From: Susan Kniep, President
The Federation of Connecticut Taxpayer Organizations, Inc. (FCTO)
Website: http://ctact.org/
email: fctopresident@aol.com
860-524-6501
April 4, 2007
Welcome to Tax Talk 99
Some important dates you should mark on your calendar!
Thursday, April 5, 2007
1:00 PM, Legislative
Office Building,
Hartford, CT,
Room 2C
SUBJECT MATTER: Judicial
Nomination
To be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court:
Honorable Chase T. Rogers of New Canaan
The following is a message from Doug Schwartz of New London who fought for the property rights
of Susette Kelo and
continues that fight today on behalf of all Americans….
From Doug Schwartz: There appears to be
no real opposition to the nomination of Chase Rogers to be the next CT Chief
Justice. I just spoke to one of those involved in the 2003 Norwalk eminent domain
case she ruled in, and in the course of a 2-hour conversation, I got an
earful. She did NOTHING to
protect the property rights of the victims in that case, and pretended to go
through the motions. There were several good avenues open to her to
overturn the taking, had she so desired. I will spare the details, you all have seen this movie before. Just a few
quotes from one of the victims:
- "Not for the public good, for a few people to get rich."
- "Let's face it, it's all political."
- "Her decision was filled with errors &
contradictions."
I will be there. I
called the committee, and the guy I spoke to believes that after govt.
officials get their chance to speak at the start of the hearing, the nominee
will be up. Press accounts have speculated that this could take several
hours. So the public may not get a chance until late in the afternoon or
perhaps the evening.
I would urge everyone who can not be
there in person to submit written comments. The committee will not
decide tomorrow, they will do so in a couple of weeks. This is THE most
important constitutional office in CT, the world's oldest continuous alleged
democracy. If she will not protect our property rights, what ones will
she protect from those thieves in the state and local governments?
The emails of each of the committee members can be found on this page: http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/menu/MemberList.asp?comm_code=JUD&doc_type=
If you have to work and want to know if the
hearing is still going on late enough to allow you a chance to testify, you can
email me during the day, as the building has wireless internet access. Or
call me on my cell: 860-514-0788. Doug Schwartz
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INFORMATIVE CABLE PROGRAMS
ON WEST HARTFORD’S BUDGET AND HOME SCHOOLING
April Dates re Budget
Friday, April 6, 9 PM
Wednesday, April 11, 9:30 PM
Monday, April 16, 9 PM
West Hartford Cable TV, Channel 5
On the aforementioned dates and times, those who have access
to West Hartford’s Community Cable can view TAX TALK. Tax Talk was prerecorded by Theresa McGrath
and Judy Aron who are officers in the West Hartford Taxpayers Association. They will be discussing the town’s budget for
fiscal year 2007-2008.
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April Dates re Home
Schooling
Thursday, April 5, at 9 PM
Friday, April 13 at 9 PM
Tuesday, April 17 at 9:30 PM
On the aforementioned dates and times, those who have access
to West Hartford’s Community Cable can view a discussion by Judy Aron and her guests Deborah Stevenson of NHELD and Alan
Schaeffer of Separation of School and State on Judy’s cable TV show "What
You Should Know" . The
following will direct you to Judy’s website:
www.yedies.blogspot.com
The WHCTV schedule is here http://www.whctv.org/Schedule1.htm
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Thursday, April
19, 2007
The Federalist Society's
Hartford Lawyers Chapter
INVITATION
TO ATTEND
Presentation
by Clint Bolick
- President
and General Counsel of the
Alliance for School Choice
- Co-founder
and former Litigation Director of the
Institute for Justice
Clint Bolick will Speak on
"The Case
For an Activist Judiciary"
Date/Time: Thurs., April 19, 2007, 12:00-1:30 p.m.
Location: Goodwin Hotel, One Haynes Street, Hartford, CT
Directions
and Parking: http://www.goodwinhotel.com/Default.aspx?tabid=2712
A complimentary lunch will be provided.
RSVP: Brian
Freeman, 275-8310, bfreeman@rc.com
Important - Please Note: Parking is available
in the Goodwin Place
garage (off Ann Street,
on the west side of the building) for a reduced rate of $7. A voucher for the reduced rate will be
available to you at the event. For
headcount purposes, please RSVP to Brian Freeman, 275-8310, bfreeman@rc.com as soon as possible if you will
be coming.
Free and open to the
public. Please feel free to pass along this
invitation to any others who might be interested. This will be in a small
venue with ample opportunity for audience questions and discussion.
Clint Bolick is president and general counsel of the Phoenix-based Alliance for School Choice, the nation's
leading advocacy organization for school choice. Focused on the educational
needs of economically or otherwise disadvantaged schoolchildren, the Alliance
was launched on May 17, 2004, the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of
Education, to help fulfill the promise of educational opportunities for
children who desperately need them. In 2005, the Alliance spearheaded the
most successful legislative year ever for the school choice movement, resulting
in two new and five expanded school choice programs and providing high-quality
educational options to more than 100,000 disadvantaged children. Previously, Bolick co-founded and served
as vice president of the Institute for Justice, a Washington, D.C.-based
libertarian public interest firm. Bolick
led the litigation team that defended the constitutionality of school choice
programs across the nation, which culminated in 2002 in the successful defense
of the Cleveland program in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision, Zelman
v. Simmons-Harris. In 2003, American Lawyer recognized Bolick as one of the nation's three lawyers of the year in
light of his legal work in support of school choice. In 2003, Bolick recounted the experiences of 12 years of school
choice litigation in Voucher Wars: Waging the Legal Battle Over School Choice, published by the Cato Institute.
His newest book, David's Hammer: The Case for an
Activist Judiciary, was published in 2007.
Links:
Alliance for School
Choice: http://www.allianceforschoolchoice.org/about.aspx?p=5&i=10
David's Hammer: The Case for an Activist Judiciary:
http://www.amazon.com/Davids-Hammer-Case-Activist-Judiciary/dp/1933995033/ref=sr_1_2/002-5346576-5228845?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1174510544&sr=1-2
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