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“We can pick ourselves up and dust ourselves off when things don’t go our way without the need of counseling. We can support those elected to office even though we didn’t vote for them. We can be nice. We can be civil towards one another. We can be respectful to each other and their beliefs. We can be role models for our children and their friends. We can show up to Veterans events that honor our heroes.” – Mike Bocchino Continue Reading →
“They want a pound of flesh—they want her punished and the punishment they have decreed is for her to resign from the RTM. Even more troubling than the public campaign seeking retribution, is the ‘underground’ campaign that has arisen. Anonymous letters and emails have been sent to her labeling her ‘filth’ and calling for her to move from Greenwich.” – Greenwich Selectman, Sandy Litvack Continue Reading →
In local races, Republican State Rep for district 150 Mike Bocchino was defeated by challenger, Democrat Steve Meskers. Republican incumbent Fred Camillo in district 151 fended off a challenge from Greenwich mom of four Laura Kostin. Continue Reading →
“Laura has an in-depth understanding of the economy and financial markets and was able to make complex ideas easy to understand for the average CNN Financial News viewer.” – Maris Schwartz, Former Editor, CNN Financial News Continue Reading →
On Wednesay night after candidate for State Senator Scott Frantz and Alex Bergstein debated, four State Representative candidates had their own debate. Moderator Kay Maxwell first asked about solving problems with state pensions. Steve Meskers, a finance expert who had a 35-year career on Wall Street specializing in emerging markets with a focus on Latin America, is challenging incumbent Mike Bocchino in the 150th House district, said the state’s pension funds system was pay-as-you-go from 1931 until about 1975. “In 1984 those pensions began to be fully funded for a short while, and then were left unfunded. The gap is tremendous,” he said. Continue Reading →
The League of Women Voters of Greenwich will host two debates for candidates running for the State Legislature at Greenwich Town Hall Meeting Room on Wednesday, October 10, 2018 from 7:00 -9:00 pm. Continue Reading →
“Democrats from Greenwich would be so novel we would command attention! In addition however, all the candidates are serious-minded people running on positive policy platforms…What’s not to like? This is a platform that appeals to all Democrats and large swathes of unaffiliated voters. In fairness our Republican friends share some of these objectives too. But decades of sending Republicans to Hartford hasn’t cured any of our ills.” – John Blankley Continue Reading →
In an effort to further their goals to protect common sense gun legislation, the MDA leaders provided a list of midterm election candidates, who align with their goals, to support. Among those candidates were featured speakers Laura Kostin (D), a District 151 candidate for the Connecticut House of Representatives, and Stephen Meskers (D), a District 150 candidate for the House. Continue Reading →
“In Kansas, Gov. Brownback said an income tax cut would keep businesses and educated residents from decamping to “Houston or Dallas or or Chicago or somewhere else.” (Sound familiar, Connecticut?) What followed wasn’t explosive growth but what is widely regarded as one of the most spectacular failures in the history of real-world supply-side economics.” – Laura Kostin Continue Reading →
“My Armenian ancestors, who fled the Caucuses, arrived on Ellis Island via a ship called the La Bretagne. They were Christians desperate to escape persecution at the hands of the Ottoman Turks. Years later, those who stayed became victims of what would become the first genocide of the 20th century.” – Laura Kostin Continue Reading →