Solar Storm on International Women's Day

Solar flare. NASA photo

Yes, we are hot and angry and ready to burn you M-Fs to a crisp.

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy Day in Milford

Mayor Blake Announces Restoration of Local Oversight

Illegible Press Release, copied in full.

Milford, CT, March 7, 2012: Milford Mayor Ben Blake today announced that Governor Malloy has signed into law Bill 5302, An Act Concerning Municipalities and Solid Waste, which restores local control over projects that could threaten the environment, health and welfare of our neighborhoods and our citizens.

"This legislation restores Milford's ability to directly protect our way of life and our neighborhoods where our families live and their children play," Blake said. It allows us, at the local level, to push back to protect our communities when business concerns want to run hundreds of trucks with deafening noise and lung choking exhaust, carrying tons of garbage and debris through Milford's neighborhoods."

Blake thanked the leadership of the General Assembly as well as Milford's State selegation, State Senator Gayle Slossberg and State Representatives Paul Davis, Richard Roy and Kim Rose for their tireless work drafting and guiding this legislation through the House and the Senate.

Blake extended a special thanks to Governor Malloy for his personal involvement in getting this legislation passed and signing it into law yesterday. "Governor Malloy is a true friend to Milford. He took a special interest in our situation and worked closely with me and our state delegation to ensure that local concerns could once again be dealt with locally."

Blake announced that tomorrow, March 8th, would officially be "Governor Dannel P. Malloy Day" in Milford, Connecticut. Blake said the designation was in special recognition of the Governor's personal help and hard work by ensuring that Milford, as well as all municipalities in Connecticut, have the means by which to protect their neighborhoods, families and way of life.

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Campaign School Scholarship - Apply Now!

NARAL Pro‑Choice Connecticut Scholarship for

Pro-­Choice Activists at

The 16th Annual Campaign School

Nancy A. Humphreys Institute for Political Social Work

University of Connecticut School of Social Work

April 6—7, West Hartford, CT

Scholarship awardees will receive the following:

• Registration paid for the 16th Annual Campaign School
• Membership in the NARAL Political Action Committee through the 2012 election cycle
• Recognition at an upcoming NARAL Pro-­‐‑Choice Connecticut event
• A certificate of achievement

The Campaign School is a two-­day workshop that teaches political campaign strategies to social workers and the staff, board members, volunteers and clients of social service and advocacy agencies. For more information, please visit: politicalinstitute.uconn.edu  To apply, please submit the following information and a résumé electronically to christian@prochoicect.org by Monday, March 19th at 5pm.

• Name
• Phone Number
• Email Address
• Mailing Address
• Please describe your interest and involvement in the reproductive rights and justice movement. Why do you think this issue is important in Connecticut today? What is your past experience with politics or campaigns? Why are you interested in attending the Campaign School?

For questions or further information please contact NARAL Pro-Choice Connecticut Executive Director Christian Miron at christian@prochoicect.org

Office Intern Takes the Plunge for Special Olympics

Got this email today from one of our Interns, Tess:

 

 Dear Friends and Family,

I recently accepted the challenge to raise funds to support Special Olympics Connecticut, Inc.Penguin Plunge! The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills, and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.

Please support me in this important project by contributing generously to the Special Olympics Connecticut, Inc.. Your donation is tax-deductible and it's faster and easier than ever to support this great cause! You can make your donation online by simply clicking on the link at the bottom of this message. If you would prefer, you can also send your tax-deductible contribution to the address listed below. More information on the Special Olympics Connecticut, Inc. and its programs can be found at http://www.soct.org/. Whatever you can give will help . . . it all adds up! I greatly appreciate your support and will keep you posted on my progress.

Sincerely,

Tess

To donate online, click here!


To send a donation:

Make all checks payable to: Special Olympics Connecticut, Inc.

--------------------------- Rather than post her personal info, please mail checks to: Tess the Intern c/o New Standard Institute, Inc. 84 Broad Street Milford, CT 06460

SBA Offers Disaster Assistance to Connecticut Small Businesses Affected by a Major Winter Storm

WASHINGTON, March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Low-interest disaster loans are available to Connecticut small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small aquaculture businesses and most private non-profit organizations affected by a major winter storm that occurred on Oct. 29, 2011. 

Administrator Mills made the loans available in response to a letter from Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Feb. 23, requesting a disaster declaration by the SBA.  The declaration covers Hartford County and the adjacent counties of Litchfield, Middlesex, New Haven, New London and Tolland in Connecticut; and Hampden in Massachusetts.

"The Small Business Administration is strongly committed to providing the most effective and customer-focused response possible to help small businesses and non-profits in Connecticut with federal disaster loans," said Mills.  "Getting our businesses and communities up and running after a disaster is our highest priority at SBA."

"The SBA can help affected small businesses and non-profit organizations overcome their economic losses by offering working capital loans, but the help cannot start until they submit an SBA Disaster Loan application to us," said Bernard Sweeney, SBA's Connecticut district director. 

Eligible entities may qualify for loans up to $2 million.  The SBA offers Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) to help meet working capital needs caused by the disaster.  The rates on these loans are 3 percent for non-profit organizations and 4 percent for businesses with terms up to 30 years.  The SBA determines eligibility for the loans based on the size and type of business and its financial resources.  Loan amounts and terms are set by the SBA and are based on each applicant's financial condition.

Applications and program information are available by calling the SBA's Customer Service Center at 800-659-2955 (800-877-8339 for the deaf and hard-of-hearing), or by sending an email to disastercustomerservice@sba.gov.  Business loan applications can also be downloaded from www.sba.gov. Completed applications should be mailed to: U.S. Small Business Administration, Processing and Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155. 

Those affected by the disaster may also apply for disaster loans electronically from the SBA's website at https://disasterloan.sba.gov/ela/.

The deadline to return economic injury applications is November 29, 2012. 

For more information about the SBA's Disaster Loan Programs, visit our website at www.sba.gov.

CT-NOW and International Women's Day

Admittedly, this is a little difficult to read.

It is "Park" Street, not Punk Street.

RSVP is to President@now-ct.org

Quote du Jour

I offer my opponents a bargain: if they will stop telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truth about them.
~Adlai Stevenson, campaign speech, 1952