All of us are very, very worried about the very near future ... We are going into a period where we don't think there's going to be enough food here in this country.

All of us are very, very worried about the very near future, the next few months, because we are going into a period where we don't think there is going to be enough food in this country.

Jesus refers to the poor over and over again. There are 2,000 verses of Scripture that call upon us to respond to the needs of the poor. And yet, I find that when Christians talked about values in this last election that was not on the agenda, that was not a concern. If you were to get the voter guide of the Christian Coalition, that does not rate. They talk more about tax cuts for people who are wealthy than they do about helping poor people who are in desperate straits.

Connecticut will only have a strong economic future if we provide opportunities for all workers to earn incomes that enable them to make ends meet for their families. While low-wage workers in the rest of the country are seeing their incomes improve, Connecticut workers are headed in the wrong direction.

It's just that for the last 30 years, we forgot about her.

Therefore the Vilar Floral Hall will revert to being known as the Floral Hall. We will cease to use Mr. Vilars name on printed material and programs, and the signage in the public areas will be altered over the next few months in no particular order or time-scale.