Wow, it seems like State Rep. Jason Bartlett is working hard in his short time in office. Keeping to his campaign promise, Rep. Bartlett is working hard to make universal health care a reality in Connecticut and the freshman State Rep is using the power of People-Powered Media (PPM) to get his story out to the public. Read his article in the New Haven Indy and you'll see what I mean.
You see, unlike in other states, the progressive alternative media has proven to be a valuable tool to politicians who want to get their message out to the public. Unlike our conservative counterparts, the experience gained during the 2006 mid-term campaigns has made the progressive blogosphere in Connecticut an extremely powerful tool for individuals who want to get their message out to the public. Unlike out conservative counterparts nationally and statewide who are light years behind us, the progressive blogosphere are extremely popular among politicians, journalists, and the general public who are looking for a different avenue for news and commentary.
Case in point, the traffic generated on this local site alone now generates between 3,500 to 5,000 per month while the sister site ConnecticutBLOG is one of the more recognized state blogs in the country generating on average about 25,000 to 30,000 per month (with the largest month in terms of viewership being August with over 140,000 hits). Trust me, that nothing when you can compare my site to partners in PPM crime, My Left Nutmeg and Connecticut Local Politics but when you add all of our traffic together, the viewership numbers is staggering (just ask Joe Lieberman).
When you understand the advantages of PPM, your better able to get your message out to the public as well as get recognized quicker by members of the media who read progressive blogs daily...which brings us back to our wise Democratic freshman. Rep. Bartlett is wisely reaching out to the new form of media in order to get his universal health care message out to the public which in turn, gives him exposure without having to go the traditional route of sending endless press-releases to the traditional media and praying that a reporter gives him a call. Rep. Bartlett is generating a lot of buzz in the state and he's going to be a person of great interest to watch.
(SIDENOTE: traffic is not an exact science due to the fact that people can access your site without going to your URL. In order for a hit to be recorded, the reader needs to type in the URL or "hit" the site. Many progressives and heavy blog readers do not access the site by typing in the URL but instead use blog readers or use blog services where they can read more than one blog at a time. The best example of this is someone reading HatCityBLOG using Bloglines or a RSS readers.
Since a good percentage of progressives and heavy readers view blogs with an RSS reader, the actual amount of hits can never be exact. This is why it's always best to use an estimate based on several factors which include the amount of traffic generated in one day, the amount of hits you receive in one hour, etc. Over the years, I've fine-tuned a formula that I think best represents my actual traffic based on feedback from readers who don't access my site via URL but rather by RSS. Trust me, it gets too geeky and the whole thing can give you a headache but I'm told by many of the well known national bloggers that they go through the same thing).
04.25.22 (RADIO): WSHU Latino group call on Connecticut lawmakers to open a Danbury charter school
06.03.22 (OP-ED): KUSHNER: "Career Academy ‘a great deal for Danbury"
On September 26, 2007, ten plaintiffs filed suit in response to an arrest of aday laborers at a public park in Danbury, Connecticut. Plaintiffs amended their complaint on November 26, 2007.
The amended complaint states that plaintiffs sought to remedy the continued discriminatory and unauthorized enforcement of federal immigration laws against the Latino residents of the City of Danbury by Danbury's mayor and its police department.
Plaintiffs allege that the arrests violated their Fourth Amendment rights and the Connecticut Constitution because defendants conducted the arrests without valid warrants, in the absence of exigent circumstances, and without probable cause to believe that plaintiffs were engaged in unlawful activity. In addition, plaintiffs allege that defendants improperly stopped, detained, investigated, searched and arrested plaintiffs. Plaintiffs also allege that defendants violated their Fourteenth Amendment rights when they intentionally targeted plaintiffs, and arrested and detained them on the basis of their race, ethnicity and perceived national origin. Plaintiffs raise First Amendment, Due Process and tort claims.
Plaintiffs request declaratory relief, damages and attorneys fees.
Wow, it seems like State Rep. Jason Bartlett is working hard in his short time in office. Keeping to his campaign promise, Rep. Bartlett is working hard to make universal health care a reality in Connecticut and the freshman State Rep is using the power of People-Powered Media (PPM) to get his story out to the public. Read his article in the New Haven Indy and you'll see what I mean.
On September 26, 2007, ten plaintiffs filed suit in response to an arrest of aday laborers at a public park in Danbury, Connecticut. Plaintiffs amended their complaint on November 26, 2007.
