More Republican Drama Fowler Withdraws From The Ballot

The following quote is from the Connecticut Post and Demonstrates that the marred image of the Republican Party continues with Scandals, withdrawals, place keepers, and a desperation to push unwilling candidates on the ballot in the final hours of election deadlines.

The report given to the CT post states that "

Jack Fowler has also indicated that he will withdraw from the race. Working in New York, he doesn't feel he would be able to give the position the time that would be necessary." Fowler, the publisher of The National Review, is a former Board of Aldermen majority leader and a former chairman of the city's Republican Party.

"I was nominated at the convention as a place-keeper after someone who had agreed to run withdrew a few days prior," Fowler said Monday. "My place-keeper status was well-known at the convention. It was also well known amongst Democrats. I would have agreed to run and campaign if no one else had come forward. For a while it looked very much like that was going to be the case," he said.

Fowlers, escape from the malaise of the Republican Party was probably smart given Rhorhig, who was recently investigated, for criminal activity.

The Democrats have been very silent on the Decline of the Republican Party, they, I believe, are saddened by their unfortunate plight and dwindling support base. Some time ago Richard Smith was asked about the Independent Party and he welcomed it, and has been supportive of the Independent Party.

From a Political Strategy, and in the words of their Mayoral Candidate the Independent Party represents two Titan Republicans to them in a "Face Off." So why would they not support the Independent Party.

The Democrats, I believe, are banking on the party schism, drawing sufficient votes from Richetelli to sink his Re-election bid and I believe there is a good chance this will happen.

Milford Democrats Pumping and Spinning the Web.

This is an issue that I am an expert on. Having been the CEO of three computer companies, I have now confirmed what I suspected about the outlandish activities of the Milford Democrats to use selective "Progressive" information to Pump their agenda. This has also been confirmed again by another Independent candidate Running for Mayor whose name shall be mentioned as a comment in this blog after the election concludes.

One person of concern, is my opponent who has been promoting feeble minded people to high office in government. At this point I feel very comfortable to say that Kerri Rowland is not qualified to manage thousands of employees and 160 Million in city budgets and contracts. My post prior to this shows, that in my opinion, and beyond a reasonable doubt, that I believe Kerri Rowland is either lying, or just ignorant about taxes, and what it takes to lower them. The actual tax increases relative to the CPI prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that the city has just kept up with inflation. (Read my article on real estate below.)

This deception set aside, I would like to comment on a new and expanded uproar in Norwalk, CT regarding Bruce Morris. Morris, I discovered is much like Rowland in they they are both somewhat feeble minded and unqualified for office. I also think, that if they are left unsupervised, they will have unpredictable and catastrophic consequences to our town and state. Rowland, already demonstrated her feeble mindedness when she slammed our own town in the New Haven Register, by calling a section of it a "Drug infested area." Rowland also criticized Amann, who endorsed her, as presiding over a committee in Devon that in her opinion is a "waste."

With this aside, I must protest on behalf of the people of Norwalk and Milford who are going "nuts" over Morris, Rowland's insensitive comments, and the attacks on Richetelli. Most of us are aware of the local issues, but this bit about the Amann Norwalk embarrassment is too much to explain. I will share the thread here on the Morris/Amann fiasco now underway at www.yourct.com.

http://www.yourct.com/newzee/2007/10/18/norwalk-bruce-morris-and-the-anti-gravity-matter/#comments

Amann and the partisan politics of the CT blogs, are becoming increasingly dangerous to the prosperity of our state and town. I think that this pursuit of befriending feeble Minded people is to empower and control a party paradigm that is destined to fail. Perhaps, and if I may speculate, I believe this Morris thing is for their own gain. What I see is a disingenuous effort aimed at "chalking up" an easy vote in Hartford. It is my opinion that no matter how the Democrats justify this, the end consequence will culminate in the form of more party dissidents fed up with both parties.

People do not like deception, censorship, or spin that poses as if altruistic and noble. Shame on the Democratic blogs for playing these games. Shame on the "Progressive" blog boards for engaging in deception!

Mayor Richetelli Dropped by today.

The race for Mayor in Milford must be heating up, because Jim Richetelli and his entourage stopped by my home today. The mayor has been campaigning hard, I received three mailed advertisements from him in the last few weeks, and today a personal visit and a chance to to speak with him briefly.

Shortly after I announced my campaign a few weeks back I called Mayor Jim and spoke to his associate. My intention of the call was to discuss the issues here in Milford, and also register my views on issues regarding the state of CT; Since Jim Amman, my opponent, outright refused to meet with me, even after contacting both his local and state offices.

There is no chance that Mr. Amman did not receive my message, because he replied to a reporter at CT NewsJunkie that the reason he declined to meet with me was because he found my request "odd" and that in his opinion "opponents do not always meet." Once again today and for the second time I invited Mr. Richetelli to meet with me. It is my hope that after the election debacle wound down he will follow up. I also permitted the Mayor to place a campaign sign on my front lawn. We will give him time to follow up.

As an update to the events of my discussion today, and I must admit I was very vocal, I flat out told Mr. Richetelli that I object to Mr. Amman's current bonding pressure to run up debt in CT. I also told Mr. Richetelli that I find it amazing that Mr. Amann can find plenty of money to build a boardwalk, yet Milford has no money to assist the elderly, or any intent to help children. I communicated to our mayor that Milford having the largest boardwalk in CT is a disgrace and a misplaced priority. Milford should return that money to the now ailing SCHIP program to make sure Milford's children have proper medical attention.

Today was hardly the platform for a debate on such issues, and his staff was under pressure to get the Mayor moving door to door. One of his staff members seemed clueless about the boardwalk project of which I found odd. Apparently their energy is not in reading all the news at the moment.

My endorsement of our incumbent mayor is largely due to the fact that Kerry Rowland listed the following on her website as her credentials:

Kerri is a 1992 graduate of Boston College. Her accomplishments include:

BA English
BA Secondary Ed.
4 year Women’s Hockey
2 year Captain
AWCHA champions

Kerri’s work history includes:

· New Standard Institute,
Internet Marketing Manager (current)

· Head Coach Girl’s Hockey Notre Dame, Fairfield (current)

· Milford Rec. Dept.

· Milford ASA Umpire.

· Asst. Hockey Coach Sacred Heart University.

Its my belief that anybody, who has any experience hiring people, would find Rowlands qualifications as insufficient. In my opinion, to suggest a little league coach is capable of 80-100 Million a year in cash management decisions is irresponsible.

However, one issue I do agree with Rowland on, is that Jim could have done a better job in keeping our property taxes lower. But neither candidate is offering any security to the struggling elderly, and those near forclosure who fear our local government or bank will evict them. Some of the locals I know are afraid their property will be confiscated. They fear losing their land and/or home if they fall behind on their ever increasing taxes.

Many of these retirees are becoming victims of reverse mortgages, only to have the balance of their estates destroyed by CT's unfair inheritance tax. Should a person be fortunate enough to even have estate balances, will discover that attorneys pay all outstanding health and hefty medical expenses as a first priority.

Both candidates are a troubling choice for me as far as the issues go, but as far as the qualifications go, Kerry Rowland does not hold a candle to Richetelli. My opponent Jim Amman on the other hand thinks that her ridiculous credentials warrant his support. If Rowland wins the election it will be nothing short of having your kids little league coach in charge of 80+ Million Dollars a year. The Democrats ought to be ashamed of themselves for even nominating such a weak and risky candidate.

Rocco J. Frank Jr.