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Campaign Notebook: McMahon, Bysiewicz Release New Ads

News and updates from the campaign trail in Connecticut.


Senate

Linda McMahon (R): McMahon reveals new ads promoting her Jobs Plan.

Christopher Shays (R): Shays released a statement in response to President Obama's proposal to raise taxes and called for an end to class warfare.

"Friday's jobs reports highlights the need for a path to recovery that is focused on robust economic growth so we can recover the ground we lost during the past three years, and get our country back on track," Shays said. "Getting back to 4% sustained economic growth, which was normal for nearly 200 years, is the solution to full employment, better jobs, rising income and prosperity."

Susan Bysiewicz (D): Bysiewicz has released her second television ad and plans to spend $100,000 a week on these ads until the primaries on August 14, reports the New Haven Register.

Fourth District

Jim Himes (D): Himes announced a $12,516 grant to Fairfield University's Primary-care Outcome Valued Initiative for Delivery of Education (PROVIDE).

Steve Obsitnik (R): An opinion letter on The Hour calls for Obsitnik to clarify his stance on President Obama's Affordable Care Act.

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JonIrenicus April 13, 2013 at 02:28 pm
It would be nice if crossing the Bridgeport into Trumbull border was noticeable- a sudden shift fromRead More fast food and dilapidated buildings to greenery and well maintained buildings. Unfortunately that strip of Main St has had its character erode as commercial zoning inched north. The imposing structures of the mall and Merritt make it very difficult to see this no man's land as remaining residential for much longer.
Tom Pieragostini April 6, 2013 at 11:16 am
I'm ashamed that in the recent past, Trumbull town planners have chosen to use the beautifulRead More historic Merritt Parkway as some sort of cheap zoning boundary that, depending on which side you live on, determines if your neighborhood will remain residential or become commercial. It was even suggested in the foreword of a book about the history of Trumbull, that the Merritt Parkway somehow "bisected" the town and the founders were wise to locate all new commercial development south of it. It doesn't bisect the town. We all have to live with the bad decisions other people make, but nothing did more to devastate our town "center" than to locate new development on our southern border. Now we're left with a confusing gateway from Bridgeport into Trumbull along Main Street. When people ask now - are we in Trumbull yet? The answer is - yes, we have been for the last half mile...