Milford Unemployment Fares Better Than Nation

This morning there was some good news, the news was that the Nations unemployment figures were less than expected with 247,000 jobs cut. The unemployment rate also slipped nationally to 9.4%. While these numbers in no way indicate that our nation is out of the Recession they are none the less encouraging.

Milford, on the other hand, should be proud that our local employment opportunities have not been as dire as the rest of America. According to the Connecticut Department of Labor Milford as of June 2009, had an unemployment rate of 7.5% compared to 9.5% nationally for that same period.

Milford's total labor force is 33,147 with 30,668 people employed.

For entertainment purposes only I added the CERC data into this equation of which lists Milford's total 2007 population at 53,874. deduct everyone under the age of 18 (11,546) and the new labor force figure 42,328.

This adjusted labor force figure assumes an even exchange of working 16 & 17 year olds in lieu of those living in town working past the age of 70. It is also fair to assume, that elderly losses in pension and retirement accounts have caused more of them to work into their "Golden Years."

By no means am I an expert but by my calculation, and by combining the CERC statistics with the CDL statistics true un-employment in Milford is more like %16. But in all fairness this figure does not encompass those individuals who are undocumented, are part of a cash economy and do not report income to Uncle Sam.

In all cases, unemployment is a terrible thing especially when many people who relied on a single "breadwinner" no longer has that to rely on. Thankfully, even with the adjusted figure our town is doing dramatically well when compared to the nation.

The best town in CT is Colebrook with 3.5% Unemployment and Hartford the worst impacted City with 14% unemployment. Full report available at www.ctdol.state.ct.us/lmi

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Fort Trumbull Water Main To be replaced

The water main replacement at Fort Trumbull is well underway. This week city and state employees began the large project of laying the initial drainage pipe. The drainage pipe will be necessary because the 100 year old original water pipe is buried an estimated 16 feet underground.

The pipe featured in the picture above will be pumping out water as the workers dig deep and in sections to lay new pipe as they remove old pipe. This project also has to occur without interruption of service to the local area residents of which the workers on the street have said they are certain will not happen.

Most of the local residents, including the one small Italian owned business in the area said they are not particularly happy about the disruption in traffic and the noise commotion caused by the workers, but understand that the improvements are needed. All local residents at Fort Trumbull are in fact unanimous about one thing, and that is they will be excited when the project is complete and their street is back to normal.

Illegal Immigrant Worker' s Wait For Jobs In Norwalk

The illegal immigrant workforce, takes to the Norwalk streets daily. This event I witnessed last week as I traversed up Martin Luther King Blvd. There were about 50-100 people of what looked like Spanish descent waiting on the corner as if ready to jump in a passing truck; They looked ready to work in any craft from landscaping to construction.

Upon arrival to my destination to fix a computer I asked my customer A Mr. Yanni what was the scoop with all the people hanging out on the corner, I asked him the rhetorical question of what were they doing there? Just as I expected he gave me the answers, the same ones that have half the nation "ticked off" about, that they are all mostly illegal, undocumented, migrant workers preying on the desperation of small businesses desperate to increase their profits.

Many of them are going to your homes by way of your landscaper, stone mason or handyman. This problem has become perverse throughout our state and does not limit itself to just Norwalk. Mayor DiStefano has worked to grant these people ID's and Hartford has all but become a sanctuary city after the town council walked away from immigration issues, calling them the greater responsibility of the Federal Government.

Just as matters seemed to be as bad as things could be our secretary of state decided to run a campaign with Blumenthal to shore up the numbers of the Democratic party by registering as many people of all descents... many if not most being these federal "fast track" illegal immigrants.

While I am no objector to legal immigration a reminder of the correct way of achieving this is through acculturation and assimilation. That is that they intermarry, speak English, and lose over time their intense feeling of nationalism over the United States. In the exaggerated unregulated number that are present today America is building Hispanic nonspeaking ghettos who will soon evolve into a separatist group that will look to create their own special place in America that is not America. To explain what I mean imagine entire Spanish Speaking cities like Miami where America and its history becomes second to that of the supra nationals.

Something to think about while the rest of the U.S. border still goes unfunded, wide open and our leaders act as if they care but continue to take no action. Today's blog is yet again another reminder of the excuses and collusion at all levels of government in our state to enable the Federal Government and its policy of destroying our national borders under the premise that our state is helpless.

Food for thought today!