East Haven's Rubes and Barkers.

rube - n. Slang An unsophisticated country person.   bark·er - n. An employee who stands before the entrance to a show, as at a carnival, and solicits customers with a loud sales spiel.   ---------------------   Recently a person posted the following comment on the Patch:   “The only people that are making East Haven look bad are the ones that keep bringing up the Taco bit.  Let's take a break.  I'm a Democrat and tired of it.  Why doesn't anyone bring up how Joe Mature has kept our taxes down? “ ---------------------
  This type of unsophisticated mindset is why slick operators like Joe Maturo manage to get elected, time and again. Don’t you see folks? It’s all a shell game. JOE MATURO HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH KEEPING YOUR TAXES DOWN. Joe Maturo RAISED the Mill Rate. Declining property values might have ‘kept taxes down’ for some rubes in East Haven; for the time being. Open your eyes and engage the cognitive parts of your brain to connect the dots.