During the election for first selectman, Josh Brooks made an interesting pledge. “I am proposing to freeze property taxes for qualified Branford seniors,” he wrote on his campaign website, and shared on social media. Is such a plan feasible? Yes — other towns have already implemented some version of it. In fact, Branford has an interestingContinue reading “Freezing Senior Citizens’ Property Taxes in Branford”
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Leaving the Branford RTM
This started out as a post for social media. Once I started writing, I quickly realized I had more thoughts that I wanted to share than made sense for a post. No surprises there! I am not running for reelection on Branford’s RTM this year. After two two-year terms, I feel that I’ve done aContinue reading “Leaving the Branford RTM”
In Search of Faith
1937 was not one of humankind’s better years. The Japanese invaded China and set about massacring POWs and civilians. Warplanes with the Nazi German “Condor Legion” bombed Guernica on behalf of nationalist (fascist) Spain , part of a brutal civil war raging there. Amelia Earhart disappeared over the Atlantic, the Hindenburg airship exploded, and strikingContinue reading “In Search of Faith”
The Local Blind Spot 