My Life, My Town, My Passions

By an overwhelming majority, Stratford CT residents have approved the sale of Long Beach West to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

I know about 40% of you wont agree but, Yipeeee!!!

I think both sides had valid points about the sale of Stratford’s Long Beach West. However, history has shown me that Straford and other towns have trouble getting big projects like Long Beach done and keeping them funded.

My fear truly was that the town would never get the job done, and if they did how would they pay for it. My concern was also that the Long Beach revitalization would be underfunded and poorly maintained like the other parks around town. I think that is a pretty valid concern looking around at Short Beach and the other smaller parks around Stratford.

Don’t get me wrong. I’m not complaining about Short Beach and the other parks around town. I think they are great but every single one of them either needs to be updated or needs repairs. These things cost money and take away resources from other services in Stratford. I understand that.

The Long Beach West project would have been a much bigger ordeal and maintainence project for Stratford CT than all of the other parks around town combined. I think we did the right thing and I as well as my children very much look forward to having a new park around Stratford that will be unlike any other.

I do trust that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will get this project done and get that beach accessible for Stratford and Bridgeport residents alike. My wife and I are going to take a stroll out there before any work gets done. Sure, we have seen the pictures of the dilapidated cottages and the other structures but we want to see them first hand and capture them with our own camera.

It will be really great to have a clear understanding of the beach before and after clean up of Long Beach. I’m a bit of a nature geek and love places like Hammonasset State Park in Madison CT. If the revitalized Long Beach in Stratford turns out to be anything at all like Madison’s Hammonasset State Park I will be absolutely ecstatic.

It’s true! I admit it. I am thirty one years old and have never voted before. Heck, until last week I wasn’t even registered to vote. My Dad has been very upset with me for the last thirteen years for not voting.

I’m so glad that is over. I feel much better now that I have admitted it.

Tomorrow I will walk to Nichols Elementary School, my kids elementary school, and cast my first ever ballot. Who I am voting for is not important. Who you are voting for is not important. Just go and vote.

Vote on question number seven.

On the back of the card is the very important short beach sale proposal here in Stratford CT, question seven. I’m sure your mind is already made up on how to vote for that one. I think it’s actually a decision that is more important than who we vote for president. The short beach sale, or no sale, will directly effect our lives and very quickly.

Go vote! Make my Dad proud.

I’m sure some of you have seen this before, but I just saw this for the first time today and it got a chuckle out of me. The Happy Everything Holiday Card is perfect for me and my family. We never get any of our holiday cards out on time. Friends and subscribers, please post this on your fridge and think of me a few times a year around the appropriate holiday.

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Here’s an awesome tool that I found online today! If you are thinking of buying a house in Stratford CT or anywhere else in the country, there is a good chance you are not positive about what exactly the neighborhood has in store for you. This online tool will give you an idea.

If you’re a walker or even are thinking about walking a bit to save some gas than this tool is definitely for you. All you have to do is put in your current address or the address of a home you are thinking about buying and hit enter.

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I was going to start doing a monthly column detailing what I to be happening in the mortgage world. Now I am no professional in the world of mortgages but I do have at least a litle more insight into what is going on than most.

Even with that being said I felt that it would be better to do a monthly mortgage rate report at one of CT House Hunting’s sister site. Yes, I do maintain this other website but I also working on bringing in guest columnists from the mortgage industry as well.

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