Ansonia Residents: Vote in Tuesday's Presidential Primary

Presidential Preference Primary

                                   

ANSONIA - Registered DEMOCRATS and REPUBLICANS in Ansonia may participate in Tuesday’s Presidential Preference Primaries.  Ansonia polls will be open from 6AM through 8PM on Tuesday April 26.

Ansonia’s poll locations will be:

Ward 1 – Ansonia Armory, 5 State Street  - best access is from North Cliff St.

Ward 2 – Ansonia Armory, 5 State Street – best access is from North Cliff St.

Ward 3 – Holy Rosary Church hall – 3 Father Salemi Drive

Ward 4 – Ansonia Middle School gym – best access is rear of building off Day Street.

Ward 5 – Ansonia Middle School gym – best access is rear of building off Day Street.

Ward 6 – Prendergast School gym, 59 Finney Street

Ward 7 – Mead School Art Room, 75 Ford Street.
 

Ansonia registrars remind electors that only those properly enrolled DEMOCRATS and REPUBLICANS may participate in the primary.  Unaffiliated electors and electors registered with other political parties may not vote in these primaries.  Electors can check their polling location and their party affiliation online by visiting the Connecticut Secretary of the State at:   http://www.dir.ct.gov/sots/LookUp.aspx.  Ansonia electors are also welcome to call the Ansonia Registrar of Voters Office at 203-736-5970.

(This is a press release from Ansonia Registrar of Voters' Office)

Conroy earns perfect voting record

HARTFORD - State Rep.Theresa Conroy, D-Seymour, earned a perfect record on votes taken in the state House of Representatives during the 2014 General Assembly session.

According to the Clerk of the House, the 2014 individual records reflect 309 votes were cast by Conroy.

“I am always focused on affirming the trust placed on me to represent my constituents in the legislature to the best of my ability,” Conroy said.

“Being present and accounted for when it comes to House votes is essential in the overall process of effective representation.”

 

This is a press release from Conroy's office.

Upsets in Ansonia, Derby

Ansonia Mayor James Della Volpe, right, congratulates Republican challenger David S. Cassetti Tuesday night at GOP headquarters on Main Street, directly across from City Hall.

Cassetti defeated seven-term Democrat Della Volpe 2,456-1,741.

Dr. Anita Dugatto photographed last month outside her dental office on Elizabeth Street in Derby.

In Derby, Democrat Anita Dugatto defeated four-term Republican Mayor Anthony Staffieri 1,635-1,264.

A friendly reminder ...

There is still time to get out and exercise your right to vote. Polls close at 8 p.m.

Ansonia announces new polling location for Ward 5 voters

ANSONIA - The city is notifying registered voters in Ward 5 of a change in polling locations for upcoming and future elections.

The polling location has been changed from Fountain Hose, 191 Howard Ave., to the Ansonia Middle School Gym, 115 Howard Ave.
The gym will be divided into two polling locations for Ward 4 and Ward 5.


This is a press release.

Request shared from TEAM, Inc.

Naugatuck Savings Bank is currently holding its Fourth Annual Community Awards Program.

  

Please vote for TEAM if you are a customer of Naugatuck Savings Bank. Voting takes place until March 31, 2013.

  

We greatly appreciate your vote of confidence and recommendation of TEAM's community services!

  

Program link and voting instructions:

 

Naugatuck Savings Bank Community Awards Program

 

 

Alarm evacuates Ansonia polling place

ANSONIA - Voters had to do more than cast their ballots Tuesday afternoon at John G. Prendergast Elementary School. They had to evacuate the building after a fire alarm went off at 2:15 p.m.

A fire department source said there was no fire and voters were able to return to the polling booths.

Let your voice be heard today

I voted at John G. Prendergast Elementary School in Ansonia just after 10 a.m. There was one person in line ahead of me, but a continual stream of people was going into the school as I left.

Today is an important one; make sure you take the time to cast your ballot.

Seymour to consider 6 ballot questions

Voters urged to pose questions

Tomorrow, Seymour voters will head to the polls and find six questions to answer on the ballot.  The first four questions deal with charter revisions and the last two questions are non-binding advisory questions to determine if further charter revision may be advised in the future.

First Selectman W. Kurt Miller is thankful for the time the charter revision commission put in over the last nine months.
"This was a long and involved process and everyone would appreciate residents voting on the questions,’ he said. 
In the recent past charter revisions were not completed due to low voter participation."We wanted to make sure people knew there are charter revisions on the ballot so we have utilized the press and made community announcement phone calls," Kurt said. "We want people to vote this time around."

The charter revisions are summarized into the following four yes or no questions:
Shall the Seymour Town Charter be amended as follows: (1) to change the powers and duties of various boards, (2) to change the time within which vacancies in elected offices are to be filled, (3) to change the nature and manner of certain appointments to boards and offices, (4) to create a Culture and Arts Commission, and (5) to define the duties of the Human Resources Manager?

Shall the Seymour Town Charter be amended to clarify the annual Town Meeting and budget process, including quorum requirements and the provision for adoption of a budget following referendum?
Shall the Seymour Town Charter be amended to change the Board of Planning and Zoning regular members from an appointed to an elected board?
Shall the Seymour Town Charter be amended to correct grammar, spelling, terminology, statutory references, and outdated provisions in the Town Charter, and to make other technical changes as recommended by the Charter Revision Commission?

Residents are encouraged to view the summary document for these questions by visiting http://www.seymourct.org/government.aspx.
A red-lined version of the full charter is found on the town website. Hard copies are also available at Town Hall in the Town Clerk’s Office, at the Senior Center at 20 Pine St., and at Seymour Public Library.
The non-binding advisory questions are yes or no opinion questions:
Shall the next Charter Revision Commission consider a town manager form of government?
Shall the next Charter Revision Commission consider the return to a single vote process for approval of the General Town and Education budgets?
The information gained from questions 5 & 6 will help future charter revision commissions. 

If anyone has additional questions about the proposed changes they can call the First Selectman’s Office, 203-888-2511.
Residents are encouraged to cast an informed vote on the proposed charter revisions.


The above was taken from a release from Christine Conroy, Administrative Assistant to First Selectman Kurt Miller.

Opinion: Obama clearly is not the man for the job anymore

Debate underscores candidates' differences 

By Pat Henri

Chairman

Ansonia Republican Town Committee

There was a presidential debate last night but the President forgot to show up.

Instead, he send a tired, disinterested, withered substitute who was clearly out of his element. 

Barack Obama was finally exhibited in his true light. 

America saw the man for what he is when the media isn’t spoon-feeding him softball questions followed by standing ovations. 

Without his best friend the teleprompter, he was a lost farm puppy in the middle of a metropolitan intersection. He was a minor league second-stringer during a World Series game. 

He made it very obvious what his record clearly shows, that he is not the guy to be the President of the United States anymore.  

Mitt Romney was fresh, bold, finely tuned and even, happy. As radio personality Vinnie Penn of WELI 960AM put it, “it was the chairman of the board versus the bored.”

Obama was challenged for the first time in almost four years by someone with the facts; highest sustained unemployment, highest food stamp recipients, highest gas and grocery prices, 30 percent decrease of property values and personal worth, increase in government, a $16 trillion debt and on and on.      

Obama’s response was to ask to go on to the next topic. I guess that was better than phoning a friend or polling the audience.

Topics that Romney could have challenged Obama on were border security, “you didn’t build that” anti-capitalism, “spread the wealth” socialism, and operating without a budget during the last three years. If he had, I think it would have been a complete embarrassment for Obama. 

Romney may have actually held back out of pity. Romney repeatedly discussed job creation. Obama could add nothing. Romney mentioned keeping our country secured through a strong military. Obama said nothing. 

One point of substance I would like to mention has to do with Obamacare. Romney talked about how employers are not hiring because they will not be able to provide employees with healthcare because Obamacare will drive up costs. Employers who now offer healthcare will drop it because the Obamacare increases will be cost prohibitive. Instead, they will pay the penalty tax, which is the lesser of the two costs. 

As a result, most workers will have to buy into the inferior government run Obamacare that most medical providers will not accept because of their low reimbursement rates. Apparently, Obama thinks doctors and hospitals will work for minimum wages. Obamacare is a medical and financial disaster for the people and the country.

Last night, America and the world got to see for the first time, a true and honest comparison between the two candidates. 

Hopefully it had an impact and will be useful to those who have been undecided up until now. Today, all across the U.S., Obama photos are coming down off the walls in homes and work places. 

I imagine that during the wee hours of the morning, disillusioned Obama supporters were peeling off their 2008 Hope & Change bumper stickers before their daily commute. That’s alright. He promised so much but couldn’t deliver. It happens.

The election in 2008 was an exciting time of historical precedence but the thrill has passed and reality is slamming us in the face. America can’t afford Obama anymore, literally. Paint his portrait, shake his hand and send him off on a political speaker’s circuit, addressing small auditoriums.

It’s time to cut our losses and move on. The election is Nov. 6; get out there and exercise your rights.