On one of the hottest days this year — Thursday, June 21 — Drew McDougall of 242 Placid Ave., Stratford, was driving a containing dirt when he ran off the right side of Route 6 in Woodbury and down an embankment, right into the Nonnewaug River.
McDougall sustained minor injuries and was transported to Waterbury Hospital, according to police.
The time was around 11:06 a.m. Woodbury police issued a summons to McDougall for allegedly operating a commercial vehicle while his commercial driver's license, or CDL, was suspended.
Police reported that 12 guard posts and 120 feet of guardrail were knocked down. The approximately six hours after the accident took place.
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Is our Patch complicit in doing the bidding of the spendthrifts and unresponsive government officials?
The bottom line is that Newtown taxpayers have reigned in their municipal government. More work to do though keeping the “spenders” under control. Hopefully in 30 minutes the Supreme Court will have reigned in the Federal government.
Of course the right fought social security, civil rights, medicare, medicade, gay marriage, you name it. History is not on their side.
You are so full of s#*t. A larger percentage of REPUBLICANS voted for the Civil Rights act than Democrats. The Civil Rights Act -- which is best known for barring discrimination in public accommodations -- passed the House on Feb. 10, 1964 by a margin of 290-130. When broken down by party, 61 percent of Democratic lawmakers voted for the bill (152 yeas and 96 nays), and a full 80 percent of the Republican caucus supported it (138 yeas and 34 nays). When the Senate passed the measure on June 19, 1964, -- nine days after supporters mustered enough votes to end the longest filibuster in Senate history -- the margin was 73-27. Better than two-thirds of Senate Democrats supported the measure on final passage (46 yeas, 21 nays), but an even stronger 82 percent of Republicans supported it (27 yeas, 6 nays). Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV) was an active member of the KKK at the time and voted AGAINST the CRA. Senator Albert Gore, Sr. (D-TN) actually FILLIBUSTERED the CRA in the Senate! The longest filibuster on record at that time. Keep drinking the Kool-Aid darlin’.
Let's fast forward back over myriad other Democratic embarassments, including Jim Crow, to Republican Dwight Eisenhower, who signed the Republicans’ Civil Rights Act of 1960, overcoming a 125-hour filibuster by Senate Democrats, my favorite of whom you may know: It was Robert Byrd, a former KKK member who sat as a Democrat in the U.S. Senate until his death a few years ago.
In layman's terms, you're NUTS. Spend a little time online and read some history. I'm embarrassed for you.
No one is telling you to change your doctor or your plan. At least you didn't mention those death panels. Whatever happened to Palin?
Your comments are excellent and extremely well written. You’re one of the few posters whose comments I only need to read once to understand.
Case in point. Despite mounting valid, intellectual arguments, we are reduced to cartoonish caricatures.
Rosemary, although I'm sure you can do so, I really don't see you presenting a reasoned argument or facts. I see an obsession with bogeymen like Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh. I'm going to move on to another chat thread now.