“In the Colonies, we do not tolerate remote tyrants surveilling our habits and patterns.” — Thomas Paine-In-The-Rear, Uncommon Sense. While local town debates focus on traffic tickets and speed limits, a much larger municipal crisis is unfolding in Town Hall: data sovereignty. When town officials sign off on automated traffic enforcement programs, citizen license plates, movement patterns, and location timestamps get harvested and routed directly into out-of-state, third-party corporate clouds.
Reporting that reveals how obsolete and manipulated Flood Zone, Open Space & Master Plan maps were inserted into Fairfield’s Town Plan to facilitate construction.
The rise of electronic surveillance in all corners of our community has less to do with safety and everything to do with distant vested interests looking to surveil and simply generate revenue.
When our dedicated public servants are not treated with respect or gratitude, we are going to lose them.
Fairfield (CT): The Open Table forum offered a rare look at what local leadership looks like in Fairfield County. While State Senator Tony Hwang and I are both running for First Selectman in the February 3, 2026, Special Election, this event wasn’t about the campaign trail—it was a critical “what do we do now” strategy session.
Connecticut is the Charter Oak State. That proud title originates from a moment of profound courage in 1687, when our colonial forefathers defied the tyranny of the king and fought to preserve their right to self-rule.
Your pocket guide to revolutions by the century, anglocentric edition. The 1700s were about the rights of man, notably with the American and French revolutions. We had ours first. In the 1800s, the industrial revolution moved the world from a rural agrarian economy to an urban manufacturing one. That’s what contributed to the rise of capitalism and capitalists, people who owned the company but didn’t do the work. Two world wars in the 1900s created a new order with America emergent in the second half. Starting around 2000ish, Google revolutionized the world by putting it at your fingertips. The revolution is brought to you by Google.
The CMDA is serving a 169-course meal, and your town is on the menu. This video exposes the developer-driven agenda behind the Connecticut Municipal Development Authority (CMDA). We detail the specific political and financial schemes being used by Hartford to override local zoning in Fairfield, effectively serving up local control to outside builders. Find out how this initiative is the ‘brother of the defeated HB 5002 bill’ and what you can do now to push back against the CMDA’s overreach