Guest Blog: Middletown Malloy Town Hall Meeting Was a Hoax

  Below is a guest blog sent as a letter to the Editor from resident Gail Whitwright. The essay reflects views and opinions not necessarily shared by the Insider staff, and is published as a courtesy to readers. Last week, Gov. Dannel Malloy came to Middletown for a one hour Town Hall style meeting at City Hall. Mayor Dan Drew was the MC. Many citizens who attended have expressed their disappointment to us at the brevity and the format of the the meeting which when publicized sounded more like it would be an open forum. Local media reported that those in attendance were invited to write down questions which were then pre-screened- by Malloy staffers and from which random questions were selected.  In his blog "Red Notes from a Blue State," write Don Pesci discusses this occurrence in his post titled " How to Pre-Edit a Town Hall Meeting." The Mess did an article in which the reported mentioned former Democratic Town Committee Chair  & current Registrar of Voters Lisa Santangelo asked about the repeal of the local car tax, however upon answering, Malloy gave no in mention of the proposed state car tax that is currently on the legislative floor.                          

  Below is a guest blog sent as a letter to the Editor from resident and founder of www.propositionusa.com Gail Whitwright. The essay reflects views and opinions not necessarily shared by the Insider staff, and is published as a courtesy to readers. Below, in Whitright's own words:
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 IN THE PAST THREE WEEKS I HAVE HAD MY RIGHT OF “FREEDOM OF SPEECH” STOPPED AT THREE DIFFERENT MEETINGS – OR SO CALLED “TOWNHALL” MEETINGS – THE DEFINITION OF WHICH STATES “EVERY BODY IN A TOWN COMMUNITY IS INVITED TO ATTEND AND VOICE THEIR OPINIONS” – IN EACH MEETING I AM USUALLY THE FIRST TO ARRIVE SO I CAN “SIGN UP” TO SPEAK –  AT MALLOYS “MEETING” IN MIDDLETOWN -   WE WERE TOLD WE COULD “WRITE A QUESTION” WHICH, OF COURSE, IS SCREENED – THE STOIC ATMOSPHERE OF COMPLIANCE  WAS FURTHER COMPOUNDED BY GUARDS WHICH I CALL THE “SQUEECH SQUAD” SO PEOPLE WON’T DARE  SPEAK UP – I WAS TOLD BY MALLOY THAT “HE WAS SPEAKING NOW” AND DAN DREW TOLD ME TO BE POLITE (WHICH IN DEMOCRAT LANGUAGE MEANS WE TALK BUT YOU CAN’T) – WELL DANNY  – IT IS MY CONSTITUTIONAL  RIGHT TO SPEAK – THE WHOLE THING WAS A HOAX…KIND OF LIKE THE ELECTION

AT CHRIS MURPHY IN NEW LONDON ON SATURDAY – THE SAME OPPRESSIVE PROCEDURE WAS USED – WE WERE ALLOWED TO “WRITE A QUESTION” WHICH WERE SCREENED AND READ BY HIS PEOPLE (I WAS TOLD MY QUESTION WOULD BE USED AND NEVER WAS) – AFTER LISTENING TO HIS SELF PROMOTING LECTURE  FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF (ZZZZZZZZZZZZ) – WE WERE BULLIED BY THE GROUP FROM WOODSTOCK ON HOW RUDE WE WERE BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY HAD THE AUDACITY TO SPEAK OUT DURING THE PROPAGANDA SESSION – AGAIN THE WHOLE THING WAS A HOAX…

AT ESTYS TOWNHALL MEETING – WE WERE TOLD WE COULD “WRITE A QUESTION” – ULTIMATELY I SPOKE BUT WAS GIVEN THE BUMS RUSH BY THE STAFF MEMBER – WE ARE FIGHTING FOR THE SECOND AMENDMENT AND NOW WE ARE FIGHTING FOR THE FIRST AMENDMENT AS WELL…THEY DO NOT WANT THE TRUTH TO COME OUT…

I WANT TO SPEAK BECAUSE I WANT TO TELL AMERICANS THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS LET IN 2 MILLION ILLEGAL ALIENS AND EVERY DAY 25 AMERICANS ARE KILLED AND 8 AMERICAN CHILDREN ARE ASSAULTED

I WANT TO SPEAK BECAUSE I WANT TO TELL AMERICANS THAT POLITICIANS IN CONNECTICUT, TO ADVANCE THEIR SELF-PROMOTING STANCE, HAVE MADE CONNECTICUT A WELFARE HAVEN WHICH HAS DESTOYED EVERY CITY IN CONNECTICUT

I WANT TO SPEAK BECAUSE I WANT TO TELL AMERICANS HAVING SANCTUARY CITIES SUCH AS NEW HAVEN FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS (WHICH IS AGAINST FEDERAL LAW) WHO WERE GIVEN LICENSES LAST WEEK BY THE MAYOR JOHN DESTEFANO AS THEY WERE  GIVEN INSTATE  TUTION BY MALLOY -  ONE OF ILLEGALS  WAS GIVEN A RIDE HOME AFTER WORK FROM A WAITRESS FROM HAMDEN AND WHO THANKED HER BY RAPING HER, BEATING  HER AND LEAVING HER FOR DEAD

I WANT TO SPEAK SO I CAN TELL AMERICANS THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION WANTS GUN CONFISCATION NOT GUN CONTROL

I WANT TO SPEAK SO I CAN TELL AMERICANS THAT 170 MILLION PEOPLE WERE MURDERED THROUGHOUT HISTORY BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT DEFEND THEMSELVES

I WANT TO SPEAK SO I CAN TELL AMERICANS THAT 8,650 TIMES A DAY ARMED AMERICANS DEFEND THEM

I WANT TO SPEAK SO I CAN TELL AMERICANS OUR COUNTRY IS IN MORTAL DANGER

MY HEART HURTS…WAKE UP AMERICA! – NOT ONLY IS FREEDOM OF SPEECH MY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT  -   AMERICANS ARE DYING FOR THAT  RIGHT AS WE SPEAK…

We can't expect the American People to jump from Capitalism to Communism,
but we can assist their elected leaders in giving them small doses of Socialism,
until they awaken one day to find that they have Communism."

                                                 Nikita Krushchev  1959

                                                 GAIL WHITRIGHT
                                                 MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT

Is the Repeal of Local Car Tax Good?

 Is the repeal of the local car tax collected by Connecticut cities and towns a blessing or a curse? Most people would say a blessing - having to fork over less money always sounds good. Before you decide, this may not be the case if this local tax is repealed. Lovers of big government  bureaucracy may get their with a CT State Car Tax ! And you won't have to wait too long! Some legislators already have such a law penned and ready to go this session!  What are your thoughts on the repeal of the local car tax?

For some background on the politics at play here check out this article on the Ct Mirror:
http://www.ctmirror.org/story/18958/could-malloy-be-driving-toward-end-car-taxes

Read the proposed legislation here: http://www.cga.ct.gov/2013/TOB/H/2013HB-05102

General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 5102
January Session, 2013		LCO No. 81
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
REP. BERGER, 73rd Dist.

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A STATE-WIDE MILL RATE FOR MOTOR VEHICLES AND AMENDING THE DEFINITION OF ANTIQUE, RARE OR SPECIAL INTEREST MOTOR VEHICLES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to establish a state-wide mill rate for motor vehicles and to narrow the definition of antique, rare or special interest motor vehicle to include motor vehicles thirty years and older.
Statement of Purpose:
To create a state-wide mill rate for motor vehicles and to reimburse municipalities that lose money as a result of a lower state-wide mill rate with additional revenue generated by narrowing the definition of antique, rare or special interest motor vehicle.