This gem of a story comes to us form the quiet corner of Connecticut, So quiet, that it barely registers on the radar of Connecticut MSM. The short story is that a substitute teacher in Windham, Julie Amero, was found guilty of showing porn on aPC to middle school students. From the Norwich Day:

A Norwich Superior Court jury has convicted a 40-year-old substitute teacher from Windham of exposing seventh-grade students at Norwich’s Kelly Middle School to pornographic images on a computer in October 2004.Julie Amero faces as long as 40 years of prison when she is sentenced March 2 for four counts of risk of injury to a minor.

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State Rep Joe Mioli, D-Westport has introduced a bill to extend the state do-not-call list to robo-calls. It’s not a surprise that he’s from the fourth congressional district, which was heavily targeted by many groups advocating positions or candidates in last year’s elections. Brian Lockhart’s Norwalk Advocate article continues:

State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said he thinks the measure “would be fully constitutional,” and he will work with any legislator to fine-tune bills to avoid legal obstacles.

“The more narrowly it can be tailored, the less impact there is on First Amendment rights,” Blumenthal said. “People are entitled to protect their homes and families from certain intrusions. People can bar political candidates from coming into their homes.”

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