention and Prevention to coordinate the funding and implementation of programs and strategies to reduce community gun violence in the state. By awarding grants and guidance to organizations working toward reducing gun violence and allow the commission to accept any gift, donation, or bequest for the purpose of performing their duties.</em><br /><br /><strong style="color: #606060;"><em>Who will be on this Commission? Members of organizations that have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars lobby for gun control here in Connecticut. Representatives from organizations like CT Against Gun Violence and Mothers United Against Gun Violence.</em></strong><br /><span style="color: #606060;"> </span><br /><a href="https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&which_year=2022&bill_num=5397" style="color: #6dc6dd; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>H.B. No. 5397 AN ACT DECLARING GUN VIOLENCE A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS AND ESTABLISHING THE OFFICE OF GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND ADVISORY COUNCIL ON GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION.</strong></a></span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><em style="color: #606060;">This bill will declare that gun violence constitutes a <strong>public health crisis</strong> and will continue to constitute to be a public health crisis until their goal are attained, it will establish an <strong>Office of Gun Violence Prevention.</strong></em><br /><br /><span style="color: #606060;">For more information check out our </span><a href="https://ccdl.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Public-Hearing-Guide-March_28_2022.pdf" style="color: #6dc6dd; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">Public Hearing Guide</a></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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font-size: 13.5pt;">Hello,</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXsT6mPGNinS4YmIwG_h-GYYo7QCrFL77NGou5ebaGbmooZVCmGrfAss7CGOyiu3vaF7gt-IM-HUWv4KCBfofDbqVULmFZhCBBwlN4uVFFhlf6y2OWn8s9oRyuY3YLM0-uaxefzWrdwNmUrlTj8jhSErjvd-_FXYc4kczQR3A7d6jTV1zpBht4XVNl" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="912" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXsT6mPGNinS4YmIwG_h-GYYo7QCrFL77NGou5ebaGbmooZVCmGrfAss7CGOyiu3vaF7gt-IM-HUWv4KCBfofDbqVULmFZhCBBwlN4uVFFhlf6y2OWn8s9oRyuY3YLM0-uaxefzWrdwNmUrlTj8jhSErjvd-_FXYc4kczQR3A7d6jTV1zpBht4XVNl=w249-h374" width="249" /></a></div><br /><p></p><blockquote style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.5pt; margin: 0px 0px 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">This is Robert Hyde. I am currently running in the 2022 Connecticut U.S. Senatorial race. I am running against Senator Blumenthal, who has been a pro-inflation, bad for the economy, anti-Bill of Rights, five-time Vietnam draft dodging communist that has lied about his service since the sixties.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.5pt; margin: 0px 0px 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">I served honorably in Iraq in the Marines in 2003.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.5pt; margin: 0px 0px 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">My opponent has a 0% rating with Right to Life, the NRA, and the Farm Bureau just to name a few.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.5pt; margin: 0px 0px 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Frankly, we cannot allow someone like Dick to continue to serve in the Senate.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.5pt; margin: 0px 0px 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">With the help of supporters like you, we can end his career this November and take back a solid majority in the House.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.5pt; margin: 0px 0px 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">I would love a chance to introduce myself to your members and you if you will host me. I have attached my website and social media links for reference.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.5pt; margin: 0px 0px 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Respectfully, please give me just 5-7 minutes of your time for a call in the next week or two to discuss my Senatorial campaign.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.5pt; margin: 0px 0px 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">If you do not want to schedule a call, please call me anytime directly on my cell at 8608393979.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.5pt; margin: 0px 0px 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Please know that your support will make the winning difference for our campaign, and I will always be grateful to you.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.5pt; margin: 0px 0px 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Thank you for your consideration, God Bless!</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Robert Hyde, U</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">S</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> Senate Candidate for Connecticut 2022</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; 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