MoveOn.org’s End Goal Is Socialism
To the Editor:
Last week while trolling on Facebook [Jackie zVon] was apparently having a bad day and decided t...
‘Sing With Your Child’ Month Celebrated At Library
By Nancy K. Crevier
It was a magical, musical morning in the C.H. Booth Library meet...
Education Subcommittee
School Budget Recommended As Is To Legislative Council
By Eliza Hallabeck
The Legislative Council’s Education Subcommittee v...
Why I Didn’t Vote
To the Editor:
I just read this morning (Wednesday) in The Newtown Bee, online, that the proposed charter change failed to pass. T...
WATERBURY — Chase Collegiate School, an independent day school for prekindergarten through grade 12, will hold an open house on Sunday, April 10.
T...
Community Banks And Consumers Bear Cost Of New Legislation
By Nancy K. Crevier
The magnitude of halting or delaying implementation of the Durbin amendment to th...
A Successful And Fun Fundraiser
To The Editor:
I want to thank everyone who made our annual Newtown Congregational Preschool Silent Auction a successful and fun...
Volunteers Needed For Sunday’s Half Marathon
Volunteers are needed for the Danbury Half Marathon, 5K road race, and Kids Run, to be held Sunday, Apr...
Friday, April 1
Conservation Commission, 1 pm, Dickinson Park (near the skate park), use Brushy Hill Road entrance.
Friday Fish Fry, 5–8 pm, St...
Malloy’s Quid Pro Quo
To the Editor:
Quid Pro Quo.
A familiar phrase, but what does it signify? The law says that a contract does not exist bet...
I fail to see the Newtown connection in this nonconstructive partisan letter which apparently seeks to scare local seniors. Mr. Epstein's letter does nothing to further the conversation around a legitimate policy issue in the future of Social Security which according to SSA.gov "if trust fund assets are exhausted without reform, benefits will necessarily be lowered," citing lower birth rates. This is an area where we need an open and objective, multi generational, national dialogue, not fear based political propaganda.
I agree, thank you Richard. The example given by Ms. Murray illustrates that this is a state issue, not a town issue. If the same case occurred in Connecticut the plaintiff would have sued the state of Connecticut, not the town of Newtown.
What fun to have stumbled across this write up. As a friend of one of the daughters I was fortunate to have visited with them many times in the early 80s in various locations. A wonderful, adventuresome family!
The state constitution permits the lawful carry of firearms after proof of training and background checks. Local ordinances do not preempt state statutes and passing an ordinance for a problem that is non-existent as per the Newtown Police Department will undoubtedly result in the town incurring legal fees unnecessarily. Please see attached link for numerous legal precedents where municipalities failed when their respective ordinances were passed. https://ballotpedia.org/Firearms_preemption_conflicts_between_state_and_local_governments
Law abiding citizens do not violate laws and infringement on the Second Amendment is not going to make any community safer. Enforcing existing laws is what should be the focus regarding gun violence along with addressing the mental health crisis.
Richard Fisher, DDS
Newtown, Connecticut
