Tim Gabriele

The North Haven Democratic Town Committee (DTC) adopted a resolution at their February membership meeting reaffirming its commitment to protecting civil liberties, due process, and the dignity of all people in the wake of troubling federal escalations of immigration enforcement operations. The resolution responds to widely reported incidents and policy actions involving federal immigration enforcement both here in Connecticut and throughout other parts of the country.  It cites systematic...

The legislative session is off to the races, race being the optimal word as we’re in a “short session” this year. Short sessions occur every other year after the year a budget is passed.  During these sessions, passing any kind of legislation that requires any additional money is pretty rare, so a lot of times the legislation passed during “short session” years winds up tying up loose ends of bills that just couldn’t make their way to the finish line the previous year.  This makes it a little...

It’s been a tremendous year and I feel so fortunate and honored to have been able to Chair the North Haven Democratic Town Committee for the vast majority of it.   At our holiday party earlier this week, we did a lot of reminiscing.  In particular, many were struck by how so many of us started off the year in a dark spot.  We were fearful of the direction our country was going in, disappointed at the seeming capitulation of our national Democratic leaders and many of those in power to a new...