Moronic Connecticut Legislator proposes new law moving Halloween to always be on a Saturday

Meanwhile, in Connecticut, the state with the highest per-capita state government debt load, State Rep. Tim Larson (D) has proposed a new law moving the celebration of Halloween to always be on a Saturday.

You know, for the children.

While Halloween is not an official state or federal holiday, Larson said that parents of young children have complained to him about weeknight trick or treating and would prefer a weekend day. Saturday allows for events during the day as well as an earlier start to trick or treating, Larson said.

"This would be good for the economy and make Halloween a more family-friendly event every year," he said. "Everyone looks forward to Halloween a little more when it falls on the weekend."

I wonder if he wants to move All Saints Day as well?

BTW - He isn't planning this as a one time thing. Rep. Larson already says he'd like to reintroduce this next year if there is no time for a vote this year.

Larson said he doesn't expect lawmakers to take up the matter this week when they meet to vote on two jobs bills. However, the lawmaker said he hopes it can be addressed in next year's legislative session.

What a no-good busybody.

If he gets re-elected, it'll just confirm every bad thing that people think about East-Hartford and South Windsor.

NOTE: Some links to coverage in the Courant, since some folks don't trust Patch.

State Lawmaker Wants to Change the Date of Halloween to Ensure it Always Falls on a Saturday

Move Halloween? Cue Chilling Scream

Alto Water Tower

Saw a water tower with the name "Alto" on the TV news Friday night. This visual joke popped into my head.

The Truth About The Chevy Volt

TTAC has a great piece covering Pennsylvania Congressman Mike Kelly's (R) take on the real world impact of the Chevy Volt.

When you look at this, it makes absolutely no sense. I can stock a Chevy Cruze, which is about a $17,500 car and turns every 30 to 40 days out of inventory… or I can have a Volt, which never turns and creates nothing for me on the lot except interest costs

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[With dealers like that, who needs competitors? Seriously, Kelly even says he fired the guy who ordered a Volt for his dealership… which he then counts against the Volt’s job creation record. Hit the jump for the rest of his quote.]

I can tell you… as far as job creation, the guy who ordered that Volt for my store is no longer in that job. So it actually worked against him. I was told that the reason that car is on our lot is that General Motors told him he had to stock it. I said “let me understand. I told you that under no circumstances were you to order a Volt,” and he said “yeah.” “So, why did you order it?” “Because General Motors told me.” “Is this the same General Motors that tried to take my Cadillac franchise from me? These are the guys you’re listening to, but the guy who signs your paycheck doesn’t have as much influence as the guys who tried to take away the franchise?”

Motel Caswell

Whole bunch of arrests and bad doings at the Motel Caswell - Criminality by guests, sometimes reported by hotel clerks, often for criminality that happened elsewhere. Crooks stay at the hotel, not necessarily committing crimes at the motel. Often the hotel and its property were the victim of crimes.

That said, reviews tend to indicate the place is a dump and that you might be solicited just outside your room's door. No reason to seize it under asset forfeiture, but how bad does a place have to be for it to be compared to Joe's Apartment?

The real question to me, though is post Kelo why don't they just skip asset forfeiture and condemn it for economic development? Oh right, then they'd have to pay for it.

Cheap sons of bitches.

Bishop Mullet orders forcible haircuts for all!

Bergholz Bishop Sam Mullet allegedly orders beards and hair be forcibly cut off Amish folks..

Bishop Mullet? C'mon, really?

1) Barn-raising up front, Rumspringa in the back.

2) He only had the fronts cut.

3) Perhaps he feared the competition. "There can be only one (mullet)."

4) Something's fishy here.

5) Your joke in the comments.

Millionaire is not a salary.

Being a millionaire has to do with accumulated wealth, an amount expressed in dollars.

It has nothing to do with the rate at which you generate income, which is dollars per unit time.

It's a basic problem of incompatible units.

It doesn't make any sense to compare making $250,000 per year with being a millionaire. One is a flow, the other is a bucket.

You know how antis say crap like "You'll only hurt yourself." Guess what else this has been applied to?

Amusingly, it's fire trucks:

"I don't recommend every farmer buying an old firetruck, because somebody could get hurt," said Smithton Fire Protection District Chief Mike Schutzenhofer.

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/article_c4a61361-97cf-538c-b725-d7d0439480e8.html

Which opens up the possibility of all sorts of phrases like this.

"I don't recommend every doctor buying a gas stove, because somebody could get hurt."

"I don't recommend every lawyer buying a barber's chair, because somebody could get hurt."

"I don't recommend every police officer buying farm fresh eggs, because somebody could get hurt."

Feel free to add your own in the comments.