By CHRIS POWELL In theory Erin Stewart was a great idea for the Republican nomination for governor: not just a woman but a Republican who was elected six times consecutively as mayor of a heavily Democratic city, New Britain. She must have had something going for her. Connecticut’s age of majority is muddled by politicallyContinue reading “A great candidate in theory but a disaster in practice”
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Connecticut’s age of majority is muddled by politically correct Democrats
By CHRIS POWELL On any Monday Democratic state legislators in Connecticut will tell you that people who committed serious crimes before they turned 26 and were sentenced to prison should qualify for early parole because human brains are not fully developed before that age and lack good judgment. So Democratic legislators have been advocating aContinue reading “Connecticut’s age of majority is muddled by politically correct Democrats”
‘Affordability’ in Connecticut this year will be just for government employees
By CHRIS POWELL A brief chronology from the last four months may explain Connecticut’s political economy better than any so-called political scientist could. Child’s suicide should prompt a review that goes beyond DCF Property tax isn’t broken; our political backbone is Party balloon litter is bad but ‘nip’ bottle litter is profit In February, with theContinue reading “‘Affordability’ in Connecticut this year will be just for government employees”
Child’s suicide should prompt a review that goes beyond DCF
By CHRIS POWELL Last week state legislators had nearly won their campaign to persuade Connecticut that home-schooled children are the most endangered in the state when state government’s child advocate disclosed another disaster at the Department of Children and Families. Property tax isn’t broken; our political backbone is Party balloon litter is bad but ‘nip’Continue reading “Child’s suicide should prompt a review that goes beyond DCF”
Property tax isn’t broken; our political backbone is
By CHRIS POWELL The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities plans to convene a hundred state residents, a “citizen assembly,” to consider the many resentments people have about municipal property taxes and recommend changes to the General Assembly. Party balloon litter is bad but ‘nip’ bottle litter is profit One scandal after another with dodgy college regents LegislatorsContinue reading “Property tax isn’t broken; our political backbone is”
Party balloon litter is bad but ‘nip’ bottle litter is profit
By CHRIS POWELL State legislators think they have found a new way to protect Connecticut’s environment. They are about to criminalize releasing party balloons into the air, subject to a $20 fine. The pending legislation would replace the current law that imposes a $500 fine on anyone who releases 10 or more balloons within 24Continue reading “Party balloon litter is bad but ‘nip’ bottle litter is profit”
One scandal after another with dodgy college regents
By CHRIS POWELL Now that the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system has lost a second straight highly paid chief executive — the “chancellor” — because of misconduct of some kind, maybe Governor Lamont should find some agency other than the system’s Board of Regents to appoint the next one. Legislators are worrying most aboutContinue reading “One scandal after another with dodgy college regents”
Legislators are worrying most about the wrong students
By CHRIS POWELL In principle children can’t have too many people looking out for them. So state legislators are fairly concerned about the recent alleged abuse of three children who were withdrawn from public school on parental claims that they would be home-schooled. One of the children was murdered at home. Another died at homeContinue reading “Legislators are worrying most about the wrong students”
Lamont, Tong, and Elicker escape immigration queries
By CHRIS POWELL Connecticut’s laws forbidding state and municipal police from cooperating with federal immigration authorities may not be unconstitutional, as is alleged by the lawsuit brought last week against state officials by the Trump administration, but the objective of those laws is exactly what the suit alleges: to turn Connecticut into a “sanctuary state.”Continue reading “Lamont, Tong, and Elicker escape immigration queries”
Raising state taxes on the rich is just an excuse for plunder
By CHRIS POWELL Connecticut is already nearly the highest-taxed state in the country, as well as nearly the most expensive (in part because its taxes are so high), but last Wednesday — the deadline for submission of state and federal tax returns — a hundred people from what calls itself the Connecticut for All coalitionContinue reading “Raising state taxes on the rich is just an excuse for plunder”
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