Rick Green

Flu Attack

Rick Green — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:20:37 +0000

The federal Centers for Disease Control reports that influenza is here, and it’s early. More than you want to know can be found here.

Attention Climate Change Deniers!

Rick Green — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:15:59 +0000

The National Weather Service says 2012 was the warmest year on record in Hartford. Matt Noyes of NECN has some additional numbers.

Best Value For Private College … Kiplinger Says Yale

Rick Green — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:42:44 +0000

Of course you have to get in t one of these elite schools. Kiplinger picks the best values among 200 private colleges. Yale comes out on top, but Wesleyan, Trinity and Connecticut make the top 50.

Sand Painting At Trinity

Rick Green — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 18:28:34 +0000

Waiting For Chris Murphy

Rick Green — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 12:30:59 +0000

The dismantling of Chris Murphy.

Read the column.

Linda McMahon vs. The World

Rick Green — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 15:01:25 +0000

No longer content to be everybody’s favorite grandmother CEO who creates jobs, the Linda McMahon campaign is taking aim at the real culprits Connecticut holding us back. And it isn’t just the beleaguered and stumbling Chris Murphy campaign.

In an email to supporters this weekend, Campaign manager Corwin Bliss explains the political landscape and who the new villains are: bankers, people who donate to Democrats and of course, “the complicit media.”

Bliss explains the problem:

– It’s the “fat cat campaign contributors” behind Murphy.

– It’s Webster Bank President Jim Smith, “one of Murphy’s strongest campaign supporters.”

– It’s the “complicit media” that refuses to explain how Murphy’s house foreclosure lead to a $400 million government loan to a bank.

Drivers, Name That Work Zone Safety Mascot!

Rick Green — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 18:12:19 +0000

The state Department of Transportation is looking for a name for its work zone safety mascot. This straight-from-Burning-Man creature is over 10 feet tall.

If you’ve got an idea, post or tweet your suggestion by Sept. 9. Use the hashtag #ObeyTheOrange or go to the FB page.

Democrat Politicos More Likely To Use Social Networking

Rick Green — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 16:22:18 +0000

Better than 8 in 10 users of Facebook and other social networking sites say they rarely post anything to do with politics, according to a survey by the Pew Internet and American Life Project.

But among those who do, Democrats seem to like doing it more …

What Hartford Does Well: More Parking Lots

Rick Green — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 15:37:01 +0000

At the corner of Capitol and Broad, a new and improved parking lot.

GOP Convention Wrap-Up

Rick Green — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 12:05:22 +0000