Veteran Affairs

The Chinese News media is rather fasinated with the Tiger Woods crash and possible extra affairs of the billionaire golfer. Lacking real video, they simulated the accident. BookMark To:
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From Ken Hjulstrom via email: Regarding the Charter Revision issue, it will be interesting to see who Bill Black decides to appoint. The last time we had a Charter Revision Commission (CRC) back in 2002 the First Selectman largely ignored the people put forth by the Republican Town Committee and instead stacked the committee...
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Letter to the Editor from David Durel: If you serve in public office, what clues might you gather indicating that you may be doing a poor job? Suppose you fire someone without following proper protocol, and that person then sues the town, where you waste taxpayers dollars in a legal battle. Suppose you call...
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The hearing on the injunction to prevent the Marlborough Board of Selectmen from holding an ordinance on the Hodge issue has prevailed. The BOS can hold the public hearing, but they can not bring an ordinance dealing with the issue till 12/01/09 at the earliest. (The Town Hearing is set for tomorrow night (10/27/09)...
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WILFRED D. HODGE VS The BOARD OF SELECTMEN OF THE TOWN OF MARLBOROUGH CONNECTICUT NOW THEREFORE, it is ordered that the defendant be summoned to appear before the Superior Court for the Judicial District of Hartford at Hartford (95 Washington Street, Hartford, CT) on October 26, 2009 and there to...
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The 1st Selectman of Marlborough, Bill Black last night (10/6/09) proposed the formation of a committee to propose changes in the Charter of Marlborough, suggested as a topic to be reviewed would be the elimination of the Board of Finance or eliminating the ability of the BOF to delete line items from the budget....
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Another emotional night at the Marlborough Board of Selectmen meeting as the supporters of Willie Hodge made the case for approving his Title 38 Tax exemption. Mr Hodge was wounded in Vietnam and recently was certified as 100% disabled by the Federal Government. Part of the benefit of Title 38 is the ability of...
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Letter to the editor via email from anon. The issue of a veteran’s exemption from real estate taxes has been brought to the attention of Bill Black. This issue is getting a lot of “play” around town and it might be a good idea to get some feedback on the blog. Essentially the issue...
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