By CHRIS POWELL Supposedly there was going to be a special session of the General Assembly in the fall to arrange a compromise on the housing legislation passed by liberal Democratic legislators during this year’s regular session but vetoed by Governor Lamont. Fall is here but neither the governor nor the legislature has issued suchContinue reading “Build housing without sprawl; and are schools sanctuaries?”
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Teachers aren’t trying to stop the collapse of education
By CHRIS POWELL Connecticut’s public school teachers are feeling resentful again. The other day their biggest union, the deceptively named Connecticut Education Association, reported a poll of its members that was full of the usual findings: Teachers feel overworked, underpaid, and disrespected. Overimpressed by college, Democrats get arrogant Senator Winfield and other Democrats want openContinue reading “Teachers aren’t trying to stop the collapse of education”
Utility regulator, caught lying, blames her adversaries
By CHRIS POWELL Just hours after she was caught lying to state legislators, the chairwoman of Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, Marissa P. Gillett, resigned last week, blaming her vindicated critics for making her life harder than she could bear. Overimpressed by college, Democrats get arrogant Senator Winfield and other Democrats want open borders againContinue reading “Utility regulator, caught lying, blames her adversaries”
Overimpressed by college, Democrats get arrogant
By CHRIS POWELL Surely state Rep. Eleni Kavros DeGraw, D-Avon, doesn’t represent the entirety of Connecticut’s Democratic Party. But she is evidence of the party’s transition from the party of the working class to the party of the arrogant elites. Senator Winfield and other Democrats want open borders again Charlie Kirk’s murder shows where cancelContinue reading “Overimpressed by college, Democrats get arrogant”
Senator Winfield and other Democrats want open borders again
By CHRIS POWELL In a recent newspaper essay, state Sen. Gary Winfield, D-New Haven, laid out clearly the position of most Democratic officials in Connecticut on illegal immigration. Charlie Kirk’s murder shows where cancel culture leads Remote work in state government isn’t best for the public Don’t turn state pension money into a political slush fundContinue reading “Senator Winfield and other Democrats want open borders again”
Charlie Kirk’s murder shows where cancel culture leads
By CHRIS POWELL Over the last century in the United States what has become known as cancel culture has moved from the political right to the political left. The Red scares of the 1920s and 1950s were a conservative phenomenon that blacklisted, deported, and even imprisoned people for real or suspected leftist political views thatContinue reading “Charlie Kirk’s murder shows where cancel culture leads”
Remote work in state government isn’t best for the public
By CHRIS POWELL Working remotely by computer, internet, and telephone can make people more productive, sparing them the burden of commuting and the social distractions of the office. But working remotely can reduce productivity as well. It exposes workers to the distractions of home life, encourages them to slack off, since no supervisors or colleaguesContinue reading “Remote work in state government isn’t best for the public”
Don’t turn state pension money into a political slush fund
By CHRIS POWELL Despite some recent improvement, Connecticut’s state employee and teacher pension accounts are still underfunded by billions of dollars. Yet Governor Lamont wants to start using them as political slush funds. Connecticut Democrats divert more public money to patronage Yale has become too big for its property tax break Awful Trump is rightContinue reading “Don’t turn state pension money into a political slush fund”
By raising minimum wage, Connecticut admits failure
By CHRIS POWELL Governor Lamont, Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz, and state Labor Commissioner Dante Bartolomeo last week announced gleefully that Connecticut’s minimum wage will increase on Jan. 1 by 3.6%, from $16.35 to $16.94 per hour, being tied by state law to the federal employment cost index. The justifications they offered were not persuasive. Indeed,Continue reading “By raising minimum wage, Connecticut admits failure”
Connecticut Democrats divert more public money to patronage
By CHRIS POWELL Before complaining that state government doesn’t spend enough money on basics like medical care, education, transportation, environmental protection, and such, people should take note of recent reports from the Connecticut Mirror and the Yankee Institute’s Connecticut Inside Investigator. Yale has become too big for its property tax break Awful Trump is rightContinue reading “Connecticut Democrats divert more public money to patronage”
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