Reminder American Flag Retirement Ceremony

American Flag Retirement Ceremony

AMERICAN FLAG RETIREMENT CEREMONY

American Legion Post 45 –
835 Hanover Road –Meriden-CT
203-634-9876
Let's Start Celebrating Flag Day By Retiring Your Worn-Out Flag!
COME AND SEE US TO FIND OUT WHAT A WATCH FIRE IS!

-What the American Flag represents, means-
-How to correctly retire our American Flag, thousands of flags to be retired-
Mark Your Calendar;
Sunday June 9, 2013, between from 12pm to 3pm
Watch Fire Flag Retirement begins promptly at 2pm.
If you’re personal, municipal, business flag is worn, tattered, faded, torn, or not in perfect condition,
it should be retired and replaced with a new one.
Please bring your flag to the Post 45, American Legion, for an honorable (proper) retirement, all size American Flags accepted, statewide.
http://www.cityofmeriden.org/SpecialAnnouncements/Customer-Files/WatchFire-Notice-2013.pdf

A LESSON IN AMERICAN HISTORY- ALL WELCOME!

Middletown Republican Town Committee meeting set for Thursday, January 31, 2013 at 7:00 P.M.

The Middletown Republican Town Committee meeting has been rescheduled for Thursday, January 31, 2013, at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber of City Hall.  All members of the public are welcome to attend this meeting, but it should be noted that only elected members are allowed to speak on items on agenda per MRTC charter.  Please come down and meet some new people and if you would like join some of the members for coffee afterwards at a local restaurant.

How to Stop a Gun Ban by Tim D. Enchanter

A Guest blog  By Tim D. Enchanter

For those of you who are not on Facebook, here is a Post and accompanying Comment designed by me to spark conversation and make people think which you may have missed:

 To stop Gun Bans, ask those who want one, "so what I'm hearing you say is that you are unarmed, right?" & watch their expression

Here is something to think about ... I don't own guns ... could never afford one as I always have other more pressing priorities when I have any money ... have never even held a gun ... yet I support the rights of law-abiding citizens to own any guns they want ... and ... I am always armed ... stop and think about that for a minute >:>> ... I do not need a gun if I want to hurt you ... do you need one to stop me ??? ... something to think about before asking to eliminate firarms

  

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           CONSERVATIVE = Limited Government                 

(YOU run Your Life and the government stays OUT of it) 

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            REPUBLIC = Representative Government               

         (You Vote for someone who represents YOU)             

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          DEMOCRACY = Government BY the People             

               (Your Elected Officials Work for YOU)                    

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Everyone Remember to Vote EVERY November                 

Your Vote is Your Responsibility so Vote Responsibly    

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When Village People Fight: $Bianco$ vs. The Village

A large majority of the folks who are against the new Washington Street Wesleyan bookstore/Starbuck proposal are part of a local sub-society collectively known as The Village District (People). These Village People are quite affluent around Middletown and have their thumbs in most political pies.  They aren’t poor either people! In fact some of them use federal, state and local tax monies to fund their pet projects while giving themselves a six-figure salary.   While you and everyone else you know hustles at work, these folks are taking advantage of the government grants and suspension of taxes to make their money.  There’s a lot of money to made in liberalism folks.   Here’s where it gets interesting:  A huge supporter of the Village District is a man named Jeff Bianco, a local architect and veteran chairman of Middletown’s Historic Preservation and Design Review Committee whose job is to mainly preserve cool and ancient stuff in town.  (I.e. Nice old building, let’s protest so the town won’t knock it down).

 Guess what? While his friends are publicly serving as activists and blogging against the proposed new bookstore-Mr. Bianco stands to gain if the project goes forward. Why? He is the architect on the project and stands to make good money if one day you are able to pull up and buy a coffee-mocha.chocolate-creamladunno-jejune from the Seattle owned franchise. Then it’s official Mr. Blanco’s pockets have been lined with the Benjamins and has scoffed at his Village friends and Historic Committee.

The Chairman of Middletown Design
Review & Historic Preservation,
architect Jeff Bianco defended
the  Pearl Street
development & tear down
of historic property
 by saying "We don't live in Venice." *

Hypocrisy 1: Mr. Bianco serves on the Historic Preservation and Design Review Committee in Middletown, but I guess it’s okay to build and destroy on Washington Street as long as you get your beak wet.

Hypocrisy 2:  As of this writing, Mr. Bianco’s name has yet to be mentioned by any of the other blogs or papers in Middletown except for Wesleying.org where he is featured presenting the project.  This is very strange, these blogs have taken strong stances against the development on Washington Street, but none are critical of Mr. Bianco and/or Mr. Drew.  Why is that? Simple, they don’t want to put their necks out there too much and burn bridges within their own party and network.  I wonder if Mr. Bianco and Mr. Drew were Republicans, would they be vilified in the blogs?  You bet your ass on it.

Prediction: The other blogs will get upset that we mentioned Mr. Drew and Mr. Bianco.. 

* http://wesleying.org/2012/11/27/liveblogging-the-bookstore-relocation-open-forum/

You Know You're a (Middletown) Liberal if.....

1) You lead the fight with the local Board of Education and the Mayor's office to ensure that all Middletown schools are racially balanced. Once the list is released, you notice that your own child has to be bused to a school in the north end which infuriates you so you complain about this error at the next BOE meeting. "I didn't mean my kid."

2) You bitterly complain about a State Senator's bid to call for a recount over the 228 vote margin during the last election. If this were Murphy vs. McMahan and she won by 228 votes, you would be driving around the state and screaming voter fraud. In fact you would have a megaphone and offer to count votes yourself. Give me a break! Voter fraud only occurs if it favors the left.

3) You write in your blog about the alleged nastiness of other writers on different blogs, but it's okay for you to drop F-bombs about Linda McMahan on Facebook twice a day. "Let's count to three and take a breather."

4) You fight for the local diner that burned down due to the owner's lack of responsibility of not having fire insurance. Sorry guys, you want to help out the community let's earn some money for schools and not waste time and energy for a person that wasn't responsible. Instead it's: Lets's' make sure the natural food store gets free money from the town to make up revenue due to the bridge traffic. (Did they lose money? The place is always packed. What's the kickback?) When the Wesleyan bookstore and Starbucks want to move in your territory, it's, they don't have the right or we don't want chains in this town or the classic, it's bad for Middletown. Give me a break. You don't own the North End! (Real reason: We don't want anything to rock the little non-profit boat we are running down here! What's your salary now?)

5) You campaigned for the BOE on a platform of transparency and honesty. Reality: It's impossible to get a word from you about BOE business or the missing million dollars. Where is the budget? Why are they underfunded? Typical answer: "I refuse to answer to anonymous people."

6) You claim you didn't vote for Wayne Winsley because Rosa DeLaura is more qualified. What the…..? Mmmmm, it's probably the same reason people like you spend $51,000 a year to keep your children away from the public school population. "We want YOU to do it this way, but I get to do what I want." I would ask you what Rosa has done for the people, but I would get the same old liberal dribble. Qualified? I thought American politics were developed to get the common man into the thick of things? Right? I get it, not qualified?

7) You endlessly campaign against Linda McMahan on Facebook, but sell an advertisement on your blog to her campaign. What happened not enough money in the non-profit sector for you?

8) You verbally claim you love a certain politician, but tell folks: "I can't put up their sign because people might get angry with me."

9) You truly believe you are better than everybody or entitled to things that don't belong to you.

10) You love to point fingers at corporate types, but when that person is a personal friend of yours all your personal feelings are put aside. "Well, it's 'ok' if the Democrat is doing it, but if it's a GOP member I should stomp and scream like a child who doesn't get his way."

11) You are a member of MADD, but stood up and clapped when Dominique Thornton arrived at the Democratic Town Committee Meeting after her arrest for drunk driving.

12) You put up a lawn sign that tells folks to "Vote for Jim O'Rourke," but privately tell your family members to decline any ride offers from the state rep.

From the MRTC Chair: Ken McClellan

To the Middletown Republican Town Committee and friends who supported us.

Thank you, all for the hard work done during the recent campaign.   Our candidates ran good, clean campaigns, with no personal attacks, accusations or innuendo, campaigning on the issues, and on the records of incumbents.  I thank them for their courage, persistence and hard work during the campaign.  I do have to mention that Deb Kleckowski and Len Suzio put a stupendous amount of work and heart into their campaigns.  If work alone would win an election, it would have been a landslide for both.  I hope both of you continue to be active in politics.

Now that we’ve had a few days to digest the results of the last election, I’m hurt and disappointed that our message of small government, fiscal conservatism, personal responsibility, family values, morality and honesty in government has not penetrated.  I believe in small government, fiscal responsibility, individual freedom and personal responsibility.  If that message doesn’t resonate with most people, I won’t change my principles or my message.  This is what I believe in and what I will continue to champion.  I won’t change my principles in order to win an election.  I won’t change my message in order to be popular.   I hope that all of you agree with me.  And remember, it doesn’t matter how many times you get knocked down, what matters is how many time you get up.

I also believe that charity and helping others starts with the individual, not the government.  Please remember those less fortunate, and contribute, if you can, your time, money and resources to helping others, through the food banks, shelters for women and children, churches and service agencies.

Sunday is Veterans’ Day.  Please join the Veterans’ organizations of Middletown at commemorative ceremonies on Veterans’ Green on Washington Street, at 11am, Sunday, November 11, and at the State Veterans Cemetery on Bowe Lane at 2pm.

Again, thank you for your hard work, take a deep breath, and I’ll see you all at the next town committee meeting on Nov 26.  Guests are always welcome!

Happy Veterans Day and Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanks,

Ken McClellan

Chairman, Middletown Republican Town Committee

Wayne Winsley-Listen on the Radio- MIddletown and Durham Sept 29, 2012

Middletown City Councilwoman, Deborah Kleckowski, a candidate for state rep in Connecticut's 100th district, introduced Wayne Winsley to residents in her district on a walking tour Saturday morning, Sept. 29, 2012.

Afterwards, Winsley, the Republican congressional candidate in the 3rd district, visited the Durham Fair in the afternoon.