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Dear Felicia
By Cobina
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Thursday, 02 September 2010 00:00 |
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Well, it looks as if it’s gonna be a week to remember, the way Iyam getting info, now sweets. As you know the foist day of school was Monday, and yew could tell that by the not-so-happy faces that were waiting on street corners. The stark realization that summer was over and it was back to the books was hittin’ some o’ the kiddies with full force…and sleepy eyes. But that ain’t the only reason that things might be memorable this week. It looks like for the first time in a dog’s age, this berg might git a goodly portion of a hurricane comin’ up the coast. As I am writin’ this to yew, honeychile, the forecast is fer the storm, called Earl, to hit us by the time yew git this missive. It’ll be movin’ up the coast and hit Cape Cod by Friday, witch puts in on the edge of it. But that don’t mean we won’t git it. Because o’ the warm summer we’ve had the Sound is akin to a bathtub and the waters are a bit warmer than usual. It’s too early to tell right now, but this thing could be the foist to hit us since Hurricane Gloria did 25 years ago. Hard to believe it’s been that long. ~~~ Of course, that ain’t sayin’ we’re gonna git the full force o’ this storm, but a tick here or a tick there and we can either get the whole thing, or not be affected. Mother Nature ain’t bound by computer models and weather forecasters. She decides where and when she wants to hit things, and our lit’le corner o’ the woild ain’t been hit for quite some time. Meanwhile, it seems the city is getting prepped jest in case. A memo has gone out from the thoid floor o’ the Actors Colony, and department heads have been axed to review their emergency plans. Like I said, the forecast as of this writin’ is for us to get some wind and lots o’ rain, but that’s now. Who knows whot it’ll be come Thursday. ~~~ Getting back to the schools opening up, it seems that with all the system had to contend with this year: the new grade system, the consolidatin’ o’ grades in the old middle schools and setch, that things went off rather smoothly. I can tell yew that around here last week, we wished things were smooth. Whot with the bus schedule and setch, we were hopin’ that using electronic info, things would be easier than in past years. Honey, I almost was wishin’ fer typewriters and linotypes. The amount o’ woik that had to be done to git this bus schedules in the papyrus last week was somethin’. Eventually we got the whole thing done, and we got lots o’ cooperation from the bus company and all. Yet, the biggest glitch happened when it was learned the whole high skool schedule had to be reprinted cuz last-minute changes were made. That made the thing twice as difficult. I guess that’s why they pay us the big kopecks. Nobody was happier to see the printin’ of last week’s papyrus more than the staff here in the office….setch as it is. As far as next year it shouldn’t be too hard – that is effen they keep the reorganization in place. If they change it, yikes! ~~~ Sometimes I wonder effen Cobina don’t speak plain enuff, sweets. Yew know that ours is the papyrus that nobody reads, and this specific missive is the missive that everybody ignores. Yeah, right! Last week I happened to mention to yew that the wag had an interestin’ take on the kerfluffle betwixt the people around the old high school building on Main Street and the city’s Building Dept. As yew probably read the neighborhood and the city administrators are in a battle over whether some changes made at the building, including the construction of some cell phone towers and a “penthouse” violated zoning regs. The neighbors say they do, and they have the regs to prove it. The building department people ain’t so sure it’s cut and dried, and say they read the regs differently. Meanwhile, the City Council voted at a special confab to investigate, but that vote was nullified cuz the special meeting agenda didn’t have the isshew on the docket, and nobody bothered to add it. Soooo, it’s awaiting a second vote. The council evidently didn’t take the matter up at its most recent confab, but is expectin’ to do so at its next. While all that is goin’ on Peter Barrett, the Corporation Counsel has told the council it’s out of bounds getting involved. Building officials are sayin’ thematter should be handled in court. Confused yet? I mentioned to yew that the major isshew seemed to be the way the people in the neighborhood were bein’ ignored by the bureaucracy, and that setch behavior was gonna poison whotever happened over there. Once the residents think they are being ignored – or are, in fack, being ignored, nothin’ good can come of it. I also mentioned that the wag was concerned that the isshew was gonna become another political football to be passed about betwixt the council and the administration – particularly after Barrett told the council this was out of their jurisdiction. Well, somebody read all this as criticism. Cobina got some calls wherein the caller was sayin’ that we were against the neighbors and for the city. That’s not it atoll, sweets. We were jest reportin’ the way the wag saw things. And we said the neighbors should’ve been handled and dealt with asap. Sometimes people read things and put their own spin on them. That ain’t whot was intended. Jest thought you should know. ~~~ Jest a final thought. It seems the rumor mill is gearin’ up fer more grist and it involves a house in North Haven or Wallingford and the possibility that a certain elected official has an interest in the property. Sammy Bluejay sez the Actors Colony rumor mill is in overdrive with this rumor, but there don’t seem to be any reason for it. Sammy did hear that somebody was gonna present evidence of same to a local media outlet, but that when time came to produce the goods, there wasn’t anything to produce. Meanwhile, the rumor goes on. What was it that Churchill said about a lie goin’ halfway round the world before the truth put its socks on? ~~~ With that bit o’ chatter, I’ll close this time till next, mitt luff und kizzez, |
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Thursday, 26 August 2010 15:16 |
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Yikes, sweets, yikes. The older Cobina gits the more she can’t believe how fast the year goes. It jest seemed like the summer was startin’ with all the nice warmness and smell o’ salt in the air, and here we are in the waning days of August, and the kiddies are set to start yet another school year. I won’t tell yew how long it’s been since this gal darkened the door of a classroom, but I will say that Union School still had the high school wing in it when I was bobbin’ my locks and puttin’ rouge on this kisser. Humph, where have all the years gone… Tennyrate, here in the Asylum by the Sea, things are percolating as per usual at this time of year. After weeks of everyone being nice to each other, or at least ignoring one another, yew can tell the political pot is beginning to stir, and people’s attentions are startin’ to turn away from the lazy, hazy, crazy days and to more sullen things. Before we git offen the topic o’ the school system, ol’ Neil Cavallaro had the right idea: take his vacation whilst the movers were gonna be brakin’ down his office. And in true executive fashion, he left his assistant, Anne Druzolowski to be in the midst o’ the chaos…just kiddin’ Neil, m’boy. But, the closing of the Blake Building, witch used to be Lincoln School in our era, is now almost complete. The offices were moved outta there and into the Yale West Campus (yeah, in Orange) over the week and weekend. The phones are s’posed to be connected by the time yew git this missive. In fack, they were supposed to be connected on Monday. Let’s hope so. Accordin’ to Sammy Bluejay, the days leadin’ up to next week’s openin’ o’ school are gonna be just this side of hectic fer everybody involved. As I told yew last week, the system axed us to put in the middle and high school bus schedule in a week early cuz they’re havin’ orientation fer the kiddies at Carrigan and Bailey. Whot with the reorganization, I guess they were hopin’ a lotta the kiddies will get their info about the opening days o’ school. One o’ the things they’re bankin’ on is the “dry run” o’ the bus schedule and how successful it’s gonna be – or not. Sammy sez that with the cartin’ o’ kids all over the city to Bailey and Carrigan the bus system has had to do things it’s never done before. They’re hopin’ a goodly number o’ kids take advantage o’ the orientation, and they’ll get a ballpark idea o’ how things will run come Monday. We’ll see! ~~~ I hear-tell via Iva Lootey that the other part o’ the skool equation has begun. Hizzoner et al were hostin’ some architects and other setch types to look at the former constabulary headquarters in the Actors Colony. The plan is to start work over there in hopes of getting the bored and the city departments under one roof in a year or so. Iva wasn’t too specific on jest how successful he thought the tour and chat was, but I guess a number o’ people showed up and showed some interest in getting a bid for the contrack. Whatever they do, Iva brought up a very good pernt. One o’ the problems on that side o’ the building was the heating and cooling system. It cooled in the winter and heated in the summer. He was wonderin’ effen anyone gave thought to an overhaul o’ that system that Jack built in the cogitations that were going on over there last week? Jest askin’! Cogitations, nice woid, no? ~~~ I didn’t mention it last week and meant to, sweets. One thing that’s got Mikey Mercuriano in a real good mood is the fack that the state had sent out the RFP and got back bids fer the construction o’ the railroad station. It looks like one state firm got in a real low bid – lower than anyone really thought – and might git the contrack. Of course, there are the necessary steps o’ makin’ sure in the process of makin’ the bid they crossed all the T’s and dotted all the I’s. Effen that all happened, the contrack would be good to go, and the estimates are that work will begin jest as the leaves are changin’ on the trees. That’s the foist thing that’s got him smilin’ from ear to ear. ~~~ T’other thing that’s got him smilin’ is the fack that Carousel Committee got a big donation from Wachovia last week. The committee, it seems, has a line on a carousel as I think I told yew, and it’s gonna be a freebe with the approval of all involved. That means the kopecks the committee had to spend on purchase of a carousel can be used to construct the pavilion that it’s gonna be housed in. Tennyrate, the details o’ the donation of the carousel ain’t complete, but Nelly Nuthatch was able to find out that the thing might be a 54-foot roustabout, rather than a 60-footer, but it’s the same era and workmanship that the group is lookin’ fer. Needless to say, Mercuriano’s feet have barely hit the pavement over these two things. As I git more info on both, I’ll let yew know. ~~~ One o’ the big kerfluffles this week has to do with the council deciding to investigate the construction of antennae and some other thing on the old high school building on Main Street. The wag was in t’other afternoon and he had an interestin’ take on the whole things. The people in the neighborhood are a bit put out by the way they believe they’ve been treated when they asked questions about the aerials. Might there have been the proverbial “breakdown” in communications betwixt the powers that be and the neighborhood. When people say their questions have been ignored, it usually means that they’ve had more than they can handle. Meanwhile, this whole idea o’ the council getting involved in an investigation seems a bit too convenient. The wag was wonderin’ effen someone is feedin’ certain people on the council and this scenario was concocted. It jest looks a little too cute by half fer himself. Then there’s the P&Z who’ve been sort o’ ignored by the owners o’ the building. The wag seems to think that requests from the P&Z have gone unanswered, but anyone who knows the esteemed chairman o’ that panel knows he’s like a dog with bone when he gits his mind to it. So, whot gives there? Then there is the council itself. We still remember how certain members of that body are intent on makin’ the city look bad whilst hizzoner is sitting on the thoid floor. The wag is wonderin’ just how much of that ingredient is playin’ in the boiling pot. Again, the wag ain’t makin’ accusations, but his observances are setch that he ain’t takin’ this whole thing at face value, either. ~~~ With that bit o’ chatter, I’ll close this time till next, mitt luff und kizzez, |
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Thursday, 12 August 2010 00:00 |
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OK, sweets. I’ve jest about had it. Yew know I don’t like the cold, but this humidity has Cobina’s lumbago actin’ up, and that little visitor known as Arthur Aytis. It’s been soooo damp, things jest ain’t dryin’ out. Yeah, I know, the heat’ll be on and the snow’ll be flyin’ sooner than any of us wanna think, but after three or four summers in a row where it didn’t git above 90 very much, this heat wave times 3 gets to this ol’ gurl. Whilst everyone is tryin’ to stay outta the heat, the politicos in this berg seem to be turnin’ it up a notch – the heat that is. As yew may or may not have hoid, the second arbitration bored didn’t change a thing after almost three months of review to the police contrack. The City Council had rejected the award, witch amongst other things would change new hires from a pension plan to a 401(k). The major reason, they say, is the fack that hizzoner et al only gave the guys and gals on the council three days to review, and besides, the numbers didn’t add up the way hizzoner said. The majority was convinced the outcome is gonna cost the city more in the long run. Well, that wasn’t accepted by the second review panel. In fack, it said that whilst there might be some reason to the think so a “preponderance of the evidence” seemed to show that the city would save money down the road. This, of course, set off a war of woids betwixt hizzoner and the council chairman Ed O’Brien. Both came out with press releases, one answering t’other. And the same things were rehashed mostly. I think hizzoner got O’Brien’s Irish up when he called the rejection o’ the original award “irresponsible and unconscionable.” Yew could almost see the veins in Eddie’s neck pop out. I guess there was a behind-the-scenes meeting where both tried to iron out their differences, but it almost came to a matter of throwing the irons at each other. Sammy Bluejay sez that hizzoner was tryin’ to convince O’Brien about the way pensions are bankruptin’ the public sector, and O’Brien wasn’t buyin’ any of it. What does the whole thing mean? Not much. I wouldn’t expeck that either one are on the other’s Christmas card list, and the majority o’ the council was against the move, regardless. Hizzoner tried to show that this was jest another case of obstruction by the council. Meanwhile, O’Brien was tryin’ to show that this was another case of hizzoner not workin’ with the group. And the beat goes on…. ~~~ As I am writing this week’s missive, the boys and girls in the Democratic Party are finalizin’ their strategies for the primary, witch will be over by the time yew git this. Somebody asked Cobina who she thinks is gonna take it, and quite frankly, when the votes are cast she’ll then make a prediction that’s how close it is. I don’t know who’s gonna come out on top o’ this one. There’s no clear-cut favorite. It’s as I said when the whole thing started. This is gonna be a popularity contest, and a contest betwixt who can git their votes out. Don’t look for one side or t’other. It’s all over the lot. Factions are not part o’ this ballot cuz people from one or t’other faction are supportin’ one or t’other candidate. We’ll know soon enuff. ~~~ Whilst all that is goin’ on, I hear-tell via Nelly Nuthatch that the barrister who was considerin’ goin’ for a run of the probate seat under the banner o’ the GOP might not do it after all. Woid was around that another member of the bar was interested in the position and was gonna let the dust settle after the Demmy primary to announce his run. Well that might all be changed by now. Nelly sez that the person who was named has since decided maybe he won’t do it. That is leadin’ to the rumor that one o’ the candidates in Tuesday’s runoff might decide to accept the nod of the GOP effen he don’t git the party nod. I ain’t sayin’ who that might be cuz I’ve hoid it from both sides. T’other guy is rumored to go with the GOP effen he loses. Methinks yew can take this with a proverbial grain of salt, sweets. I gotta feelin’ there are zealots in both camps that are tryin’ to make an otherwise civil campaign take a dirty toin. Neither of these guys is gonna try to double dip…at least Cobina would be veddy surprised effen that happened. ~~~ When did we become New Joisey??? Haf yew seen the attack ads that have been running for both the Demmies and the Republicans in this state for the primary. Sweetie, the Old Crone happened to see Cobina in a local waterin’ hole – make that a coffee shop – t’other mornin’ and she sez that she ain’t gonna even cast a ballot this time round cuz o’ the negative campaignin’ that’s goin’ on. Cobina tends to agree with her, but the thing about these attack ads is they woik. As much as voters complain about the nawsty way candidates go after each other, it seems there are enuff gullible people about that seem to believe almost anything they hear, half-truths, lies and all. ~~~ Iva Lootey happened to be flutterin’ by the skool bored t’other afternoon and saw that the inmates therein were really workin’ hard with the bus company on tryin’ to come up with a schedule of transportation that is gonna woik out. With the restructurin’ of the school system, and the fack that there is only gonna be one middle school, with Carrigan takin’ fifth and sixth graders, the schedule that has been virtually untouched for a dog’s age is now no good. That means there’s lotsa people porin’ over routes to see witch ones woik out the best under the new situation. With only three weeks remainin’ in the summer vacation and only two weeks before the thing has t’be published, people are makin’ sure their jots and tittles are in the right spot. ~~~ With that bit o’ chatter, I’ll close this time till next, mitt luff und kizzez, |
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Thursday, 05 August 2010 05:59 |
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Well sweets, yew know it’s nearing the end o’ summer when the Savin Rock Festival is over (even tho’ it’s only August), and thoughts are turning to the kiddies goin’ back to school Yup. I think I told yew this before, but Cobina always thought o’ August as one long Sunday. Yew jest knew that September would roll around and we’d back in class, jest like after church on Sunday, it was a long wait until the inevitable…Now that Cobina is retired and a lady of luxury, yew’d think setch thoughts wouldn’t be on her mind, but it’s tuff changin’ the patterns of a lifetime. Speakin’ of the festival, it was a fine weekend for it, and tho’ I could not git there m’self, Sammy Bluejay, Nelly Nuthatch and few others found themselves perched along the midway. They seemed to think it was a perty good turnout, and they stayed fer the music, witch is the thing that really had people hordin’ down there. Cobina could hear some o’ the concerts out her window, on a clear night the sea breezes jest waft everything toward the neighborhood. A lotta people were very happy with the weather. It seems like this was one o’ the nicest weekends that we’ve had fer the fest in a long time. T’wasn’t too hot and the humidity was certainly manageable. Kudos to Gail Burns et al. It seems the Conga for Hunger was a big success. More than 100 people participated and many hundreds more jest made donations and went their merry way. Accordin’ to Gail, who happened to be hoid by Nelly, it wasn’t one fer the record books as far as the conga line itself, but it was a fun thing and may be repeated in the future. No totals were available, but Iyam sure the pantry at WHEAT was given a big boost. ~~~ Jest stayin’ on the festival thing fer a minute, I hear-tell there might be some big news in the carousel world as far as it has to do with the Asylum by the Sea. Robby Raven happened to be perched near Mikey Mercuriano, who was sayin’ something about a carousel comin’ to town, but Robby couldn’t git close enuff to git the details. Yew know that Mikey and his committee have been tussling for a while to git an old-fashioned merry-go-round at the Savin Rock Museum or somewhere near it fer about 5 years. Well, there might be one comin’ to town. I hoid that there was a “grand carousel” at the fest, and that it had some parts from the old White City Carousel in its makeup, but I ain’t sure that’s the one that was bein’ talked about. As soon as Cobina gits more info, I’ll be sure to let yew know. ~~~ As yew are aware, the big battle in town next week – besides the GOP and Demmy primaries fer governor – hafta do with who’ll be able to run in November for Judge o’ Probate to succeed Mike Heffernan. Mark DeGennaro is pitted against Jerry Lacobelle,. Jr. in whot has been one o’ the nicest campaigns we’ve seen in a dog’s age around these parts. No hollerin’, no charges, no bickering. Who’d ‘ve thunk it. Anyone that seems to talk about one or t’other candidate seems to start the sentence by saying, “I like (put name here), but I’m supporting (put other name here).” It really might turn out to be a popularity contest like we’ve been sayin’ all along. And, both guys are popular from whot we’ve been able to gather. Both seem to know that effen they don’t win the world won’t end and civilization as we know it won’t cease to be – that’s something the regular politicos around this town ought to learn. Still, the fight ain’t over. I’ve been hearin’ mutterin’s that a certain barrister who does a lotta bizz hereabouts is ready to put his name in under the Republican banner. I told yew this a few weeks back, and I’ve hoid the same thing from other quarters since. I guess we’ll know come the day after this thing is over. ~~~ Speakin’ of the city’s GOP. It seems they got a little bit o’ new blood over in that town committee, and people might actually be thinkin’ o’ running on the ticket come next year. Already candidates have been askin’ about how to go about getting on the ballot, sez Iva Lootey, and that has kind o’ energized some o’ the boys and girls who make up the Republican Town Committee. ‘Course we’ve hoid all this before, and hope it’s true. When the only political fol-de-rol in a town is betwixt one party, it ain’t good for the body politick, let alone the taxpayers. Iva told me three people have made mutterings about getting’ on the ballot for the mayoralty next year. That’ll be something effen it’s true. For the last 20 years or so, there’s been one lamb led to slaughter after another over there, with only a name on the ballot to show for it. Steve Mullins put up a great campaign last time, but effen the GOP is gonna get any support it’s gotta start now and get on the minds of the voters. We’ll see, sugar, we’ll see. ~~~ Whilst all that is goin’ on, the City Council once again didn’t give Stella Cretella the Police Commish job. Y’know sweets, as much as he powers that be over in that council say it ain’t a fight betwixt hizzoner and the council, the more it looks as if there are some who are doin’ exackly whot they said they’d do: try to make hizzoner look badl. I know sayin’ that seems to get the dander up of certain members over there, but whot other explanation is there. They’ve left a bunch of appointments unfilled cuz they wanna show they have political clout, and we know who the main culprits are. It’s time to two sides git together and try to find some mutually acceptable people. Or is that too much to ask from people who say they are adults and act like petulant children? I’m jest wonderin’… ~~~ With that bit o’ chatter, I’ll close this time till next, mitt luff und kizzez, |
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Thursday, 10 June 2010 00:00 |
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Seems like Cobina touched off a bit of a brush fire over her commints last week that Jonny Capone, the WHHS Athletic Director might have plans after life in the McDonough Plaza plant. As yew remember, I told yew that people were making note that either his countenance or that of hizzoner seemed to be in the pages of this papyrus on a regular basis. Now, hizzoner is a give to most people. Whenever something is going on, people gen’rally wanna have their pusses taken with the mayor. It’s kind o’ the natural order o’ things. But, it seems like whenever there is a sports pic at the high school, Jon is muggin’ it up.] Now, that comes probably from the fack that in the old days, the AD wasn’t used much to take pics that go into the papyrus. Heck, leagues didn’t do the kind o’ PR things they do now. Sooo, the reason is probably that league presentations are made more commonly now, and what better persona than the AD to make the presentation. That said, there are still some buzzers around the berg who like to start buzz and are convinced that Capone’s got his sights on some political orifice or other. That’s OK, they can think that, but whot a cacophony was started by those who wanted to know jest whom it was that let it be known about potential political aspirations. Frum whot Sammy Bluejay told me, two people were peppered with commints – and jibes – about the person who might’ve let it be known about setch aspirations. Sammy sez that State Rep. Stevie Dargan was foist amongst those getting interrogated by some of the local yokels. Sammy sez that Stevie was hammered by some questioners and they wanted to know whot he knew and when he knew it. But wasn’t the only one. It seems that ol’ Thomas “Tinker” Blake – probably the most apolitical person in the berg – was given the thoid degree about this as well. Well, yore all barkin’ up the wrong tree, poochies. Cobina knows who gave her the info, and she’s keepin’ that info close to her housecoat. ~~~ I told yew this primary was gonna be interesting! Nelly Nuthatch informed me that there are gonna be some perty strange bedfellows – politically speaking of course – attached for this Probate Court primary that’s set fer August. Woid has come down from on high that none other than Deb Evangelista is the campaign manager fer Jerry Lacobelle in his run fer the seat to be vacated by E. Michael Heffernan. Still don’t know all the ins and outs of who’s runnin’ Mark DeGennaro’s campaign, but it can’t be nearly as interestin’ as this lit’le tidbit. Whot makes it interesting? Well, I hoid that people who have made themselves sworn enemies of herself are workin’ to support Lacobelle. That means that people who vowed they’d never work together are gonna hafta find a way to git along or not play in the same sandbox. And some of the names, Lawdy, Felicia, I can’t believe it. This thing could woik out two ways: Either they get along and act like adults, or there’s gonna be some frolics this berg hasn’t seen in quite some time. Witch one d’yew think I’m rootin’ fer? ~~~ Mikey Mercuriano called the office this week to tell Cobina that there is a new website out there so people could keep tabs on the train station progress. It’s called westhaventrainstation.com, and is sponsored by Mercuriano’s group, the West Haven Train Station Committee. Of course, Mikey is on Cloud 11 – he passed Cloud 9 a while back. The bid process has begun fer the station and in his mind it’s one step closer to becomin’ a reality. Quite a difference from the days about a decade ago, when he was fightin’ to get the state to reconsider. No, sweets, no woid on the letter sent to Gov. Rell regardin’ the reinstatement o’ the garage. When I git something I’ll let yew know. ~~~ Speakin’ o’ developments on development. I guess two things happened this week. The city hosted its own little swaray at the other end of Elm Street to let people see jest how bad the bulkhead – that’s a seawall, Felicia – is deteriorated. The hope is that with state and local officials in one place seein’ the damage that Mother Nature inflicted, the kopecks needed fer the project might be easier in comin’. All the usual suspecks were there, and they even got Mrs. Greenberg – that’s Rosa DeLauro to everyone else – to attend the shindig. Of course, she said something inane enuff to git in the papers, and then went off to see whot more money can be plundered from the taxpayers in her districk. Still, it’ll be interestin’ to see how this all pans out. They can’t do anything down there for the West River Crossin’ projeck until they get the seawall problem off the back burner. ~~~ Keepin’ on development developments, I see the city is hostin’ its own lit’le daylong event at the University of New Haven next week. They said it’s geared fer small businesses – and should be, that’s all we have hereabouts. The local Economic Development Task Force is in charge o’ it, and it might be good fer some of the locals to attend. We’ll see…. ~~~ With that bit o’ chatter, I’ll close this time till next, mitt luff und kizzez, |
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Dear Felicia
