Rell's Big Budget Plan....

Yesterday it was reported that, Part of Gov. Rell’s budget reduction plan includes $13.8 million in unclaimed bottle deposits. Rell thinks that the nickel deposits consumers pay for soda and beer bottles, many of which are never redeemed, belong to the state.

But of course, by the time I was able to scan and post this comic, the issue of using unclaimed bottle deposits is no longer on the table. However, Democrats said, this issue will come up again when the legislature convenes in regular session in January 2009.

oh boy... I can't wait.

One of My Favorites....

I was recently talking to some friends about my editorial comics, and I was asked "where go you get your ideas from?" Well it's simple ... I said, "from every day life. From the headlines in the papers, a news story on TV, a DJ on the radio. Anywhere and everywhere."

And it's not always political. It could be a Hollywood celebrity, a popular show on TV, a new fad sweeping the nation, a new movie in the theaters, Anything.

When I thought back on all the different subject matters I've focused on, one comic stands out as one of my favorites. Not because of the people I was lampooning, but because I was able to take a couple of different subjects and draw them together in one comic,

A few years ago, the Sub Base in Connecticut was in danger of closing. Four Connecticut politicians (Gov. Rell, Lieberman, Dodd and Simmons) came together to fight to keep the Sub Base open and they succeeded. Around that same time, the movie The Fantastic Four had just opened in the theaters.

It was a No-Brainer.
I combined those two subjects and came up with this comic.

CT Newspapers - Closing....

Newspaper publisher - The Journal Register Co. plans to close up to 13 newspapers it owns in Connecticut if it can't find a buyer for them. 2 of the newspapers are dailies (New Britain and The Bristol Press), the other 11 are weekly papers.



Employees of The Bristol Press and The New Britain Herald were told Monday that the daily newspapers will close if a buyer isn't found by Jan. 12. In a memo, publisher Edward Gunderson said that "in the event that there is no buyer, then we anticipate the facility will be shut down."

It wasn't immediately clear how many workers would be affected if the papers went out of business.

Election 08....