“Conservative Chat” – in honor and memory of former State Senator Tom Herlihy who served the eighth senate district from 1999 through 2008, tonight’s program, Thursday, May 28, 2015, at 7PM on Charter Channel 191, shows an interview with Tom Herlihy and Barkhamsted Republican Town Committee’s Juliana Simone which was taped in late September of 2006. This half hour demonstrates the fine Senator at his best where Tom and Juliana go over his background, discuss binding arbitration and prevailing wage, state mandates that need to be eliminated, ECS grants to schools, gas zoning prices, open space, his goals for the next session and legislation he helped pass he was particularly proud of.
For those of you outside of the viewing area or who are not subscribers to Charter Communications, this show will be available on-line after this Monday on www.ctv13.net under VOD “Conservative Chat.”
Please remember to sign his condolences guest book on Legacy.com
“Conservative Chat” – Tonight, May 26, 2015, at 6PM on Charter Cable Channel 191, join Barkhamsted Republican Town Committee’s Chair and host, Juliana Simone, and conservative talk radio host Jayson Veley.
For those of you outside the viewing area or who are not Charter subscribers, this episode can be seen on-line at: www.jaysonveley.com and www.ctv13.net
For those of you who attended our Barkhamsted Republican Town Committee Biannual Event last September, Jayson was one of our featured speakers. The tape of his speech at the event can also be seen onwww.jaysonveley.com
“Conservative Chat” – Tonight, May 14, 2015, at 7PM on Charter Cable Channel 191, join Barkhamsted Republican Town Committee’s Chair and host, Juliana Simone, and conservative talk radio host Jayson Veley. In this half hour interview, Juliana and Jayson talk about his many accomplishments at the age of twenty-one including his Fox News Network appearances and radio show; the 2016 Republican President candidates as well as democrat Hillary Clinton; border security and terrorist cells; immigration; and how Jayson perceives the conservative landscape of the future from members of his own generation.
For those of you outside the viewing area or who are not Charter subscribers, this episode can be seen on-line at: www.jaysonveley.com and will be up after this coming Monday on www.ctv13.net
For those of you who attended our Barkhamsted Republican Town Committee Biannual Event last September, Jayson was one of our featured speakers. The tape of his speech at the event can also be seen onwww.jaysonveley.com
This letter to the editor was published in the Republican American on April 24th, 2015 by Barkhamsted’s Tom Palmer. A Riverton resident, Palmer, spent a great deal of time researching the facts and details behind this long-established budget process presented by the Region 7 Board of Education. His findings have the support of neighboring New Hartford town representatives and much of Colebrook’s who will be voting ‘no’ at the upcoming referendum in NW7 towns, where the NW7 BOE asks to pass this as written, despite Palmer and New Hartford reps who asked the BOE and others to revise this budget in recent meetings due to the apparent discrepancies . What Tom discovered can be read below which is how Mr. Palmer’s letter appeared in this established newspaper:
REGION 7 BUDGET LOADED WITH BLOAT AND HIDDEN COSTS
While taxpayers struggle to make ends meet and towns struggle to keep budgets lean, the Region 7 Board of Education continues a financial strategy to hide historical spending trends and propose another inflated budget.
The last three years alone, it has requested salaries and benefits funding $1.7 million more than what was used for all contractual obligations.
For other purchased services, the board requested $1 million more than was spent: that’s a total of $2.7 million more than was used in three categories.
Much of the artificial “savings” were spent on other areas.
After all spending was accounted for, year-end surpluses averaged $446,000, for a total of $1.3 million overpaid by hardworking taxpayers.
While the board argues the surpluses are eventually credited back to the towns, they never should have been collected first.
The board’s lack of financial transparency stands in sharp contrast to the board’s earned reputation for education excellence. Taxpayers expect a budget reflecting history and what is needed to build Region 7’s education reputation, not an inflated budget without history, which was presented at the April 20 budget hearing.
Only a referendum budget of $19.7 million or less — without the built-in surplus — deserves taxpayer support.
We have been watching with great interest Governor Malloy’s budget proposal that would eliminate the Connecticut Honor Guard detachment’s presence at military funerals.
“Honoring Those Who Served” allows a grateful nation to pay final tribute to veterans who, in times of war and peace, stood strong in defense of the United States of America. Providing honors are more than just a job for our State Veterans Organization, it is an honor to pay a final tribute to those Veterans who served our country. It is a way to show our Nation’s deep gratitude to those who, in times of war and peace, have faithfully defended our country.
The proposed budget to Eliminating General Fund Support for the Honor Guard is now in the hands of the legislature and this is an important cut to reverse. This funding represents a small amount in the overall budget however, the honor guards play a large role in demonstrating our appreciation of our veterans’ service. Honor Guard Details were conducted for over 3,000 qualified Connecticut veterans in 2014. This funding in Connecticut provides the firing squad at all veteran’s funerals. The cost for a squad member is just $50 per day.
I urge you and the rest of the General Assembly to work together to reverse Governor Malloy’s unwise decision and restore the funding for Honor Guard details at Veterans funerals into the proposed budget.
For God and Country,
Edward H. Tibbets
Secretary, Barkhamsted Republican Committee
Life Member of the Riverton American Legion Post 159
“Conservative Chat” – Tonight, April 9th, 2015, Thursday at 7PM on Charter Channel 191 watch the Barkhamsted Republican Town Committee’s political interview program in its eleventh year with Harwinton First Selectman Michael Criss and BRTC Chair and host Juliana Simone who discuss the Secretary of the State Dennis Merrill’s attempt this session to change our two party voter registrar per town to one appointee made by town officials. Juliana and Mike follow the process of her first proposed bill; An Act Concerning Municipal Options for Elections, the Registered of Voter’s Association of Connecticut’s (ROVAC) opposition; Merrill’s Litchfield County appearance in Torrington to promote the bill and the comments area First Selectman Mike Criss, New Hartford’s Dan Jerram, Roxbury’s Barbara Henry and Litchfield’s Leo Paul made to Secretary Merrill; the Government Administration and Elections committee’s public hearing, and Republican Ranking member Sen. Michael McLachlan’s leadership along with ROVAC changed the language of the bill to prevent the bill from limiting town voter registrar’s to one.
The bill’s new language after being passed out of the GAE to the Senate floor as Senate Bill 1051 – An Act Strengthening Connecticut Elections; Another bill proposed by Hartford State Rep. Matt Ritter that would allow towns to decide how many voter registrars they have and the probability of the state giving more power to towns; Bridgeport’s 2014 debacle with election fraud charges against former democrat State Rep. Christina Ayala who had to resign and her mother Bridgeport’s democrat voter registrar who was asked to step down; and why Secretary Merrill’s proposal was so unpopular on both sides of the aisle, and more!
For those outside the viewing area or who are not Charter subscribers, this program can be seen on-line atwww.ctv13.net
(l) Columnist Don Pesci and (r) BRTC Chair Juliana Simone March 2015
“Conservative Chat” – Tonight, Thursday, at 7PM, March 12th, 2015, on Charter Cable Channel 191, the Barkhamsted Republican Town Committee features a half hour with veteran Connecticut political commentator and columnist Don Pesci and host BRTC Chair Juliana Simone. Don and Juliana discuss Governor Malloy’s new Washington D.C. appointment, his featured piece and comments in Time Magazine, his proposed budget and how it will effect state residents, and his budget item that would get rid of all probate judges; the Secretary of the State’s proposed bill to reduce municipality’s voter registrars to one, and more!
For those who are not Charter subscribers or who live outside the viewing area, this program can be seen on-line after this following Monday at http://www.ctv13.net/ under Video on Demand/Conservative Chat.
Our Barkhamsted RTC Treasurer had a successful turn out for the Barkhamsted Center Church annual Christmas Pageant on Sunday. He can be seen in the back left of the photo taken by RC reporter Stephen Underwood. His wife, Susan, daughter, Averil, son, Jamey, and daughter-in-law, Jennifer, are also in the pageant and photo.
Barkhamsted RTC Chair Juliana Simone and her son also participated in this play with Rev. Charles Hall in 2011. It is a wonderful experience, with live animals brought in for the occasion that represent those that would have been present in Bethlehem when Christ was born.
Barkhamsted Center Church Christmas Pageant participants
Special thanks to former BRTC Chair and consistent Republican supporter John Lavieri and his wife Corky, for attending the service on Sunday.
The church holds the event on the Sunday before Christmas and allows church members young and old to dress up and re-enact the birth of Jesus Christ.
The event has become a tradition at the church and even includes a real donkey.
“This has been going on for about 17 years and it truly is a tradition here,” said resident and member Kay Page Greaser.
Greaser lives down the street from the church and brings her donkey named Patches to the event for the children.
“I bring Patches down every year and the kids love to feed him,” said Greaser. “I’ve had him for about four years now and he was a rescue. He’s great with kids and enjoys the treats they feed him.”
The tradition is meant to tell the story of the birth of Jesus, while allowing church members to get into the Christmas spirit.
“Conservative Chat” – Thursday, December 11th , 2014. at 7PM on Charter Cable Channel 191, the Barkhamsted Republican Town Committee Chair and host Juliana Simone interviews State Representative William Simanski (R-62) about the upcoming long session starting in January 2015, the new House Minority Leader Themis Klarides (R-114), the good and bad of election results November 4th, what to expect from Governor Malloy and the democrat majority in the next four years, the unfunded pensions, state deficit and more taxation on the horizon.
For those who are not Charter subscribers or outside of the viewing area, this program can be seen on the Internet on www.ctv13.net after next Monday December 8th.
“Conservative Chat” – Tonight, Thursday, November 13, 2014, at 7PM on Charter cable channel 191 watch Barkhamsted Republican Town Committee Chair and host Juliana Simone discuss with veteran columnist and political commentator Don Pesci the November 4th election results. Juliana and Don review the Connecticut Governor’s race, the First and Fifth Congressional districts, the Republican gains in the Connecticut General Assembly, the Lumaj campaign for Secretary of the State and the State Treasurer’s, some of the highlights of the National sweep for the GOP and more!
This program will rerun next Thursday, November 20th, at 7PM on Charter cable channel 191.
For those of you who do not subscribe to Charter Communications, this show can be seen on-line next week and post afterMonday or Tuesday at www.ctv13.netunder VOD (Video on Demand)
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