What we stand for:
Friday, October 30, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Joe Lieberman deliberately impedes real health care reform
http://www.courant.com/news/nation-world/hc-lieberman-health-plan-1028.artoct28,0,2266306.story
And yet, 64% of CT voters support the public option. Mr. Lieberman doesn't understand what representative government is.
And yet, 64% of CT voters support the public option. Mr. Lieberman doesn't understand what representative government is.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
John Mertens, chair of CFL, announces candidacy for U.S. Senate
Watch the kickoff speech at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh3Tsl2V1_w
View his website at:
www.Mertens2010.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh3Tsl2V1_w
View his website at:
www.Mertens2010.com
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Stuart Korchin meeting on August 27, 2009
Here are minutes from a meeting called by Stuart Korchin on August 27, 2009. There should no longer be any question about the legitimate rules of the CFL party, or the identity of the officers.
Minutes for the meeting of Connecticut for Lieberman members on 8/27/09 in Middletown, CT on Main Street.
As per notice provided to myself (John Kilian) via email from Stuart Korchin, the annual meeting required by the rules filed by Korchin on Jan. 12, 2007 with the Secretary of State’s office was convened at 9 PM at the Buttonwood Tree on Main Street, Middletown. The purpose of convening party members under these rules is to allow the adoption of changes to the rules, election of officers, and all other business of the Connecticut for Lieberman Party. Stuart Korchin professes to be the chairman of the party.
No temporary officers for this meeting were pre-determined by any action under Korchin's rules or by Stuart Korchin in any other manner.
A sign-in was conducted by members of the party who have been registered in the party for 90 or more days prior to this meeting.
Attendees included:
John Kilian, Middletown
Valerie Tralongo, Middletown
Ann Marie Krupski, West Hartford
Carl Erlandson, West Hartford
John Mertens, West Hartford
Sonja Mertens, West Hartford
Tomoyo Wakamatsu, Rocky Hill
Paul Borucki, Rocky Hill
Paul Mertens, West Hartford
Stuart Korchin, Cheshire
Fred Carroll, Middletown
Peter Votto, Cheshire
The meeting began with John Mertens asserting that he should be considered the chairman of the party under the rules adopted on 2/12/09 on Sisson Avenue in Hartford by members of CFL and filed with the Secretary of State on 2/13/09 at 1:47PM.
Stuart Korchin moved that the meeting be adjourned and another meeting convened in August of 2010. No one seconded the motion. Stuart Korchin left the premises at this point in time.
Valerie Tralongo moved that John Mertens be chair of this meeting. Paul Borucki seconded the motion. The motion was agreed to by unanimous consent.
John Mertens moved that John Kilian be secretary of this meeting. Valerie Tralongo seconded the motion. The motion was agreed to by unanimous consent.
Valerie Tralongo moved that the rules adopted on 2/12/09 on Sisson Avenue in Hartford by members of CFL and filed with the Secretary of State on 2/13/09 at 1:47PM replace the rules Korchin placed on file, under which this meeting had been called. Paul Borucki seconded the motion.
Discussion of the motion took place: Valerie Tralongo mentioned the importance of having 30 days notice for meetings posted on the website and 7 days notice with the Secretary of State, which are included in 2/12/09 rules. She also stated that the same rules restrict terms to until the next year’s caucus. Korchin rules contain no procedure for nominating candidates and party leaders, and no requirements of notification to party members of the time and place of any meetings. The general consensus was that the Korchin rules as executed by Stuart Korchin purposely dispossessed members of their ability to participate in all material party functions, whereas the 2/12/09 rules purposely and legally provided members with basic rights of participation. The motion was agreed to by unanimous consent.
Valerie Tralongo moved that the officers elected at the 2/12/09 Connecticut for Lieberman Party meeting be immediately instated as the officers for the party under the Korchin rules. Paul Mertens seconded the motion.
Officers:
Party Chair: John Mertens
Party Treasurer: Tomoyo Wakamatsu
Party Secretary: Karen Erlandsson
Two additional State Central Committee members:
Paul Borucki
Ann Marie Krupski
Parliamentarian: Karen Erlandsson
The motion was agreed to by unanimous consent.
John Kilian motioned that the video record of this meeting be posted on YouTube. Ann Marie Krupski seconded the motion. Everyone thought it was a great idea.The motion was agreed to by unanimous consent.
The meeting adjourned at 9:36 PM.
These minutes are accurate descriptions of the meeting of CFL members on 8/27/09 at 9 PM in Middletown at the Buttonwood Tree.
signed:
John Mertens, Meeting chair
John Kilian, Meeting secretary
Minutes for the meeting of Connecticut for Lieberman members on 8/27/09 in Middletown, CT on Main Street.
As per notice provided to myself (John Kilian) via email from Stuart Korchin, the annual meeting required by the rules filed by Korchin on Jan. 12, 2007 with the Secretary of State’s office was convened at 9 PM at the Buttonwood Tree on Main Street, Middletown. The purpose of convening party members under these rules is to allow the adoption of changes to the rules, election of officers, and all other business of the Connecticut for Lieberman Party. Stuart Korchin professes to be the chairman of the party.
No temporary officers for this meeting were pre-determined by any action under Korchin's rules or by Stuart Korchin in any other manner.
A sign-in was conducted by members of the party who have been registered in the party for 90 or more days prior to this meeting.
Attendees included:
John Kilian, Middletown
Valerie Tralongo, Middletown
Ann Marie Krupski, West Hartford
Carl Erlandson, West Hartford
John Mertens, West Hartford
Sonja Mertens, West Hartford
Tomoyo Wakamatsu, Rocky Hill
Paul Borucki, Rocky Hill
Paul Mertens, West Hartford
Stuart Korchin, Cheshire
Fred Carroll, Middletown
Peter Votto, Cheshire
The meeting began with John Mertens asserting that he should be considered the chairman of the party under the rules adopted on 2/12/09 on Sisson Avenue in Hartford by members of CFL and filed with the Secretary of State on 2/13/09 at 1:47PM.
Stuart Korchin moved that the meeting be adjourned and another meeting convened in August of 2010. No one seconded the motion. Stuart Korchin left the premises at this point in time.
Valerie Tralongo moved that John Mertens be chair of this meeting. Paul Borucki seconded the motion. The motion was agreed to by unanimous consent.
John Mertens moved that John Kilian be secretary of this meeting. Valerie Tralongo seconded the motion. The motion was agreed to by unanimous consent.
Valerie Tralongo moved that the rules adopted on 2/12/09 on Sisson Avenue in Hartford by members of CFL and filed with the Secretary of State on 2/13/09 at 1:47PM replace the rules Korchin placed on file, under which this meeting had been called. Paul Borucki seconded the motion.
Discussion of the motion took place: Valerie Tralongo mentioned the importance of having 30 days notice for meetings posted on the website and 7 days notice with the Secretary of State, which are included in 2/12/09 rules. She also stated that the same rules restrict terms to until the next year’s caucus. Korchin rules contain no procedure for nominating candidates and party leaders, and no requirements of notification to party members of the time and place of any meetings. The general consensus was that the Korchin rules as executed by Stuart Korchin purposely dispossessed members of their ability to participate in all material party functions, whereas the 2/12/09 rules purposely and legally provided members with basic rights of participation. The motion was agreed to by unanimous consent.
Valerie Tralongo moved that the officers elected at the 2/12/09 Connecticut for Lieberman Party meeting be immediately instated as the officers for the party under the Korchin rules. Paul Mertens seconded the motion.
Officers:
Party Chair: John Mertens
Party Treasurer: Tomoyo Wakamatsu
Party Secretary: Karen Erlandsson
Two additional State Central Committee members:
Paul Borucki
Ann Marie Krupski
Parliamentarian: Karen Erlandsson
The motion was agreed to by unanimous consent.
John Kilian motioned that the video record of this meeting be posted on YouTube. Ann Marie Krupski seconded the motion. Everyone thought it was a great idea.The motion was agreed to by unanimous consent.
The meeting adjourned at 9:36 PM.
These minutes are accurate descriptions of the meeting of CFL members on 8/27/09 at 9 PM in Middletown at the Buttonwood Tree.
signed:
John Mertens, Meeting chair
John Kilian, Meeting secretary
Friday, August 28, 2009
John Mertens announces 2010 U.S. Senate campaign, Sept. 9 in Hartford
West Hartford Resident John Mertens Announces Candidacy for 2010 U.S. Senate Race
http://www.mertens2010.com/
Press Conference/Campaign Kick-Off Event:
Scheduled for September 9, 2009, 6:30 PM, 2071 Park St., Hartford.
West Hartford Resident John Mertens will publicly announce his candidacy for the 2010 U.S. Senate Race during a campaign kick-off event & press conference scheduled for September 9, 2009, 6:30 PM, at 271 Park Road, Hartford (the outdoor stage at Lena’s Pizzeria). The event will be followed by music and food.
Dr. Mertens is seeking the nominations of four political parties: the Independent Party, the Green Party, the Libertarian Party, and the Connecticut for Lieberman Party. Dr. Mertens was the Independent Party candidate for U.S. Senate in 2006. Dr. Mertens has been the chair of the Connecticut for Lieberman Party since March, 2008. (http://www.ctforlieberman.org/)
Accompanying Dr. Mertens at the event will be Mike Telesca, State Agent of the Independent Party, Stephen Fournier, State Co-Chair of the Green Party, and Richard Lion, State Chair of the Libertarian Party.
A tenured Professor of Engineering at Trinity College in Hartford, Dr. Mertens also teaches environmental science and public policy, and conducts research in combustion and air pollution. He earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering from California State University, Chico, graduating summa cum laude, and earned a Masters and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Stanford University. He began teaching at Trinity College in 1990. He has done volunteer work with Hartford public schools for over eighteen years, and is well informed about public school and urban issues. He has lived in West Hartford since 1996, where he has raised four children. They will join him on the stage on September 9th.
Dr. Mertens’ campaign will focus on solutions to long-term problems, using non-partisan, analysis-based public policies. According to Dr. Mertens, “The country is facing huge long-term problems: an $11 trillion national debt, a giant budget deficit, a $12 trillion social security shortfall this century, prisons that are bursting at the seams, urban schools that are struggling, a wounded economy with rising unemployment, a health care system that needs major reform, the lack of a coherent national energy policy that will protect our economy and the environment, and a government that has been encroaching on our civil liberties. The solutions exist. But we need to elect non-partisan problem-solvers who will fight for them. For decades we have lived with irresponsible public policies from career politicians in Congress who care more about increasing their party’s power and getting re-elected than they care about solving long-term problems. They haven’t been honest with us, and they have been lousy public servants.”
The Sept. 9th Press Conference/Campaign Kick-Off event at Lena’s Outdoor Stage in Hartford is free and open to the public. Dr. Mertens is holding the event in Connecticut’s capital city and New England’s ‘Rising Star’ to emphasize the need for coordination of federal and state policies to address issues such as education, health care, urban revitalization, and economic recovery.
Press photos and campaign materials can be requested in advance by contacting event coordinator Anne Marie Krupski at (860) 707-2800 or john@mertens2010.com
http://www.mertens2010.com/
Press Conference/Campaign Kick-Off Event:
Scheduled for September 9, 2009, 6:30 PM, 2071 Park St., Hartford.
West Hartford Resident John Mertens will publicly announce his candidacy for the 2010 U.S. Senate Race during a campaign kick-off event & press conference scheduled for September 9, 2009, 6:30 PM, at 271 Park Road, Hartford (the outdoor stage at Lena’s Pizzeria). The event will be followed by music and food.
Dr. Mertens is seeking the nominations of four political parties: the Independent Party, the Green Party, the Libertarian Party, and the Connecticut for Lieberman Party. Dr. Mertens was the Independent Party candidate for U.S. Senate in 2006. Dr. Mertens has been the chair of the Connecticut for Lieberman Party since March, 2008. (http://www.ctforlieberman.org/)
Accompanying Dr. Mertens at the event will be Mike Telesca, State Agent of the Independent Party, Stephen Fournier, State Co-Chair of the Green Party, and Richard Lion, State Chair of the Libertarian Party.
A tenured Professor of Engineering at Trinity College in Hartford, Dr. Mertens also teaches environmental science and public policy, and conducts research in combustion and air pollution. He earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering from California State University, Chico, graduating summa cum laude, and earned a Masters and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Stanford University. He began teaching at Trinity College in 1990. He has done volunteer work with Hartford public schools for over eighteen years, and is well informed about public school and urban issues. He has lived in West Hartford since 1996, where he has raised four children. They will join him on the stage on September 9th.
Dr. Mertens’ campaign will focus on solutions to long-term problems, using non-partisan, analysis-based public policies. According to Dr. Mertens, “The country is facing huge long-term problems: an $11 trillion national debt, a giant budget deficit, a $12 trillion social security shortfall this century, prisons that are bursting at the seams, urban schools that are struggling, a wounded economy with rising unemployment, a health care system that needs major reform, the lack of a coherent national energy policy that will protect our economy and the environment, and a government that has been encroaching on our civil liberties. The solutions exist. But we need to elect non-partisan problem-solvers who will fight for them. For decades we have lived with irresponsible public policies from career politicians in Congress who care more about increasing their party’s power and getting re-elected than they care about solving long-term problems. They haven’t been honest with us, and they have been lousy public servants.”
The Sept. 9th Press Conference/Campaign Kick-Off event at Lena’s Outdoor Stage in Hartford is free and open to the public. Dr. Mertens is holding the event in Connecticut’s capital city and New England’s ‘Rising Star’ to emphasize the need for coordination of federal and state policies to address issues such as education, health care, urban revitalization, and economic recovery.
Press photos and campaign materials can be requested in advance by contacting event coordinator Anne Marie Krupski at (860) 707-2800 or john@mertens2010.com
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
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