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'We Have to Choose: Tough Love or Hand Outs'

Patch readers comment on the top headlines, including crime news, unemployment figures and the price of gas.

 

“If Mayor Harkins thinks this whole issue is going away because "he opened the doors", he's very mistaken. The ghost of Shakespeare is going to haunt him until election time, when he'll have to get out of his office and answer to the electorate.” –

Bethwood:  Bethany, Woodbridge Unemployment Spikes

“We have to choose: Tough love or hand outs, or else people will continue to leave Connecticut for more friendly states.” -

Newtown: Many State Workers Fired for D-SNAP Fraud Will Be Reinstated

“Why is unfair in the private world, unacceptable, but the public sector worthy of rationalization? Answer: blind party loyalty. I don’t want to elect people who basically give away my money.” – Luca Duff Cruz

New Canaan: Gas Prices Continue Dropping in June

“I should point out that this trend is not likely to go on. Prices go up not down. They lower it a few cents and raise it a few dollars. Stinks. But, that is the way it goes.” –

Westport: UPDATE: Man Pulled From Water During Sherwood Island Triathlon Event

“I was there today. It was so emotional and tragic, I can't put it into words. My heart and soul goes to him and his family. We've been praying and thinking about them all day, and will continue. I'm sorry.” –

Naugatuck: Man Who Exposed Himself to Child at Mall Has a History in Naugatuck

“I wonder how many times he's exposed himself to children because he wasn't apprehended in 2009?”-

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feo mesics May 23, 2013 at 10:50 am
Where DIDN'T you learn to write?? Jane Himmel May 22, 2013 at 01:27 pm "This has CONVINCED MYRead More GROWING CONVICTION that Patch has moved complete..."
Jane Himmel May 22, 2013 at 01:40 pm
I just called Staples. This is really disturbing to me. If I don't get a satisfactory answer, IRead More will let people know and I will also decide whether to continue shopping there. I do not like to give my money to unethical businesses.
Jane Himmel May 22, 2013 at 01:27 pm
This has convinced my growing conviction that Patch has moved completely away from any pretense ofRead More being a news source and is simply an electronic bulletin board. By abandoning their prior procedure of approving posts before they go up, they are letting anything go on and then taking them down if they're reported. By then, it's too late: the poster has gotten their message across during the time it's in the lineup. I only check in with Patch occasionally now and so many people in town won't read it at all anymore. I think we need to be honest with ourselves about what kind of a public forum this venue is. This doesn't reflect well on Staples if they are using subterfuge and violating Terms of Use on Patch either.
clarke Hood May 22, 2013 at 01:42 pm
New Canaan hockey players are better off playing at Sono, Ridgefield or Stamford Youth Hockey.
Lauren May 23, 2013 at 08:09 am
if they had done it at night at least it wouldn't have been smudged. BUT, i happen to think itsRead More nice, and especially with the flags hanging. we forget we are a small new england town, and small things like the red white and blue stripes remind me that we still are! :)
Hollywood2 May 22, 2013 at 10:05 pm
Somebody is pretending to be me again. On June 6 we remember D-Day. Thanks again to all our vetsRead More on Memorial Day and D-Day. That's a real reason to celebrate the week.
Hollywood2 May 22, 2013 at 08:45 pm
We need to have gay pride colors painted down Elm Street. June 5th-9th Gay Pride Week Come out!