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	<title>Frank Speaking &#187; Frank Farricker</title>
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		<title>Redistricting</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/farricker/2011/07/07/redistricting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Farricker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, I get the knee-jerk reaction to change offered by someone partisan is often going to be rejection. But the reaction to the proposed redistricting rolled out by Ed Krumeich and a series of Democrats to be silly. Because if our esteemed Representatives and assorted Republican functionaries had actually analyzed the proposed map, rather than<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/farricker/2011/07/07/redistricting/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>So There, Lincoln Milstein</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/farricker/2011/06/30/so-there-lincoln-milstein/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 02:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Farricker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has come to my attention that the Grand Poohbah of the Greenwich Time, Hearst Executive Lincoln Milstein thinks that the Greenwich Democrats are &#8220;toothless&#8221; among other things. Its not terribly easy to explain what the right thing is in Greenwich, so I am throwing out the gauntlet to Lincoln hisself &#8211; I&#8217;ll tell you<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/farricker/2011/06/30/so-there-lincoln-milstein/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Back</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/farricker/2011/02/01/im-back/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 21:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Farricker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now isn&#8217;t that great news! Sarcasm aside, I am always pleased that the Greenwich Time has offered this platform for my views. But I also like the comments as well. Lots of changes afoot in the next few months. I&#8217;ll be commenting on hard-core Republican desires to evicerate our Town services, education and way of<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/farricker/2011/02/01/im-back/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>First Amendment Blues</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/farricker/2010/08/23/first-amendment-blues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Farricker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in 2000, Congress passed &#8211; and Bill Clinton signed &#8211; the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act. RLUIPA, as it&#8217;s called, was conceived to protect the rights of all faiths to build houses of worship, particularly when pesky neighbors used zoning as a backdoor way of keeping out religious expression. Its so much<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/farricker/2010/08/23/first-amendment-blues/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>My Big Democratic Speech</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/farricker/2010/03/22/my-big-democratic-speech/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Farricker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether it means a hill of beans or not, as this paper reported I was elected the Chairman of the Democratic Town Committee this past Thursday. I gave the following speech that night. Love to hear your thoughts&#8230;. SPEECH BELOW Thank you very much for your support and confidence I am pleased to know all<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/farricker/2010/03/22/my-big-democratic-speech/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>My Friend Dave</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/farricker/2010/03/11/my-friend-dave/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Farricker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend Dave Roberson died the other morning. He was 42, he wasn&#8217;t married, didn&#8217;t have any children, and lived with his mother in the house he grew up in on Hassake Road in Old Greenwich. He worked part time at Greenwich Library doing something in one of those crevasses where cell phones can&#8217;t penetrate,<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/farricker/2010/03/11/my-friend-dave/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Buildings</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/farricker/2010/02/07/new-buildings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Farricker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My son and his Cub Scout troop took a tour of the new Police Station in Central Greenwich yesterday. What was the takeaway? It was that the police station was far nicer than our house. Mind you, our house could use a few touchups here or there, but its a solid 160 year old place<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/farricker/2010/02/07/new-buildings/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Back and Slightly More Improved Than Ever</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/farricker/2010/01/29/back-and-slightly-more-improved-than-ever/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Farricker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have returned to blogging after a long period of way too much to do. In this economy, working ten times harder than anyone else is the only way to get back to square. I had lunch with a local banker a few weeks ago and he provided me with some words that I have<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/farricker/2010/01/29/back-and-slightly-more-improved-than-ever/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Who are YOU voting for and why</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/farricker/2009/10/27/who-are-you-voting-for-and-why/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/farricker/2009/10/27/who-are-you-voting-for-and-why/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Farricker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re in the last week of one of the most spirited local election years in memory, and its time to figure out exactly who you are voting for, and why.  The tenor of the campaign has been very intense, especially in the last few weeks, and I think that is quite healthy for Greenwich. Healthy in<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/farricker/2009/10/27/who-are-you-voting-for-and-why/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Jim Himes</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/farricker/2009/10/05/jim-himes/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/farricker/2009/10/05/jim-himes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Farricker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time since Lowell Weicker in 1971, our Congressman comes from Greenwich. There are a lot of things you can say about Jim Himes, but you can&#8217;t fault his address. I&#8217;ve had a few differences with Jim over the past four years, most of which overlapped his time as Chairman of the Greenwich Democratic<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/farricker/2009/10/05/jim-himes/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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