Enfield Prepares for a Second Attempt at Charter Reform

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Enfield voters sent a clear message in November: they did not want automatic budget referendums. Now, with Democrats newly in control of the Town Council, the town is preparing to try charter reform again. The council will consider creating a new Charter Revision Commission at its meeting Monday. Collateral Damage: Bipartisan Reforms Lost in the Defeat While the budget referendum dominated the debate, several other reforms were swept away when voters rejected the entire package. Voters couldn’t “slice and dice” the proposal — there was only one up-or-down question on the ballot. What Happened in November The defeat centered largely on one controversial provision : an automatic referendum requirement whenever the town budget increased by more than 5% over the previous year’s general fund expenditures. This “trigger” would have taken budget approval out of the Council’s hands and sent it directly to voters whenever a spending proposal crossed that threshold. The charter revision question...
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What's up with Enfield Cinemark and its movie selection?

Missing winter, Enfield Ct. 

The film, Death of a Nation, (the trailer) was universally panned by critics on Rotten Tomatoes. Based on the reviews, and what the trailer shows, the film appears to be rightwing propaganda.

But why is the Enfield Cinemark still showing Death of a Nation, now in its second week, and not the new Spike Lee movie BlacKkKlansman?

The Spike Lee movie has 98% percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes versus 0% rating for Death of  a Nation. I'd like to see the new Spike Lee film and really don't want to drive to West Springfield.

The Cinemark West Springfield is showing the Spike Lee’s film, but it is not showing Death of a Nation. Go figure. And West Springfield has 15 screens, versus Enfield, which has 12. The Buckland Hill 18 is showing the Spike Lee movie and not Death of a Nation.

The question to Enfield Cinemark is, what’s up with that?

Why is Cinemark Enfield running a film that may be a conservative propaganda effort and not the film from one of America’s preeminent film makers? 

Is Cinemark telling us something? Trump did win Enfield about 49% versus Clinton at 45%. But that doesn’t explain it. 

Photo: Has nothing to do with the topic on hand. Just missing the cold. 

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