YES,YES,YES-Donna HEMMANN

[SyZyGy]

mocmoc wrote on 5/27/2006:
" I see this board is a little tough on Morin. I do think we could find someone a little better for the job. The minimum requirement of being a state rep is you should at least be able to talk with out saying um,um every other word. It's a little embarrassing when someone represents our town and can't communicate his thoughts. If Russ wins and he may since the Republican's don't appear to have anybody, Democratic leadership will be asking Morin to remain silent and other Reps will wonder if we are just a town of meatheads."

Mocmoc, your prayers - and those of responsible, concerned, caring, THINKING voters of Wethersfield - have been answered.

According to a filing in the Clerk's office, Donna Hemmann. one of the brightest people to serve on the Wethersfield Town Council of late, appears to be set to run for the 28th Assembly seat to be vacated by Representative Paul Doyle.

The last thing we need is another "morin" in the legislature!.

YES, YES, YES, DONNA HEMMANN

- the INTELLIGENT CHOICE for the 28th

YES, YES, YES, DONNA HEMMANN
- GOOD for Wethersfield and GOOD for the STATE

[SyZyGy]

Though [emphasis and clarification] are mine in her quote ...

morganika said:

This is a hypothetical question right? If you were to uncover an impressive pedigree would you vote for him?
What matters to me is what I've seen as Mayor [Morin] :-( ]:
The [Russ Morin] tax increases
alone were enough to leave me cold, (literally) but
the [Russ Morin] arrogance,
[the Russ Morin] lack of respect for his citizens,
[the Russ Morin] pushing through his little pet projects at the
expense of anything and
[the Russ Morin] party switching
[the Russ Morin] lack of integrity,
mmmmmmm....nothing left to think about.

Pedigree schmedigree.
If I wanted pedigree,
I would vote for standish,
hypothetically!

And, morganika,
dahlink,
your comment is
telling:

I am voting for an
intelligent, caring,
experienced, candid,
right on target,
(though reserve),
female candidate for the
28th assembly district
dedicated to
ALL the citizens
of Wethersfield:

D O N N A . . . . . H E M M A N N
who has thought of
more good ideas,
than the Dem's on Council have co-opted
from HER,
Donna Hemmann

[Dr.Ken Sokolowski]

For the sake of public information, here is some contact information for those supporting Donna Hemmann:

Republican Candidate for Connecticut
State Representative 28th District

Donna Hemmann
315 Garden Street
Wethersfield, CT 06109

Tel: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Website: www.VoteHemmann2006.com

Campaign Slogan: "A Voice...not an Echo"

(I am not aware of similar Russ Morin contact information. Perhaps he will have it posted here too.)

[SyZyGy]

I am guessing; somewhere around Aug 1 (if not earlier), Ralph'C started to appear on every page here. Gotta believe that is costing more than a few 'C' notes here.

Russ is Dem - now (for political convenience)!
Ralph is a Rep - now (for political convenience?)
Hemman is a Rep. - always (out of thoughtful principles!)
Danny'O is a Rep. - now? (or just whenever convenient?)

I go away on a business trip, get back late last nite, log on this morning and now I'm seeing both Donna and Ralph on every page.

What's up?

Don't get me wrong.

Hemmann was, is, and always will be a more desireable candidate and State Representative than Russell Morin.

From what I have heard, there is more than a little bad blood between Ralph'C and Billy'C (lamb-duck CT Senator, 9th District). I have got to believe that this bile extends to Dems under Bill'C's influence - not exactly a small number!.

Why would Donna want to be part of the collateral damage of any Ralph'C defeat by being teaming up with him?

Danny'O, ("O" for opportunist too), might just be the answer.

Danny'O, it seems to me, has never had warm feelings for anyone other than himself, and, I suspect, that he would probably love to help Ralph and kill off Donna at the same time, in the first instance to hedge a bet (looking for more State aid for the lights on Cottone, just in case Ralph'C is elected) and in the second stance to get back at a Councilor who thoughtfully would not kowtow to him and his testosterine-overdosed Bulldogs.

I just cannot believe that this new advertisement was put up on this forum with Donna's approval.

I smell a rat.

NO, NO, NO, Not Russell Morin - - - - - Yes, Yes, Yes, Vote: Donna Hemmann

[Wethersfield.com]

No Rats here... "Just show me the money" HAHAHA

It helps to support this website and keep things running....

Business is Business......... I hope you can appreciate that

[JackAss]

Syz,

What are you the "Sy ber Police" It sounds like your trying to make hay out of some previous form.

Where did you vacation, Tora Bora and had no INTERNET access.

Just remember "Syz" don't get stuck on stupid. Please reference Webster's for correct meaning.

[Dr.Ken Sokolowski]

For the record:
I recently discovered a reference to Donna Hemman's candidacy at:

ctelection2006.pbwiki.com/House_028

No information there yet on Russell Morin.

[oldetowne]

She has a website - www.votehemmann2006.com. Take a look at it and make up your own mind. I don't know if Russ has one too.

Personally, I can't see anything good coming out of having Russ elected to the House. He's a loyal reliable unblinking vote for the pro-union, big government, John Distefano tax and spend liberal types that drive business and people out of the state. We may get a showmobile every few years or a little grant for trees on the Silas Deane, but the fact is that residents of Wethersfield lose MILLIONS of our tax dollars every year on unfunded mandates, prevailing wage requirements, screwed up ECS grant formulas, etc. that the Democrats refuse to even discuss.

With the track record of having raised my property taxes nearly 50% during his tenure as mayor, I shudder at the thought of what would come from having Russ in the legislature. And the total absence of anything substantive from him ("Get on the Bus" is the extent of his campaign rhetoric), I have no reason to believe that he has any novel or independent plans or ideas that will benefit anyone other than his backers and handlers in the Democratic Party organization.

[SyZyGy]

I am Syzygy, and Donna Hemmann did NOT approve this message!

[DaveH]

I would like to endorse Donna Hemmann for the 28th house seat.

Donna was born and raised in Wethersfield (except the actual birth at Hart. Hosp.) and attended Wethersfield Schools and graduated in 1972.

After college Donna returned and married Mark Hemmann (75) and raised a family in Wethersfield. Donna has in her blood public service and served Wethersfield on the Board of Education and later on the Town Council.

When she served on the council, I tried to "prod her" on the Cottone Field issue and although she supported the project, Donna felt Wethersfield had many more pressing issues with buildings in need of roofs and other items and many roads in disrepair and with only so much money to go around she stuck to her guns and did not support the timing of the Cottone Field project.

Under a lot of pressure to do the Cottone project Donna stayed the course and held to her convictions, which in present day politics doesn't happen often.

Donna does her homework on every issue that comes before her and speaks her mind.

I believe Donna will be a strong voice for Wethersfield and represent us well in the Legislature.

The Cottone project is a good example of her slogan, "A clear voice for Wethersfield, not an echo"

Donna has the ability to put Wethersfield 1st and will speak her mind on behalf of Wethersfield, representing the seniors or the up and becoming residents.

Please support my sister on November 7th by electing Donna Hemmann to represent us in the 28th district and be a "clear voice for Wethersfield and not an echo"

[Dr.Ken Sokolowski]

[oldetowne]

Dave - That was a good letter, even if she is your sister. Frankly, I don't agree with every position Donna has taken over the years, including some of the issues at Cottone Field.

That being said, I'd rather have her representing me in Hartford than the Mayor. It's better to have someone who listens, studies, and makes up her own mind than to have someone who looks at which side of the issue is most politically popular at any given moment.

Russ Morin's blatant political opportunism and carpet bagging should be a warning to us all about what he would do if he gets elected. He was an active and loyal Republican until he saw that he probably wasn't going to be the mayor any time soon as a member of that party. He was on the Board and Council for six or seven years and didn't say word one about Cottone Field until Dan O'Connor and some other people created the issue as a way to throw Kitch and the Republicans out in 2003. He got on that bus immediately and rode it into the mayor's chair. He showed up at press conferences and made speeches about how great Joe Lieberman and Dan Malloy were. Until August, that is, when he became a cheerleader for Ned Lamont and John Destefano.

He votes all over the map at budget time - cut the schools, cut the libraries, cut money from the playground budget, but spend money for trees on the Silas Deane, and buy the turf the most expensive way possible to avoid having a referendum.

I am definitely voting for Donna.

[RGarrey]

I would like to add my support for Donna Hemmann. This election for me is about change at all levels of government. I heard of a poll recently that said approximately 75% of americans feel that the system (gov't) is broken. Gov't is no longer representing the ideals of the majority of voters. So what do we do, we keep electing the same people. In CT. this is a real problem. How can we expect change with the same people in office. I don't care what party a person is affiliated with but I care that whoever gets elected will go to the state capital and question the system at all levels. Our elected representatives should be going into office with new ideas and with some type of plan for the future.

One thing that has been bothering me has been the way cities in CT receive funding from the state. We all know that we are being underfunded from the state. In Wethersfield our state rep's have brought back funding for us in the last few years for Cottone field($250,000), a showmobile($70,000), Trees, etc. While these are nice things, are these the priorities in Wethersfield?

How about this, we have an issue in the schools that is not a secret, security. Considering what has happened in this country over the last few years I would think that this should be a priority. We still have elementary schools where the doors remain ulocked during the day and the office is not in sight of the doors. Anyone can walk in. When questioned the administration says there is no money for the changes. So our town council and State Rep's felt that turf and a showmobile were more important than the safety of our kids! This to me is a problem.

I am voting for change this election and I don't care what party the candidate is with. Joe Lieberman says we should vote for him because he is the independent candidate who will bring change to Washington, What? He has been there for 18 years! He had his chance. I believe that so many of our politicians in both parties have lost touch with the voters. So many of our elected officials have made a long career of politics and I think that this leads to a lack of new ideas and perspectives. Things stay the same because that's the way it was always done. Well the old ways aren't working anymore. I will say it again, It is time for a change!

I know that posting this will not make me popular with everyone but I feel strongly about this. I am not questioning anyones committment to Wethersfield or their motives. I respect anyone who volunteers their time on the council or runs for state office. You will never please everyone. My vote is not a vote against anyone but instead a vote for change. I hope everyone can respect my opinion as I respect everyone elses whether I agree or not. That is one of the most basic principals of this nation. So on Tuesday I hope everyone votes for the candidate who they truly believe is the best candidate and not the one who they think will win or because they belong to a particular party.

Every vote counts!

I'm Rick Garrey and I approve this message!

[morganika]

Oh! How well said was that. I agree with ALL of Rick's points.
I approve of his message too.

[Dr.Ken Sokolowski]

Where to place this post among all of the topics in this forum? Leigh, thanks for your proper interpretation of the intend of my recent feral cat posting. I believe the Cohen may be one of your must-read columnists; right or wrong?

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Laurence Cohen
December 8 2006

It doesn't have to be so hard. It doesn't have to be so close.

That the gist of what Connecticut's U.S. Rep. Chris Shays told The New York Times back in 2004, about the GOP's election prospects.

He was chatting at a Manhattan thingytail party for the Republican Main Street Partnership, a "moderate" outfit intended to pretty up the GOP, especially in places such as New York City and Shays' Fairfield County.

If Republicans would run away from President Bush on the theology lesson about stem-cell research; if they would play guitars and sing folk music while supporting "environmentalism"; if they would dance the "energy conservation" cha-cha-cha; election victories would be quite a bit easier, Shays explained.

That was then and this is now, of course. Shays had to perspire through his 2006 re-election, not because he fell in love with coal-burning power plants, but primarily because he was perceived to be a hawk on the Iraq war. Such are the vagaries of national politics. The "moderate" Republicans are still advocating a new-and-improved GOP, in which Jesus is only mentioned when you hit your finger with a hammer, while attempting to hang a portrait of Nelson Rockefeller on your office wall.

But the two other Republican congressional incumbents in Connecticut didn't bite the dust because they were Jesus freaks; they didn't have to dabble in such stuff, representing the godless Northeast. And Nancy Johnson and Rob Simmons didn't rattle sabers with the enthusiasm of a Chris Shays.

Simmons? His nightmarish 2nd District, which has about the size and diversity of China, has often been a source of close elections. His narrow loss this year may have been engineered in part by an aggressive voter registration at the University of Connecticut, where the kids receive extra credit for being "liberal" and "progressive" and voting for Democrats. Nancy Johnson was the real news, as she took a convincing shellacking.

She suffered from her stupid and hostile negative advertising; for her supposed conspiracy with "Big Pharma" to steal all of grandma's Medicare money - and perhaps, for her simply getting old and being around too long.

Johnson was a Main Street Partnership player; over the years, she defended abortion access; she defended the power of the National Endowment for the Arts to fund dirty paintings and naked poets. She helped craft hundreds of technical tweaks to Medicare and Medicaid that weren't ideological at all.

What is the wisdom that the "moderates" can take from November's results? Can the moderates make a coherent case that the GOP is too "conservative," when the GOP conservatives aided and abetted the spend-fest of the Bush years? If voters were offering up unhappiness about Iraq, about perceived corruption and incompetence; about a president with the rhetorical skills of a cucumber; then the traditional liberal-conservative thing has little place in the post-election analysis.

For the unaffiliated, or the dimly affiliated, "Republican" is supposed to mean careful, cautious, incremental - and less inclined than Democrats to use government as an inefficient, liberty-gobbling plaything.

What is so odd for the GOP is that much of the nation prefers a nanny-state, as long as nanny isn't too expensive and grasping and stupid. The fickle electorate often will appreciate a small-government message, even if, in fact, the smaller government never emerges.

The danger for the GOP of becoming more "moderate" is that the strength of the core message will be buried in soft-headed rhetoric about unmet needs that require a big dose of government - including the Bush brand of "compassionate conservatism." The GOP intramural quarrel about God stuff? Even moderate voters will forgive them the idiosyncrasy, if the core party concern remains the taming of the government beast.

The Democrats managed to sustain an entire successful election campaign with basically no ideas at all. The strategy worked in large part because the GOP has lost its suspicion of too much government; because the GOP Congress had gotten too fat and too comfortable feeding the hungry government beast. The Republicans don't need more moderation. They need more hostility.

Laurence D. Cohen is a public policy consultant who served as special assistant to former Gov. John G. Rowland. His column appears every Friday. He can be reached at [e-mail].

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