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	<title>Ken Dixon&#039;s Blog-O-Rama</title>
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	<description>Connecticut politics is a contact sport</description>
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		<title>Three Laser Beams and a Pastry Party, Baseball Affiliation, Does Not a Governor Make</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/dixon/2010/03/19/three-laser-beams-and-a-pastry-party-baseball-affiliation-does-not-a-governor-make/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Dixon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Blogster wonders why Waterbury Mayor Mike Jarjura was invited to the Democratic gubernatorial debate on NBC Connecticut tonight, but is glad the former House member was there with the other five pretenders to the party nomination. &#8221;I&#8217;m the whole package,&#8221; Jarjura summed up, even though he hasn&#8217;t even filed papers for an exploratory committee. Still, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Environment Committee: Smoke &#8216;em If You Have Them (In Your Wood-Burning Furnace)</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/dixon/2010/03/19/environment-committee-smoke-em-if-you-have-them-in-your-wood-burning-furnace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Dixon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
The bill that would have created tougher regulations on outdoor wood-burning furances for home-heating died in the Environment Committee
&#8220; Not only was the state legislature unwilling to do anything at all about outdoor wood furnaces/boilers &#8211; they would not even deal with wood smoke as a public health nuisance,&#8221; said Nancy Alderman, a public health advocate. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>P&amp;W Reaches New Standards in Corporate Euphemisms</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/dixon/2010/03/19/pw-reaches-new-standards-in-corporate-euphemisms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:46:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Dixon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just at the moment when the Blogster was sick and tired of the phrase &#8220;revenue enhancements&#8221; to describe new taxes, the folks at Pratt &#38; Whitney have raised the bar in corporate$peak. This came the other day from Emily DeSantis, manager of media realtions:
&#8220;More than 155 employees across Pratt &#38; Whitney facilities in Connecticut opted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Ag Day in the Capitol! Go grab a Maple Milkshake</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/dixon/2010/03/18/its-ag-day-in-the-capitol-go-grab-a-maple-milkshake/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/dixon/2010/03/18/its-ag-day-in-the-capitol-go-grab-a-maple-milkshake/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Dixon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a sure sign of spring when Agriculture Day occurs in the Capitol. The building is awash with blue-jacketed future farmers clubs from throughout the state and there are exhibits galore set up in the Capitol&#8217;s first floor. There&#8217;s still time to get up here are grab a maple milkshake or maybe even a tomato [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lamont First With Q Poll (Voters Don&#8217;t Know Candidates and Don&#8217;t Care) React</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/dixon/2010/03/18/lamont-first-with-q-poll-react/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/dixon/2010/03/18/lamont-first-with-q-poll-react/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:56:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Dixon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Blogster, back from a brief fact-finding trip on the hills surrounding Montpelier, VT, the nation&#8217;s smallest state Capitol, is not shocked to see that the winners in this morning Quinnipiac University Poll are the undecideds in both Republican and Democratic parties as they assess gubernatorial hopefuls. Even though Greenwich millionaires Tom Foley and Ned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sunday Alcohol Sales Dead, For Now.</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/dixon/2010/03/11/sunday-alcohol-sales-dead-for-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:56:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Dixon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Chalk up a victory for Carroll Hughes, the lobbyist for the Connecticut Package Stores Association. The Program Review &#38; Investigations Committee is not taking up legislation recommending the Sunday sale of alcohol in retail establishments like supermarkets and package stores. &#8220;It is highly controversial with strong sides on each issue,&#8221; Sen. John Kissel, R-Enfield, said. &#8220;I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where the Heck is Eastman, CT?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/dixon/2010/03/10/where-the-heck-is-eastman-ct/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Dixon</dc:creator>
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The Blogster is the first to admit that some of the little villages and neighborhoods of Connecticut escape him.
 Heck, I&#8217;ve been through Baltic and couldn&#8217;t show you on the map. Northford? I know it&#8217;s part of North Branford. Springdale? It&#8217;s in Stamford. Quaker Hill is part of Waterford. So where&#8217;s &#8220;Eastham?&#8221;
 Well, there is none, except [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mother of Dead East Hartford Teen Will Ask Lawmakers for Better Training for Motorcyclists</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/dixon/2010/03/10/mother-of-dead-east-hartford-teen-will-ask-lawmakers-for-better-training-for-motorcyclists/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/dixon/2010/03/10/mother-of-dead-east-hartford-teen-will-ask-lawmakers-for-better-training-for-motorcyclists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:57:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Dixon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the tear-making testimony of a woman who will appear this afternoon before the Transportation Committee, asking for mandatory training for all motorcyclists, not just young teens. her son was 19 when he died.
Good Morning
My name is Stephanie Pelletier and I reside in East Hartford, CT.  I would like to thank the committee for giving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The More the Merrier: Easton First Selectman Thomas Herrmann to Announce for 4th CD</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/dixon/2010/03/09/the-more-the-merrier-east-first-selectman-thomas-herrmann-to-announce-for-4th-cd/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/dixon/2010/03/09/the-more-the-merrier-east-first-selectman-thomas-herrmann-to-announce-for-4th-cd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Dixon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You can&#8217;t be too rich. too thin, or have too many Republicans running for the Fourth Congressional District nomination.
Easton First Selectman Thomas A. Herrmann will join the throng tomorrow, when he announces his candidacy in the Stamford Marriott Hotel at 10 a.m.
He&#8217;ll join Rob Russo of Bridgeport and state Sen. Dan Debicella of Shelton in the race [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BBB Warns of &#8220;Grandchildren&#8221; Scam Revival</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/dixon/2010/03/09/bbb-warns-of-grandchildren-scam-revival/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/dixon/2010/03/09/bbb-warns-of-grandchildren-scam-revival/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Dixon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Blogster suggests that if you&#8217;re a grandparent and get a call from your &#8220;grandson&#8221; or &#8220;granddaughter&#8221; stuck somewhere in Canada or someplace and need money wired to them immediately, you first ask &#8220;Is that you Lucretia/Homer?&#8221; depending on the gender. When they say yes, in the unlikely event they&#8217;re actually named Homer or Lucretia, write [...]]]></description>
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