Highest Paid Congressional Staffer in Connecticut

Congratulations Jason!

After pulling down a piddly 27 grand as a staffer in 2001; landing a job with Joe Courtney worked out really swell!

Now you've hit the big time and at 151K are the highest paid Congressional staffer in the entire Connecticut delegation!



The five or six of you that make up the "regular visitors" here will find these sites interesting.

The Care and Feeding of Our Congressmen
Yankee Institute - (you might want to bookmark the page.)

Jason J Gross, Congressional Staffer - Salary Data

LegiStorm

One Very Tough Woman

Anne Wexler

Democratic's Lose Powerhouse

Founded First Major D.C. Lobbying Firm Led by a Woman

Ms. Wexler began her unlikely rise to prominence in Democratic Party circles as a Connecticut housewife who joined the PTA and a local zoning board. By 1978, she had carved out an important role in the Carter White House and used her skills at compromise and negotiation to win support on Capitol Hill for the administration's legislative programs.

In 1981, she founded Wexler & Associates with two other two other Carter White House veterans, Gail L. Harrison and Robert Schule.

A tip of the hat to a tough feisty woman.

Read entire Washington Post article here.

Smok ing er Kills!

And you thought smoking was dangerous!


ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A restaurant owner in southwest Turkey was shot dead after he tried to prevent his customers from smoking to comply with a new law on the use of tobacco indoors, Hurriyet daily said on Thursday.

A fight broke out after Hidir Karayigit, 46, ordered a group of customers to extinguish their cigarettes when they began smoking at his "meyhane," a traditional restaurant that serves alcohol, in the town of Saruhanli, Hurriyet said.

One of the customers shot Karayigit four times after he took away the group's cigarettes, said witness Hamza Havutcu, Karayigit's business partner who was also shot and wounded.

Turkey's government on July 19 introduced a nationwide ban on indoor smoking, including bars and restaurants, despite the fact that half of Turks aged between the ages of 15 and 49 smoke; one of the highest rates in the world.

"I'm deeply saddened that the first smoking-ban murder occurred in our town," Saruhanli Mayor Veli Yalcin told Hurriyet. "They either shouldn't have outlawed smoking or they should have outlawed alcohol along with smoking."

Lest we forget just what we're dealing with...

Gosh! When Cars Sell The Economy Goes!

U.S. auto sales bolstered by rush to dump "clunkers".

Gasp! What a concept!!

Oh yeah........you did see that concept someplace before......here.

Another Stimulus Package? November 8, 2008

6 myths about the Detroit 3 November 20, 2008

Out to Kill Small Business

No better than armed robbers!

Update - it's even worse!

This time they want to raise the CT cigarette tax another $7.50 $10.00 per-carton to $27.50 $30.00

Call Governor Rell
Tell her NOT to listen to whoever it is that's feeding her bad data!

Tel: 860-566-4840
Toll-Free: 800-406-1527


Connecticut consumers already pay the 3rd highest in the nation - but frankly this has nothing to do with smoking.

Consider this: 76% of all convenience store purchases include some tobacco product.

Over 75% of all the cigarettes sold in the country are sold by small retailers employing under 12 people total.

We lose over 27.00 in Connecticut revenue for every carton brought in illegally.

Over 30% of the cigarettes consumed in CT were not purchased here NOW!

Another tax increase will only hurt our retailers and our state budget even more.

Connecticut receives over 4.00 per-carton from the Master Settlement.
As bootleg (out of state) cigarette sales increase we cost ourselves both that plus the sales tax
of over 3.00 per carton; not to mention the 20.00 CT cigarette tax that's already in place.

Lebeau For Governor?

From the Courant:

Sen. Gary LeBeau, an East Hartford Democrat who has served in the state legislature for 17 years, is running for governor.

Hogans Hero's has been off the air for ages now;
how old is this guy?