This is the first is a series of endorsements that we’re likely to see, and I suspect that it reflects more of a need to keep the line at the voting booth more than anything else. The Working Families part, according to their web site:
Connecticut Working Families is a coalition of labor unions, community organizations and neighborhood activists who have come together because we believe that we can create a Connecticut that works for all of us, not just the wealthy and well connected.
Our goal is to forcefully inject the issues that our state’s working and middle class families care most about (issues like access to healthcare, fair wages, affordable housing and good schools) and to hold our politicians accountable for the promises they make on those issues.
We’re building political power for the rest of us—those of us who aren’t executives or lobbyists. We’re organizing into chapters all around the state. We’re winning real victories.
And we want you to join us.
Somehow, they’ve managed to find Briggs in synch with that agenda. I think they need to take a good hard look at the holding politicians accountable for the promises they make on those issues.
Things like certain planning commissioners suggesting that affordable housing be built on brownfield sites. I don’t think the people of Hamden think that turned out to be such a good idea.
Despite my misgivings about the philosophical incompatibility between Briggs and the WFP, it’s a smart political move to have sought the endorsement. The thin margin of victory that Moccia gained in ‘05 is less than the core turn out of WFP voters. Any bloc of votes will help in this year.
