mark, the ramp is done!

(my friend mark was in the avon mountain crash. he was seriously injured and life star-ed out of there. he is well now and writing a book which i have had the pleasure of reading the first half of. when published, none of the profits will go to mark. so i'm telling you now, WHEN it's published, everyone HAS to buy a copy or two)
Avon Mountain runaway truck ramp set to open

Associated Press
AVON, Conn. -- State transportation officials say a runaway truck ramp on Route 44 in Avon is set to open Friday, more than two years after a fatal wreck and five months after a second crash.Work on the $2.8 million ramp began in November and is the first such ramp built in Connecticut, according to acting Transportation Commissioner Emil Frankel. Gov. M. Jodi Rell ordered safety measures in the area after a tractor-trailer lost its brakes and slammed into a furniture store in September. No one was seriously injured. However, four people were killed in July 2005 when an out-of-control dump truck barreled into the same intersection and hit several vehicles, including a commuter bus.........

this just in KEN KRAYESKE IS A FREE MAN!!!

YIPPPPPPPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEE

and it's about damn time

Charges dropped against activist arrested at Rell parade

Associated Press

HARTFORD, Conn. -- A Hartford Superior Court judge dismissed charges Wednesday against a political activist arrested for approaching and photographing Gov. M. Jodi Rell at her inaugural parade in January.Ken Krayeske, who had been charged with breach of peace, said he felt vindicated......

.........Prosecutors offered not to prosecute but wanted to reserve the right to reopen the case for about a year. Krayeske's attorney, Norman Pattis, requested an outright dismissal, which the judge granted.................