Rick Torres, candidate for Congress in Connecticut’s 4th district, today announces his support of the “Contract From America”. “This effort embodies my beliefs in our Republic,” Torres stated. “It is an effort to have policies come from the citizens instead of the self-appointed political class, it is concept we need to return to.”
The Contract From America was created by the grassroots Tea Party movement in an effort to articulate policies they except candidates to represent. The group’s website,www.contractfromamerica.com, allows activists from around the country to vote for their top ten most important policies.
Of the issues listed, Torres believes that stopping tax hikes, protecting the Constitution ending runaway government spending are extremely important. “Notice how much more responsible the policies that the people are advocating are compared to those of our politicians,” Torres noted. “We can’t tax our way out of a recession or spend our way to prosperity, yet the backwards policies of Nancy Pelosi and the incumbent politicians propose just that.”
Today at the CPAC meeting in Washington, former House Speaker Dick Army will throw his support behind this effort. Torres promises to be active in the Contract From America effort. “The fact is, nothing is going to change until we change the people we elect to serve us. This contract will hold our politicians feet to the fire and I expect voters to hold my feet to the fire too. The only difference is I won’t disappoint them.”
“My campaign, in many ways, reflects the Contract From America effort. We are fed up with irresponsible policies being dictated from Jim Himes and Nancy Pelosi in Washington. We are fed up with irresponsible policies being dictated from Washington. No one bureaucrat or politician will spend our money as wisely as we will. We will take back America on behalf of the people,” Torres said.
CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference, is in Washington DC for the next three days for a meeting with activists from around the country.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
PRESS RELEASE: Rick Torres supports: Limited Government, Free Markets and Individual Liberties
Rick Torres, candidate for Congress in Connecticut’s 4th district, today announces his support of the “Contract From America”. “This effort embodies my beliefs in our Republic,” Torres stated. “It is an effort to have policies come from the citizens instead of the self-appointed political class, it is concept we need to return to.”
The Contract From America was created by the grassroots Tea Party movement in an effort to articulate policies they except candidates to represent. The group’s website,www.contractfromamerica.com, allows activists from around the country to vote for their top ten most important policies.
Of the issues listed, Torres believes that stopping tax hikes, protecting the Constitution ending runaway government spending are extremely important. “Notice how much more responsible the policies that the people are advocating are compared to those of our politicians,” Torres noted. “We can’t tax our way out of a recession or spend our way to prosperity, yet the backwards policies of Nancy Pelosi and the incumbent politicians propose just that.”
Today at the CPAC meeting in Washington, former House Speaker Dick Army will throw his support behind this effort. Torres promises to be active in the Contract From America effort. “The fact is, nothing is going to change until we change the people we elect to serve us. This contract will hold our politicians feet to the fire and I expect voters to hold my feet to the fire too. The only difference is I won’t disappoint them.”
“My campaign, in many ways, reflects the Contract From America effort. We are fed up with irresponsible policies being dictated from Jim Himes and Nancy Pelosi in Washington. We are fed up with irresponsible policies being dictated from Washington. No one bureaucrat or politician will spend our money as wisely as we will. We will take back America on behalf of the people,” Torres said.
CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference, is in Washington DC for the next three days for a meeting with activists from around the country.
The Contract From America was created by the grassroots Tea Party movement in an effort to articulate policies they except candidates to represent. The group’s website,www.contractfromamerica.com, allows activists from around the country to vote for their top ten most important policies.
Of the issues listed, Torres believes that stopping tax hikes, protecting the Constitution ending runaway government spending are extremely important. “Notice how much more responsible the policies that the people are advocating are compared to those of our politicians,” Torres noted. “We can’t tax our way out of a recession or spend our way to prosperity, yet the backwards policies of Nancy Pelosi and the incumbent politicians propose just that.”
Today at the CPAC meeting in Washington, former House Speaker Dick Army will throw his support behind this effort. Torres promises to be active in the Contract From America effort. “The fact is, nothing is going to change until we change the people we elect to serve us. This contract will hold our politicians feet to the fire and I expect voters to hold my feet to the fire too. The only difference is I won’t disappoint them.”
“My campaign, in many ways, reflects the Contract From America effort. We are fed up with irresponsible policies being dictated from Jim Himes and Nancy Pelosi in Washington. We are fed up with irresponsible policies being dictated from Washington. No one bureaucrat or politician will spend our money as wisely as we will. We will take back America on behalf of the people,” Torres said.
CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference, is in Washington DC for the next three days for a meeting with activists from around the country.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
PRESS RELEASE: Congressional Candidate, Rick Torres, Blasts Banking Reform as Diversionary Tactic
A press release from Rick Torres, a U.S. congressional candidate in Connecticut’s 4th district, found it's way into my email box. The release is impressive:
Rick Torres, candidate in Connecticut’s 4th congressional district, today urged the president to resist further regulation of the banking industry. In a statement issued today, Torres said, “Lack of regulation was not the cause of our present financial crisis. The exact opposite is true.”
Torres pointed to the creation of the now bankrupt Fannie Mae and Fannie Mae, to President Carter's Community Reinvestment Act of 1977, to President Clinton's 1999 forcing of banks to lower their lending standards to increase the number of loans to 'distressed inner city areas', and to the Federal Reserve's policy of keeping interest rates artificially low for the few years leading to the crisis.
“Banks never gave out risky loans prior to these government initiatives,” Torres continued. “But when the government started to use the free market for social engineering, banks no longer acted prudently. This caused our financial crisis.”
According to Torres, President Obama’s push for banking regulation is nothing more than a populist move to distract voters from the public rejection of his other policies in the face of the voter backlash in Massachusetts’ election on January 19th.
“Not only is his push for more banking reform dangerous, but the timing is suspicious. I suspect this is merely a ploy to distract voters from Tuesday’s election in Massachusetts, where the public soundly defeated his other attempts to regulate our economy,” Torres noted.
“Allow banks to act in their own self interest, without government manipulation, they won’t give risky loans. It’s that simple.”
Torres pointed to the creation of the now bankrupt Fannie Mae and Fannie Mae, to President Carter's Community Reinvestment Act of 1977, to President Clinton's 1999 forcing of banks to lower their lending standards to increase the number of loans to 'distressed inner city areas', and to the Federal Reserve's policy of keeping interest rates artificially low for the few years leading to the crisis.
“Banks never gave out risky loans prior to these government initiatives,” Torres continued. “But when the government started to use the free market for social engineering, banks no longer acted prudently. This caused our financial crisis.”
According to Torres, President Obama’s push for banking regulation is nothing more than a populist move to distract voters from the public rejection of his other policies in the face of the voter backlash in Massachusetts’ election on January 19th.
“Not only is his push for more banking reform dangerous, but the timing is suspicious. I suspect this is merely a ploy to distract voters from Tuesday’s election in Massachusetts, where the public soundly defeated his other attempts to regulate our economy,” Torres noted.
“Allow banks to act in their own self interest, without government manipulation, they won’t give risky loans. It’s that simple.”
Of course, the social engineering that Torres speaks of resulted in much of the money, that the Federal Reserve printed, ending up where Torres identifies, but the crisis, itself, was ultimately a monetary/Fedeal Reserve event, and would have occurred in some fashion even without the disastrous housing legislation. That said, Torres appears to be a very strong liberty oriented candidate. Check out his very creative web site, here.
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Friday, January 15, 2010
01/15/09 Press Release From Ned Lamont 2010
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Saturday, December 12, 2009
12/12/09 Linda McMahon Is Gaining Momentum
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Dear Brian, Linda's upstart campaign to end business as usual in Washington and put people back to work is gaining momentum, and it is being fueled equally by growing support among Connecticut voters and impressive reviews by state and national political analysts. Ten days after announcing 22 first-round endorsements, Linda today released a second round. We are thrilled to announce the support of four Greenwich Republican leaders:
As GOP leaders and activists across Connecticut continue to gravitate toward Linda, her growing momentum is reflected in public polling. The latest Rasmussen Reports Poll shows Linda has increased her lead over Chris Dodd, and now leads him 44% to 38%. Linda's momentum is being noticed by national media. FOX News' Sean Hannity this week remarked on his show: "She's outpolling Dodd." Pollster Frank Luntz responded, "She's going to do a smackdown" on Dodd. Respected publications in Washington D.C., this week made clear her campaign is the one to watch. "She's got the right stuff," reports National Journal adding that "the first-time candidate is getting good reviews." The Hill reports that Linda "is quickly becoming the frontrunner in Connecticut's GOP Senate primary." And despite Rob Simmons's non-stop, shameless, negative attacks on Linda, respected Washington Post analyst Chris Cillizza believes Linda will be "hard to caricature." Meantime, there are signs that Rob Simmons' vote-getting effort to redefine himself as a conservative may be floundering. Columnist Amanda Carpenter this week let the cat out of the bag regarding one of the worst-kept secrets among conservatives both in Connecticut and nationally: Simmons isn't who he claims to be. In a blurb titled, "Tea Party poser?" Carpenter writes in The Washington Times: "...past positions may come back to haunt Rob Simmons in the Republican primary against Linda McMahon. Mr. Simmons has modeled himself as a movement conservative, even brandishing tea bags and a copy of his pocket Constitution during stump speeches, but his voting record as a member of Congress will give the 'tea party' crowd pause." Carpenter goes on: "As a member of Congress, Mr. Simmons was a co-sponsor of the House's 'cap and trade' bill and the Employee Free Choice Act, called 'card check' by its opponents. These two pieces of legislation are vehemently opposed by the free-marketers who drive the tea party movement." Today, as national news outlets report Congress is set to increase the federal debt limit by an astonishing $1.8 trillion, many fiscal conservatives are no doubt troubled to learn that Rob Simmons twice voted to raise the federal debt ceiling -- once by $450 billion and once by $800 billion. Linda's consistent and principled opposition to job-killing initiatives like Card Check and federal debt increases is bringing into focus the clear contrast between her and her opponents. Thank you for your support of Linda. With your help, we can and will change the direction of Washington and put Connecticut back to work.
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
10/15/09 The Fairfield Briefing
- Warde's Ryan, Bunnell's Sara cream of the crop in cross country
posted on October 16, 2009 08:14:12 am
... I was good and I wasn't," she said, with a chuckle. Ryan was too busy playing other sports when she arrived at Fairfield Warde to give much thought to running while the leaves changed colors. "My freshman and sophomore year I played soccer in the ... - Best and the rest of the past week
posted on October 16, 2009 08:11:19 am
... for a child is $100 per month, according to David Kennedy, chief operating officer for the United Way of Coastal Fairfield County. Stratford students' volunteer work contributes to a meaningful and concrete cause, and Stratford, as the only town ... - Major business events scheduled for Friday
posted on October 16, 2009 02:46:11 am
... and fiscal year 2009, 2 p.m. CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Bank of America Corp. releases third-quarter financial results. FAIRFIELD, Conn. - General Electric Co. releases third-quarter financial results. HOUSTON - Halliburton Co. HAL releases third-quarter ... - CT Gop Twitter stunt=Epic Fail
posted on October 16, 2009 01:49:47 am
... director. Yet another fine example of Chris Healy's leadership qualities...in fact, here's his response to the Fairfield Weekly regarding the story. Healy couldn't be reached for comment this afternoon on Twitter's shutdown of the fake GOP accounts. ... - Collection agency going after unpaid NL vehicle taxes
posted on October 16, 2009 03:56:00 am
... unpaid taxes. In Clinton the company collected $219,000 of $493,000, and $1.2 million of the $2.9 million due in Fairfield. Also, it collected $963,000 of the $2.2 million due in Greenwich and $562,000 of the $3 million due in Trumbull. ... - Football preview: Crusaders @ Blue Wave
posted on October 15, 2009 02:08:51 pm
... in their backyard to the tune of 65-7; they've ridden home on the yellow bus following 14-0 and 21-10 losses to Fairfield Warde and St. Joseph, respectively. What can you attribute this to? Road and home games don't have too much significance on the ... - It All Lines Up: Brace yourselves
posted on October 15, 2009 02:08:40 pm
I saw two high school football games last weekend, and in both games a player - Fairfield Warde's David Wolff and Wilton's Matt Baird - had to be taken off the field on a stretcher, put into an ambulance and driven to a hospital. - Price Rite to move into former Wholesale Liquidators site
posted on October 15, 2009 12:21:12 pm
... on Wednesday and has rented the space to Price Rite. "We love Bridgeport," said Michael Berkowitz, a partner with Fairfield-based Fortress. He said the location is great; it's on Main Street with a stop light. Discount grocer Price Rite will operate ... - General Electric to Decide on Expansion in Solar Energy Within Next Year
posted on October 15, 2009 08:56:22 am
... a oeWe want a competitive advantage.a The GE Energy Infrastructure division, one of five main segments at the Fairfield, Connecticut-based company, bought a stake in solar thin-film developer and manufacturer PrimeStar Solar Inc. in September 2007 ... - "Off the Wall" Storytelling Debuts in Fairfield
posted on October 14, 2009 05:43:00 pm
"Off the Wall" storytelling debuted at the Fairfield Theatre Company tonight to a nearly full house. - Another shutout for field hockey
posted on October 15, 2009 04:59:46 am
... first eight opponents a cumulative 44-0, scoring an average of better than five goals per game before heading to Fairfield Warde on Tuesday. The host Mustangs gave the Blue Wave a little bit of a challenge, keeping the game scoreless until 6:22 ... - Fairfield condo proposal revised
posted on October 15, 2009 02:11:48 am
A developer hopes small changes to a condominium proposal, previously denied by zoning officials, produce a big payoff. - New partners to grow Milford dental lab
posted on October 14, 2009 10:29:10 pm
... is a two-punch operation that will hopefully get us to where we're going," Askalsky said. Bravo, who grew up in Fairfield and now lives in Easton, worked for 12 years as the communications manager for the Cambridge, Mass., office of Straumann, a ... - Fairfield Connecticut Dentist Now Offers Videos Online For Patient Education
posted on October 12, 2009 03:00:00 pm
- Family & Cosmetic Dentistry of Fairfield now offers spectacular videos and images for nearly all dental conditions and procedures, enabling the office to make patient education very easy with visual, engaging treatment plans, for greater ... - 1656 Native American Deed for Fairfield, Connecticut Lands Signed by Thomas Pell as a Witness
posted on October 09, 2009 03:00:00 pm
On March 20, 1656, almost two years after purchasing from Native Americans the lands that became Pelham and surrounding areas, Thomas Pell signed a different deed with Native Americans by which he witnessed a purchase by settlers of Fairfield, Connecticut of lands still claimed by local Native Americans. - Greg & Tony celebrates 30 years of business
posted on October 14, 2009 07:24:01 pm
Tony and Kathryn Sirico and the Greg Tony Salon have been Westport staples for the past 30 years. Living in Fairfield and working in Westport, the Siricos have developed a client-base the county over. The Greg Tony Salon boasts a specialty of taming ... - Fairfield Warde football shows that growth is still necessary
posted on October 14, 2009 04:20:40 pm
For about a 15 minutes of game action, the Fairfield Warde football team competed with the No. - Fairfield Warde football loses to potent New Canaan team
posted on October 14, 2009 04:20:32 pm
All the elements were in place for the Fairfield Warde to score an upset in its biggest football game since the school re-opened in 2004. - Fairfield Ludlowe boys soccer falls at Trumbull
posted on October 14, 2009 04:20:12 pm
The Fairfield Ludlowe boys soccer team was 6:11 away from clinching a trip to the state playoffs. - Fairfield Ludlowe football tallies first win over Harding
posted on October 14, 2009 04:19:52 pm
The Fairfield Ludlowe football team believed it was better than its 0-3 record to start the year.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
08/25/09 The Fairfield Briefing (Updated)
Comprehensive News Feed for Fairfield, CT.
- Connecticut man consults Apple Genius and gets arrested
posted on August 26, 2009 01:30:00 am
on Aug 25th 2009 at 1:30PM A Fairfield, Connecticut man took his Apple G5 desktop to the Genius Bar at the Stamford Town Center store complaining about some issues with his image file thumbnails. It seemed some thumbnails were overwriting thumbnails ... - GE signs $45M service deal with Dubai Aluminium
posted on August 25, 2009 04:40:35 pm
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates a " General Electric says it has signed a $45 million deal with Dubai Aluminium Company to service gas turbines used to power the smelter's production site.The Fairfield, Connecticut-based company's GE Energy unit says the seven-year deal aims to lower production costs and cut harmful nitrogen oxide emissions by 15 ... - Playing By Ear
posted on August 06, 2009 03:00:00 pm
Mark Pires Fairfield Theatre Company, StageOne, 70 Sanford St., Fairfield. Thu., Aug. - Scotch Plains students receive college honors
posted on August 25, 2009 01:26:00 am
Robert Coloney of Scotch Plains has been named to the dean's list at Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Conn., for the spring semester. - Top Down
posted on March 31, 2009 03:00:00 pm
... elevator, squash court, and indoor pool, according to a Wall Street Journal article at the time. His neighbors in Fairfield, Connecticut dubbed it "the castle," and he'd paid a king's ransom for it--$5 million in cash. Some of these differences ... - At what price glory?
posted on August 21, 2009 03:00:00 pm
In Wednesday's issue of the Fairfield Citizen, we ran an editorial on the positive impact athletics can have on a student's life. - A different perspective on disease
posted on August 21, 2009 03:00:00 pm
... on color. Currently, eight of Eras' paintings are on display in the office of the executive director at the Fairfield Arts Council (FAC), 70 Sanford St., and can be viewed during FAC's regular hours. His one-man show coincides with the inaugural FAC ... - Recognition sought for Sweeney brothers, other veterans
posted on August 21, 2009 03:00:00 pm
At the Fairfield Honor Roll outside of town hall, the names of hundreds of veterans from WWI to the Persian Gulf War are displayed in recognition of the time they spent in the armed forces. - Royal Cleaners gives laundry the green treatment
posted on August 21, 2009 03:00:00 pm
... cleaning over $20 The couple relocated their dry-cleaning business from New York, where they had been 25 years, to Fairfield seven years ago. Royal Cleaners hours are Mon.- Fri., from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Sat., from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more ... - Montague will bring sound to the City
posted on August 21, 2009 03:00:00 pm
... as outreach program's whose mission is to promote this unique American musical art form. Montague, a resident of Fairfield, is delighted to be asked back after performing at the Jazzmobile Summer Festival for the first time last summer. "It's a very ... - Town braces for Hurricane Bill
posted on August 21, 2009 03:00:00 pm
... to residents to be aware this weekend, as Hurricane Bill is headed up the east coast. Police Chief David Peck said Fairfield has a transient population and because of that, many residents may have never lived through a hurricane. Connecticut is not ... - The walls of Belfast
posted on August 20, 2009 03:00:00 pm
... with concrete, metal sheeting, iron bars and rusted fencing partitioning King's Highway, or literally dividing Fairfield's two high school populations. This would only be an approximation of the strange and intense experience of visiting a beautiful ... - EPA warns against bad air during recent heat wave
posted on August 19, 2009 03:00:00 pm
As bad air and a heat wave gripped Westport and Fairfield, starting Monday and running through the week, health authorities joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in issuing alerts. - Body found in Mill River
posted on August 19, 2009 03:00:00 pm
... A short time later, it is believed that she walked to the river. The deceased's son, who works for for the Town of Fairfield, began calling the house as early as 7:15 a.m. He reportedly grew concerned when there was no answer, and followed up his ... - Cop On Top tops expectations
posted on August 19, 2009 03:00:00 pm
The Fairfield Police Department's first annual "Cop On Top" event, held on August 8, was a smashing success. - Dupree still singing with a passion
posted on August 19, 2009 03:00:00 pm
Robbie Dupree has touched peoples' lives worldwide with his music. Those who have musical interests that span the spectrum can be touched live and in-person by him tomorrow night at Fairfield Theatre Company , when his band performs a two-set show. - Woman ejected from deer committee meeting
posted on August 19, 2009 03:00:00 pm
... like the fact that she was able to interactively participate and object to the misinformation," said Nancy Rice, a Fairfield resident who has been the most vocal opponent of allowing deer hunting on public land in town, which the deer committee is ... - Times: Area teams begin high school football practice
posted on August 22, 2009 02:29:22 am
... practices. "We've been waiting a long time for this day to finally get here." Ridgefield, Immaculate, New Fairfield and Abbott Tech also got their preseason conditioning underway on Wednesday. The five schools were just a few of 52 high schools ... - Easton farms cultivate broader appeal
posted on August 22, 2009 02:28:04 am
... been here 300 years," said Tom Sherwood, a 17th-generation farmer whose forebear, Matthew, was granted land in Fairfield and Easton from an English king back in the Colonial era. Even so, getting out the word about his farm, which includes ... - Worth the trip: California Hu cruises to AJGA girls title
posted on August 21, 2009 06:09:23 pm
... came into the Northeast Open as a threat after winning the Connecticut Women's Amateur at H. Smith Richardson in Fairfield the week before. "I felt good coming in," Lendl said. "I didn't feel any real fatigue even in this heat. I thought I might ...
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