| DECEMBER 3, 2024 -- Hello, I’m back! I promised to turn in my soap box and play nice.
The 2024 elections are over, the ballots are all counted, and Donald Trump won the majority of the votes and the Electoral College votes to be the 47th President of the United States. The Senate and House are both led by the Republican Party. The voting machines all work, and no fraud was found. The newly- elected President is already filling his staff and department heads, a lot of head scratching on some choices, but he promised to have the best and brightest to lead us into a better Nation. For those who voted for them, I wish you get all that were promised to you. We all need to involve ourselves in community programs and group activities, as there will be a great need for volunteers.
I thank all the Granges for the resolutions at the 140th Session of the Connecticut State Grange. The resolutions on Student Loans and College Tuition passed and went on to National Grange where I heard they passed along with resolutions from other State Granges with similar resolves.
The Eversource billing outcry was met with a petition to the Governor to correct this program to relieve this added cost to electric bills. There should be a course of action that consumers can take against corporations who decide on major investments, but when there is a delay or failure in delivery, the corporation demands the consumer to pay for the failed contracts. The consumer had no voice in the deal so why should we bail the corporation out for a poor deal? This practice is happening more and more, let the consumer pay for our mistakes, that part of customer service, I don’t think so! Let’s make corporations responsible for their decisions.
In October and November we had a lot of food recalls in products like Boar’s Head cold cuts, waffles, McDonald’s Quarter Pounders (e-coli in onions), raw milk, and most recently, carrots. Most of this is related to cleanliness. Many food processing plants are able to hire 14 year olds to clean up facilities. Smithfield Pork was just fined $20 million for underage workers working in an unsafe environment. The Grange promotes the protection of our youth from danders and laborious tasks.
I wish to welcome Barbara Prindle of Taghhannuck Grange and Aili McKeen of Wallingford Grange to the committee and will be meeting soon. Happy holidays and an eventful New Year to you all.
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