Connecticut native Christopher Blocker started work as the Town's new Economic Development Supervisor on January 23 and he's been digging in. This morning, he is likely at a Meeting of the Development Services Team, the group that was started by the Mayor about three years ago . Although he was an observer at last week's Meeting, today he'll be an active participant. The DST meets on Tuesday mornings with anyone who has an idea for a project to find out what the project may entail. Depending on the nature of the project, the meetings might include representatives from the land use boards, Buildings and Health Departments, Fire Marshal and Public Works.
I know that we all wish Mr. Blocker good luck in his new job and I hope that New Milford will reap many benefits from his excellent education, experience and good cheer.
Here's a picture of Mr. Blocker in his office in front of his Master's Diploma (Public Administration) and the Town's Zoning Map. (Of far more importance, of course, is what's on his computer screen).
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I heard he didn't say anything at this morning's DST meeting. How would you define "active participant"?
Paul, who told you that? Were you there with a client?
or was Cathy there?
Adding an employee in Connecticut is almost as expensive as adding one in New York City. Not a great environment for economic development.
I can let you have an existing failed cellulosic ethanol plant real cheap.
Yikes.
Let's give the guy a break for a few months before we start complaining.I know that is hard in this town but give him a chance!
Agreed!
The Gun shooting off again...
Good Luck Christopher, you are going to need it. I hope you have your ass kissin' on you won't survive in this town without it.
Right Paul?
I don't see any complaints - what is 12:36pm talking about? And who is "Paul"? Why does the mayor's office staff try to guess who is posting? I certainly hope the mayor is not letting her staff read and post on this blog during working hours!
Best of luck to Christopher. Just relax and smile and it will all work out. And when you figure out who "Paul" is - don't worry. You will really like him and he can be your biggest ally.
Nah, the poster isn't in the mayor's office. "Paul" is Paul Szymanski, an engineer in town who has a hard-on for the town engineer. That's his goal in life: get rid of the town engineer.
If our town engineer wasn't so crabby and treated the public with more respect his life would be easier.
Paul, can you give us the name of one person to whom he was disrespectful other than you because you treat him like s***?
okay Jay - is that your blog on Christopher's computer screen? What a way to introduce him to our crazy town! If he reads your blog - he will see that we all like to spout off, but its in good fun and we all really care about our town! Good Luck, Christopher!
The Dictator is directing the minons. Mr Blocker should put on his wadders to get the the town hall manure and deception.
Maybe we can sell another piece of town property for half what has been offfered for them by outsiders. Feathering her own nest for retirement.
http://blog.ctnews.com/dixon/2012/02/02/capitol-alary-envy-2012-heres-what-everyone-is-making/
How do the local Republican candidates propose to decrease the size of government in the link above?
Too bad no one ever "directed" your spelling.
What the heck property are you talking about?
To the Feb. 1 7:40pm poster - you are saying "Paul" has a "hard on" for the town engineer, but wants to get rid of him. So - you are saying that "Paul" (whoever he is) is sexually attracted to the town engineer, but wants to get rid of him. This is all very confusing. Perhaps you shouldn't post after you've been drinking from your very big wine glass. And why is it that so many posts discuss the incompetence and poor interpersonal skills of the town engineer? Perhaps his performance should be revisited by the very competent personnel director.
Did you know that zoning map on Christopher's wall was prepared by Arthur H. Howland & Associates, P.C.? That's the company owned by the infamous Paul.
Good Grief! Paul, why don't you just put your name on all your posts. It' so obvious that you're writing! "Coy" is your middle name!
I can just hear the sales pitch now:
"Move your new business to Connecticut, the state with the highest overall tax burden in the country! If our astronomically high taxes aren’t enough for you, then perhaps you’ll fall in love with Connecticut’s extremely high cost of living, exceptionally high energy costs, massive bureaucracy, onerous regulations, abysmal roads, crumbling infrastructure and a state government that views all business merely as a means to fund the ever-expanding welfare state!"
With a business climate like Connecticut's what new business owner wouldn’t jump at the opportunity to set up shop here?
Mr. Blocker certainly has his work cut out for him...
Here's hoping the new fella either doesn't read the dreck on this website or is bright enough to know the folks who contribute to and feed off this negativity aren't indicative of our community.
"contribute to and feed off this negativity aren't indicative"
OK.....so what are positive factors for locating or expanding a business in NM? Great fall foliage?
The socialistic direction that Connecticut has taken isn’t favorable for businesses or for productive, hard-working residents either. Period.
Connecticut’s confiscatory tax scheme has been driving productive businesses and people away for decades. Ever since REPUBLICAN Lowell Weicker instituted his “temporary” income tax, Connecticut has been in a death spiral of higher taxes to fund the state’s even higher deficit spending.
Connecticut also has a punitive regulatory environment with a multitude of overlapping, overregulating, overly bureaucratic government agencies that continuously harass business owners, inhibit innovation and obstruct business expansion at every step of the way.
The state’s poorly thought out and implemented employment and worker’s compensation laws hurt business too. These laws make it nearly impossible to separate malingering, non-productive employees. Connecticut also encourages malingering employees to game the system by filing bogus worker’s compensation claims against their employers while representing these workers in endless hearings for an indefinite period of time, all at taxpayer expense. Of course, business owners’ must waste all the time, effort and expense of defending themselves against these oftentimes bogus claims. Is it any wonder why companies are fearful of hiring potential new full-time employees that may someday file bogus, state-funded, lawsuits or worker’s compensation claims against them?
Connecticut’s socialistic government seems completely oblivious to the effects its taxing, spending, labor laws, regulations and job-killing legislation are having on its crumbling economy. With Connecticut’s ongoing war against its economy and businesses, no one in his right mind would start a new business here.
Always a lot of hot air in here but none of you have the balls to speak out in public...
Always a lot of hot air in here but none of you have the balls to speak out in public...
So speaketh Anonymous...
"OK.....so what are positive factors for locating or expanding a business in NM? Great fall foliage?"
The silence is deafening.
Expat Mark
"Always a lot of hot air in here but none of you have the balls to speak out in public..."
FYI, the blogosphere is the most public place anyone can speak out from. In fact, why would anyone waste their valuable time speaking at an ill-attended public hearing these days? The board/commission/council members all have their pathetic little minds made up by the time a public hearing rolls around anyway. That's why so many people save time (and gas) by speaking out against our worthless politicians and government ANONYMOUSLY from the blogosphere. There's a much larger audience for the free exchange of ideas here too.
There's that negativity referred to earlier. Good thing for therapists :)
^ 10 to 1 odds the above poster is one of those pathetic politicians...
Whoever rebranded rich people as "job creators" should a) win some kind of award and b) get to work on rebranding nuclear power.
Read more: http://www.esquire.com/features/things-we-can-agree-on-0212#ixzz1lirxFOZE
February 6, 2012 5:33 PM
You are right. I should have not made the post and apologize to all posters...
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