“Jailed Grandson” Calls Grandma From Montreal and Fleeces Her Out Of $935
The call from Tyler was scary. He had been in a car accident in a rental car in Montreal and needed money to pay an attorney and fly home. Dorothy Cheo, 81, of Niantic, was…
August 2010
Vitamin-D: We May Need More Than We Think
While no one is recommending super dosing Vitamin D or burning to a crisp oiled up, more health officials believe that higher dosage of the vitamin can have positive effect against cancer, heart disease and…
Courant Avoiding Producing Documents In Watchdog’s Wrongful Termination Suit
My attorney Joseph Garrison of New Haven has filed documents in Hartford Superior Court notifying Judge Marshall Berger that the Courant “has furnished almost no discovery” despite legal requirements that it do so. So far…
Norwalk Hour Becomes 12th Ct Newspaper To Publish CtWatchdog Newspaper Column
In the summer of 1965 I began my newspaper (other than delivering the Ames Daily Tribune and the Des Moines Register) career at the Norwalk Hour as a galley boy. My summer job was to…
Arnie Kozak Joins CtWatchdog As Meditation And Stress Reduction Blogger
Arnie Kozak, Ph.D. a clinical psychologist, meditation instructor, and author, is joining CtWatchdog.com as a blogger. He has published Wild Chickens and Petty Tyrants: 108 Metaphors for Mindfulness (Wisdom, 2009). He also the founder of…
Wells Fargo Found By Judge “gouging and profiteering,” Ordered To Repay $200 Million
Wells Fargo & Co., which started a national bank scheme 9 years ago, was told last week to repay its customers more than $200 million in fees it took as part of its “unfair and…
Teachers Want Viagra Drug Coverage
Another symptom of what is wrong with our education system: Stupid teachers. Honest to God, teachers in Milwaukee have launched a fight for Viagra drug coverage. AP Reporter Ryan J. Foley wrote that despite a…
Debt Settlement Firms Prohibited From Up Front Fees
Under new regulations adopted by the Federal Trade Commission, for-profit debt settlement companies will no longer be allowed to collect fees for their services until they have settled some or all of a consumer’s debt….