Editorials

‘Paying their fair share’ never gets a definition In the run up to developing a new budget, and with it new revenues wished for by Gov. Ned Lamont, one is hearing the mantra the state’s well-to-do must pay “their fair share” to keep the state … [Read more...] about Editorial

Public gets look at plan West Haven’s version of the Rites of Spring came last Thursday with the unveiling of Mayor Nancy Rossi’s second budget before a special session of the City Council. The public gets its only opportunity to opine on the … [Read more...] about Editorial

What is an emergency? The recent veto of a Congressional resolution condemning President Donald J. Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the southern border was yet another indication that Congress and both parties do not want to … [Read more...] about Editorial

Real cure is progress After the area experienced two fires in within a two-week span, the Haven Group, LLC has engaged the services of a security company in order to make sure more blazes do not erupt. Earlier this month a fire began at 22 … [Read more...] about Editorial

Rossi has set the tone The mayoral election is months away, but Mayor Nancy Rossi is staking her position soon and challenging others to do the same. In a press release this week, the mayor has challenged former Mayor Edward M. O’Brien and any … [Read more...] about Editorial

‘Green Deal’ is warmed- over socialist programs Much was written last week concerning New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her “Green New Deal,” announced with a flourish, and followed up by a fact sheet that read something like a … [Read more...] about Editorial

Class envy and taxes Using class envy, and jealousy for those who make big salaries – or worse, billionaires – Democratic politicians are again raising the idea of soaking…we mean taxing the rich as a way of getting more money for their pet … [Read more...] about Editorial

Infanticide now in NY; cannot happen here! Let us not mince words. What occurred in the New York Assembly last week was nothing short of infanticide. The Democratic majority in the New York State Senate, following the lead of the Democratic … [Read more...] about Editorial

MSM showed its bias The mainstream media took it on the chin over the weekend, not once but twice. Between the glee-turned-glum crash of the Buzzfeed story about Donald Trump suborning perjury and the quick-before-we-learn-the-facts virtue … [Read more...] about Editorial

The Rossi administration had a mixed bag of a week, last week, with some good news, and some bad news – at least we think it is bad news. The Municipal Accountability Review Board (MARB) gave its imprimatur to the release of $8 million in … [Read more...] about Editorial