Ken Dixon's Blog-O-Rama

Yes, he may have to show his teeth if he’s to win the August 10 GOP gubernatorial primray, but this afternoon, R. Nelson “Oz” Griebel of Simsbury visited the Southport Brewing Co. down there where Fairfield morphs into Westport and where Frank DelGreco, the manager/brewer, explained to him that a recent, sensible state law allows brew pubs like his to sell half-gallon jugs called growlers, to go. Griebel, who grew up in New Jersey and was unaware of the concept of growlers, recalled a summer job long ago in “quality control” at the old Ballantine brewery in Newark.

Terry Jones and his 91-year-old father Phil Jones hosted a stop on Dan Malloy’s campaign trail this morning. Malloy, in blue jeans with running mate Nancy Wyman, the state comptroller in her trademark high heels, used the occasion to announce that if elected governor, he will be farm friendly; try to expand the number of slaughterhouses in the state to foster more raising of beef cattle; and continue the state’s commitment to procuring open space.  He also pulled out a couple of ripe beets, one the size of a softball and the other the size of a baseball, for a photog. Malloy said he’s been getting Christmas trees from the Jones family for 26 years.