tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.comments2023-06-30T07:39:20.662-04:00BRISTOLTODAY.COMSteve Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316108296993240817noreply@blogger.comBlogger48441125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-69432345656025556482014-10-14T17:32:40.259-04:002014-10-14T17:32:40.259-04:00You're a gutsy, honorable guy Steve.I'm su...You're a gutsy, honorable guy Steve.I'm sure many family members who are aware of your stand will agree.<br />BeauAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13039015932671091992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-5241601101621053222014-09-27T16:09:39.984-04:002014-09-27T16:09:39.984-04:00http://youtu.be/e7534VCetiwhttp://youtu.be/e7534VCetiwAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15595297145408340410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-57795668194909702102014-09-25T08:51:51.474-04:002014-09-25T08:51:51.474-04:00Well it's certainly nice to see someone admit ...Well it's certainly nice to see someone admit that this is a multifamily housing project anyway...Shawn Ruesthttp://buildingdebt.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-69365431153967480772014-09-09T09:35:37.427-04:002014-09-09T09:35:37.427-04:00Steve:
This is the best commentary on the state o...Steve:<br /><br />This is the best commentary on the state of affairs in downtown Bristol that I have read in a long time. Please consider publishing some sort of article in the Press to this effect. We need direction on the project, and maybe, just maybe, someone will read your commentary and realize they should do something. Bristol deserves so much better than what it's currently getting.<br />-William J. CunninghamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-27841479014082046972014-08-17T17:09:17.073-04:002014-08-17T17:09:17.073-04:00I urged Mary to run for mayor whether she won or l...I urged Mary to run for mayor whether she won or lost this registrar primary. I hope she does. - Rick KriscenskiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-66538969088944063052014-08-02T08:06:13.151-04:002014-08-02T08:06:13.151-04:00Build an ice rink first, then try to sell the rest...Build an ice rink first, then try to sell the rest of the unused property to private developers. Let's ditch the Big bang strategy of development. - Rick KriscenskiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-36939834011001808892014-07-09T10:42:08.787-04:002014-07-09T10:42:08.787-04:00Watch the video here:
http://www.youtube.com/playl...Watch the video here:<br />http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnfgRTXUiTfThEY3m0OZcI_Zzq2wMP_yp<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15595297145408340410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-54741434697915624202014-07-03T12:37:08.098-04:002014-07-03T12:37:08.098-04:00Liz I am so proud of you. You are a wonderful, lov...Liz I am so proud of you. You are a wonderful, loving, talented, intelligent, classy, role model for all who know you. All I want to say is you are so above those people that comment on the anonymous boards. You have been a true asset to the Miss America Organization, to your family7 and friends, to the City of Bristol and to our organization you made us all proud. We are so happy to call you one of our girls. It has been a pleasure to get to know you and your family better this year. I know you will accomplish so much in your future. To all those people that write on the anonymous boards why don't you let us know who you are if you truly feel they way you do then you should not be ashamed to put your name to your post. Remember Liz and everyone else you know who you are and these people do not. You are a great role model to me and all the people you have touched in your 24 hears of life that is what matters not what someone writes on an anonymous Board. Love you Liz Linda Lubriconoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-70840267851231414812014-07-03T07:09:21.656-04:002014-07-03T07:09:21.656-04:00I met Liz last year when I was Mrs. Connecticut In...I met Liz last year when I was Mrs. Connecticut International. Since our first meeting at the American Heart Association luncheon I have been impressed with Liz' poise, confidence, and purpose. She has inspired me and certainly made me look at pageants differently than I had before I got involved. Participating in my first pageant at age 55 gives me a slightly different perspective than most. Now when I watch a pageant on TV I want to know more about the charity and community work that the contestants were involved in. How did they make a difference to others? I am proud to call Liz a friend and I hope that we will continue to be now that she is changing her course in life. We have no control over what others do or say, only over our own words and actions. Liz, hold your head high and know that you have touched the lives of so many in such a great way.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11084508634797644368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-7849574325941449552014-07-02T21:01:38.600-04:002014-07-02T21:01:38.600-04:00Beautifully put Liz- good for,you! I have been inv...Beautifully put Liz- good for,you! I have been involved in the Miss Ma program for for some 35 years...as a contestant, manager, coach, judge and general dogs body. I wouldn't trade my time in the pageant system for anything-- like you, the positives absolutely outweigh the few negative things. Thankfully, the online boards didn't exist when I competed. <br />You are a great representative of what makes the Miss America program wonderful, try to focus on the friends you've made and the life experience you'll take with you forever! Best of luck in your future endeavors!Mrs. D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14174190586283782735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-46519372602684379622014-07-02T19:17:53.975-04:002014-07-02T19:17:53.975-04:00OMG Liz - literally before I saw this link on FB I...OMG Liz - literally before I saw this link on FB I had wanted to look your profile up and tell you how wonderful its been to watch you over the past couple of years and that i had you in 'my' top five... Those boards are ridiculous... Shine on as you always have.... I hope to see you out there doing what you do do best - being you.<br />Darci McHenrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-32345738516851161572014-06-13T19:19:01.685-04:002014-06-13T19:19:01.685-04:00I know I, nor no one from my extended family, will...I know I, nor no one from my extended family, will probably buy one. Once the city takes your homes and property by eminent domain for what a decade later amounts to nothing, you'd probably not buy one either. There was no "heart" by the City in that action.<br /><br />Ed Dudko ejdudko@yahoo.comEd Dudkonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-69646280157278530962014-06-12T22:20:49.886-04:002014-06-12T22:20:49.886-04:00The use of B as a heart is clever, but the rest of...The use of B as a heart is clever, but the rest of it not so good. Reads like a generic greeting card.E.A. Poehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11263116745923638830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-39964107891146601462014-06-11T08:23:34.129-04:002014-06-11T08:23:34.129-04:00Is that a captive consumer inside that "b&quo...Is that a captive consumer inside that "b"?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15595297145408340410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-77603336736505528032014-06-05T16:27:38.359-04:002014-06-05T16:27:38.359-04:00Mark this day in the history books. I agree with ...Mark this day in the history books. I agree with Steve! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17593861690694439544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-40692600133704930242014-06-03T09:06:42.917-04:002014-06-03T09:06:42.917-04:00When the team left Bristol it was part of the Red ...When the team left Bristol it was part of the Red Sox franchise. Today the team is affiliated with the Twins. <br />Muzzy Field is small while the Rock Cat stadium is new, good-sized and has nice amenities. The team has been successful in New Britain. In Bristol, time had caught up with the team being at Muzzy.<br />These are a few, important reasons why circumstances today are much different. Alex Carrosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-11295794494185050212014-05-12T21:59:40.777-04:002014-05-12T21:59:40.777-04:00flawed logic. Small businesses come and go. Apar...flawed logic. Small businesses come and go. Apartment buidings and their problems last forever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-35736407177710331852014-05-05T08:39:25.362-04:002014-05-05T08:39:25.362-04:00You summed it up quite well Steve and I agree. Th...You summed it up quite well Steve and I agree. The project is most likely doomed. Bristol is a poor community (and getting poorer not wealthier every single day) regardless of what organizations such as the Bristol Chamber of Commerce and Bristol Rising say. If the financiers and investors over the past 6 years do not have confidence in the parcel's success, why should we. However, if we were to subsidize construction as a city, I would much rather give 6 million dollars to someone local we could trust such as Carpenter or D'Amato Construction to complete the project. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-8518614035396822642014-04-03T06:35:12.824-04:002014-04-03T06:35:12.824-04:00@Frank -- Bristol Hospital is not my beat. But the...@Frank -- Bristol Hospital is not my beat. But the reality is that a small paper anywhere, every one of them already dealing with a staff that's been thinned out for years, is hardly in a position to explore thoroughly something as complex as the proposal to sell the hospital to a for-profit company.Steve Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436274568571243384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-58128493424443983582014-04-02T06:57:15.393-04:002014-04-02T06:57:15.393-04:00Great idea, Steve. Legislators ought to care abou...Great idea, Steve. Legislators ought to care about the health of our people. For that matter, businesses ought to sincerely care about the health of their workers. I know many local Bristol businesses that do care about the health of their workers - and their workers' families health, whom these local businesses understand are the consumers and future workers for Bristol. However, where corporate America is concerned, healthcare for their workers doesn't fit their business model. They view human beings as a commodity they input to get their output. America needs to get corporations out of healthcare! Thank you for posting this idea, Steve.Mary Rydingswardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-80396243641399904932014-04-01T11:21:18.845-04:002014-04-01T11:21:18.845-04:00Steve,
Gee, Steve, nearly a full year goes by sin...Steve,<br /><br />Gee, Steve, nearly a full year goes by since this issue arose and I read, for the first time, what I suspected was a sensibility about one aspect of this issue you maintained --in silence--all along. I presume there are others.<br /><br />But in the court of public opinion perception is everything. You know how often I observed how this discussion was one sided. That, to name just one---and it's the one you addressed here---that there are hundreds of individual narratives supporting the case for the non profit model throughout the U.S. <br /><br />Though, " curiously " not once was an expert nor proponent of the non profit model ever sought out to hear that side of the equation.Certainly not in either Bristol newspaper daily and weekly. I can't count the times this writer attempted as a layman. But a layman fairly well versed on the issue.<br /><br />And here you are, the point man for politics and all things touching on the political, relegated to expressing this potent POV...on a blog that just a handful of fervent political <br />" aficionados " follow and, perhaps, a dozen or so lurkers in the background. <br /><br />It's utterly frustrating to all trying to stem the tide when attempting to get this one uber tangential part of the equation out in the marketplace of public opinion. I can only imagine how you must feel.<br /><br />A heart felt thank you, though, for going this far.<br /><br />Frank Kramer<br />Bristol, CTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-82390295920558674742014-02-12T12:24:26.988-05:002014-02-12T12:24:26.988-05:00I was wondering how our state's unemployment r...I was wondering how our state's unemployment rate had gone down since Jan 2011 while Sen. Welch claims we've lost 23,000 jobs since then. It turns out, both are correct. <a href="http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.ct.htm" rel="nofollow">Bureau of Labor Statistics for CT</a> show that the labor force has declined by 65,400 people since then, the number of jobs has declined by 23,500 and so unemployment went from 9.3% then to 7.4% now. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17266102046524534364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-48267142619595034372014-01-21T20:24:40.139-05:002014-01-21T20:24:40.139-05:00We lost a great guy in Ted. May God watch over him...We lost a great guy in Ted. May God watch over him and his family. He was a true friend and always was concerned with people. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12536318989697701037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-48723442568469500872014-01-09T15:46:55.732-05:002014-01-09T15:46:55.732-05:00It's time to change the Charter in regards to ...It's time to change the Charter in regards to the Registrar position.<br />I believe Bristol should have a system similar to Torrington where the elected Registrar is more of an over-sight position that's either volunteer or one with significantly less compensation. The bulk of the clerical and administrative work would be done by a full time assistant, screened and hired through the Personnel Dept. Alex Carrosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-45105204982298594612013-11-20T07:42:03.281-05:002013-11-20T07:42:03.281-05:00It will be!It will be!Steve Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436274568571243384noreply@blogger.com