tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post8378609335798997855..comments2024-03-12T04:15:32.560-04:00Comments on middletowneye: Middletown Common Council To Consider Declaration Of Climate EmergencyMiddletown Eye (Ed McKeon)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15825886539128890014noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-85402946154026829282020-08-30T15:08:32.644-04:002020-08-30T15:08:32.644-04:00The road to hell is paved with good intentions. J...The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Just ask Californians. Rolling blackouts anyone? (You think Isaias was bad? Wait till our ecowarrior politicians force Eversource to mandate solar and wind.)<br /><br />Let the feds tilt at the climate windmill. The council’s time is better spent dealing with issues that are appropriate to its level of governance, like economic development, the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-82973691923714148182020-08-08T12:02:45.202-04:002020-08-08T12:02:45.202-04:00Yes. And a good starting point would be to approa...Yes. And a good starting point would be to approach Wesleyan University to voluntarily kick in some tax dollars towards the many services they do not pay for since their entire campus and hundreds of homes they own and rent to the students are tax exempt. <br />Yale voluntarily contributes tax dollars to New Haven; why shouldn't Wesleyan voluntarily contribute to Middletown.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-4366592029437300052020-08-05T08:53:40.118-04:002020-08-05T08:53:40.118-04:00What are you proposing we do to reduce greenhouse ...What are you proposing we do to reduce greenhouse gases?<br />Why do you show a map of the south instead of CT?<br /><br />You make no argument for us to get involved.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-51539663014785949092020-07-29T11:53:52.753-04:002020-07-29T11:53:52.753-04:00I would rather the town council devote its energie...I would rather the town council devote its energies and apparently copious free time to figuring out how to lower property taxes. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-21545844827925220042020-07-29T07:15:57.997-04:002020-07-29T07:15:57.997-04:00Thank you for this well-framed call to action. I ...Thank you for this well-framed call to action. I urge everyone reading this article to sign the petition. It may seem quixotic, but attempts at major change always do until at last change becomes inevitable.<br /><br />We do not know whether raising our voices will result in the action we need. But we do know that it will encourage others to raise their voices. And we also know that change Brian Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306960917429358463noreply@blogger.com