To The Greenwich Roundup, Every few months I get a good laugh at the local politics here in Fairfield County. In a 90% Democrat/10% Republican area, rarely do I ever discuss politics. I'm a conservative Republican. In the same area, most people are some spin off Protestant. I, being a Catholic, never discuss religion either.
In the last 25 years, the information printed in The Stamford Advocate/Greenwich Time has always been one-sided. There is no need to read about local politics until budget time. The current Mayor has always been way over budget, and his habit of cutting programs and town employee wages/benefits continues. I believe raising property taxes was Dan Malloy's solution to every budget issue. Yet, the information given to the residents of Stamford via the local newspapers never said that. In other words, it was never clearly addressed.
Additionally, Joseph Pisani, as Senior Editor of both newspapers, went after the Catholic Church with a vengeance. For 2 years, the majority of non-Catholics, had to read regurgitated "incidentals" It was front page for 2 years. It wasn't a typical story of the pedophile priest-though it might as well have been. It was about a gay priest who embezzled money. I have to wonder what sort of editor (who is a practicing Catholic) would go to such lengths to insure this story was drilled into the ground. I think Joe Pisani made it clearly personal while abusing his editorial privileges.
So, I take a step back when politics or religion are mentioned.
This Malloy family is probably like a lot of other families. The exception being Dan Malloy is a public figure. If a Mayor of a town has to go out of his way to cover up his family's issues, the Mayor himself has SERIOUS ISSUES.
No one is above the law.
Joe Pisani has proven to be a self-absorbed and dishonest journalist. The Mayor is clueless,selfish parent and politician.. While the Mayor and Joe laughed about hiding the truth and elaborating on insignificant details, anyone with a brain saw this coming.
I'm hoping the new editors will continue to serve the public in an unbiased manner. I read the Advocate, so I can't speak about the Greenwich Time. So far I've been pleased.
Dan Malloy doesn't have a shot in hell at Governor.
Jim
North Stamford
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