Ansonia 2015 Election

IRS Files Another Tax Lien Against Ansonia Mayor

by | Sep 1, 2015 1:46 pm | Comments (0)

The federal Internal Revenue Service has filed another tax lien against Ansonia Mayor David Cassetti.

The lien — filed by an IRS agent in City Hall Aug. 14 — says Cassetti owes the federal government $59,384.19 dating back to 2011, though the date of assessment” listed on the document is July 6, 2015.

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Ansonia Alderman: Democrats’ Platform Is ‘Science Fiction’

by | Jul 30, 2015 3:15 pm | Comments (0)

Fiscal responsibility has been a priority of the Cassetti administration since day one. That’s why reading the acceptance speech of the Mayor’s Democrat challenger took me by surprise. I momentarily thought I stumbled on a screenplay for some forgotten episode of The Outer Limits.”

I was mistaken. It just happens that the Ansonia Democrat’s 2015 platform is pure, unadulterated science fiction.

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Ansonia Tax Decreases—Virtue Or Voodoo?

by | Jul 29, 2015 3:58 pm | Comments (0)

The local political conventions in Ansonia took on the feel of a Red Sox-Yankees game July 23, with the Republicans and Democrats nominating candidates at the same time, in the same restaurant, in two adjacent rooms separated by a thin wall.

They hooted, they hollered, they banged on the wall at Molto Bene Italian American Kitchen in a rambunctious attempt to see which side could outcheer the other.

And both sides talked taxes, but with different spins — the Republicans vowed to keep lowering them, while the Democrats argued GOP fiscal policy is putting the city on the road to ruin.

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