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from Ballot Access News
Connecticut State Police Watched for Green Party Protesters in October 2006 Gubernatorial Debate
June 13th, 2009
On October 18, 2006, Connecticut TV station WVIT, channel 30, was hosting a gubernatorial debate at which only the Democratic and Republican nominees were invited.
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A press release from the Libertarian Party of Connecticut tells about their May 30th, 2009 convention. Guest speakers will include Peter Schiff, Karen Kwiatkowski, and Katherine Albrecht. …
(excerpt from) Connecticut Post
Independent Party launched in Milford
By Frank Juliano / 04/22/2009
…[Peter] Spalthoff, owner of Shoreline Mortgage Co. and a former Republican town chairman here, announced his candidacy [for Mayor of Milford, CT] as head of the new Independent Party during a rally Wednesday evening on the Green…
…but members of the two main political parties were unfazed.
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Believe it or not, there are two independents in the United States Senate. One is Bernie Sanders, a democratic socialist from Vermont who caucuses with the Democrats and is closely associated with the Progressive Party of Vermont. …
“[Coach Jim] Calhoun…is set to make $1.6 million in 2009-10, the final year of his contract.”
(excerpt from) Sporting News
Activist angers Calhoun by questioning salary
Posted: February 21, 2009
HARTFORD, Conn.
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From the Hartford Courant, by way of Green Party Watch. Excerpt:
When Jean de Smet was elected last year as Windham’s first selectman, she said she wanted to shake up the office by turning “town hall into a public service.â€
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Found at Dee’s ‘Dotes. According to wikipedia, Clifford “Cliff” W. Thornton, Jr. is an American drug policy reform advocate and Green politician serving as one of the seven current (as of November 2007) co-Chairs of the Green Party of the United States.…
Connecticut’s New Haven Advocate, a progressive weekly, writes, “Only the Green Party could complain about a state law that gives them keys to a campaign war chest with more cash inside than they’ve ever dreamed of.…
Sunday’s Hartford Courant had a feature on Connecticut’s Working Families Party, writing that while the Green and Libertarian parties “portrayed themselves in federal court last week as victims of Connecticut’s campaign-finance law,” the WFP “refused to join the two other minor parties in claiming that qualifying for public financing is too difficult for their candidates.…