Dec. 14, 2015 Follow-up: Three years ago on December 14 as a reporter for a local newspaper, I was in Simsbury, Connecticut to cover a morning press conference where Richard Blumenthal, a United States senator from Connecticut, was slated to make an annoucement during the 3rd Annual Heroes & Hounds Military Working Dogs Drive. Organized by the Simsbury animal control officer, the drive was a holiday collection effort for military canines and their handlers serving in war zones. The senator was to make an announcement about legislation to strengthen protection and support for military working dogs. The announcement was delayed as town officials waited for a television news crew slated to attend. Word came that the news crew had been diverted en route to…