Mayor’s budget promised pain -- it followed through Taxpayers have an opportunity to make their voices be heard concerning Mayor Nancy Rossi’s budget for Fiscal Year 2019, to begin on July 1. The mayor issued her first budget last week … [Read more...] about Editorial
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City needs Haven assurance In last week’s “Dear Felicia” column, a long-standing column that has been part of the West Haven publication scene for almost 50 years, a question was posed concerning the “Haven” project and the fact it has been … [Read more...] about Editorial
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Bulk trash, electronic waste regulations are reasonable March is said to “come in like a lion and go out like a lamb,” while that may or may not be true given the vagaries of the weather cycle – we all remember snowstorms in late March and … [Read more...] about Editorial
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Charter revision thoughts For the first time in a decade, the city is forming a Charter Revision Commission to review and revise the operating document under which West Haven’s government operates. Announcement of the resolution calling for … [Read more...] about Editorial
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We need some statesmen In the second season of the PBS series “Victoria” on Masterpiece Theater, the issue of the Corn Laws in England was a subplot. Sir Robert Peel, Prime Minister a staunch Tory, or Conservative Party member, bucked the land … [Read more...] about Editorial
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Congress and Assembly can’t think it’s real money! They can’t think it is real money. That’s the only conclusion to be reached when one considers the vote last week in Congress, and the continuing debates in the Connecticut General Assembly. … [Read more...] about Editorial
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Back-and-forth not helpful A back-and forth between the current and former mayor concerning the empaneling of a state review board and an $8 million gap in the city’s budget is perplexing for us, so we are not surprised if city taxpayers are … [Read more...] about Editorial
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MARB oversight is latest chapter in money woes It was not announced, just implied. It was the result of cause and effect, but not really discussed as a possibility when the issue was brought up by city officials. It was one of those things that … [Read more...] about Editorial
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Over the years, the Voice’s Dan Shine has taken up the mantle of those that have gone before him, not only as the Church Historian for the First Church of Christ, Congregational – the church on the Green – but as a regular columnist in the local … [Read more...] about Editorial
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If the country ever wanted an abject lesson in the essence of “Progressive” governance, it has been living one for the past few years, and continues to see – exactly – what Progressives had hoped would happen. First, though, a history lesson. At … [Read more...] about Editorial