By Chris Powell Connecticut’s cost of living is high, in large part because of housing prices, and nearly everyone says the state needs much more housing, especially “affordable” housing — most of which is rental housing. But whether everyone who says the state needs more housing really believes it is a fair question. Homelessness, mentalContinue reading “Rent control won’t build the housing Connecticut needs”
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Homelessness, mental illness invite a ‘town farm’ approach
By Chris Powell Maybe someday housing prices in Connecticut will come way down and housing construction will go way up. Maybe someday the state’s economy will be stronger. Maybe someday inflation will be repealed as federal government policy. Must nearly all Connecticut be on government’s payroll? Undo corrupt deal on PURA; and UConn’s bigger scandalContinue reading “Homelessness, mental illness invite a ‘town farm’ approach”
Must nearly all Connecticut be on government’s payroll?
By Chris Powell Are annual incomes of $250,000 a year for a couple and $100,000 for a single person not enough to support a family in Connecticut? That’s the implication of legislation proposed by many state legislators that would pay people $600 every year for each of as many as three of their children. AlongContinue reading “Must nearly all Connecticut be on government’s payroll?”
Undo corrupt deal on PURA; and UConn’s bigger scandal
By CHRIS POWELL Governor Lamont and the leaders of the Democratic majority in the General Assembly have just made state government look pretty sleazy. Psych board did its job but insanity law is crazy Cheng is still pleading poverty; and what do illegals cost? Connecticut’s sanctimony cities show we could use Elon Musk They madeContinue reading “Undo corrupt deal on PURA; and UConn’s bigger scandal”
Hold prisons accountable; and money isn’t education
By Chris Powell Bad stuff happens in prison. Prisoners assault each other and guards, and guards get too rough with prisoners. Not enough people are watching. Prison security makes it almost impossible for the public or journalists to watch, and secrecy breeds criminality. Psychiatric Security Board did its job but insanity law is crazy ChengContinue reading “Hold prisons accountable; and money isn’t education”
Psych board did its job but insanity law is crazy
By Chris Powell Having recently shrugged off his inability to get state government employees to return to their normal workplaces, Governor Lamont may have been lucky to be traveling in India the other day when the state Psychiatric Security Review Board announced it had conditionally released a murderous cannibal back into society, proclaiming him curedContinue reading “Psych board did its job but insanity law is crazy”
Cheng is still pleading poverty; and what do illegals cost?
By Chris Powell What a silly spectacle was last week’s hearing of the General Assembly’s Appropriations Committee on the budget of the state colleges and universities system. Chancellor Terrence Cheng, whose annual salary and benefits exceed $450,000, not counting whatever he can sneak onto his expense account, again pleaded poverty on behalf of his empire.Continue reading “Cheng is still pleading poverty; and what do illegals cost?”
Open government at 50: Principle isn’t practice
By Chris Powell Connecticut’s Freedom of Information Act, enacted in 1975, turns 50 this year, the legacy of Gov. Ella T. Grasso, who vigorously advocated it, and the Watergate scandal of the previous two years, which proclaimed the danger of secret power. The FOI law made Connecticut a leader in accountability in government. The lawContinue reading “Open government at 50: Principle isn’t practice”
Connecticut’s sanctimony cities show we could use Elon Musk
By Chris Powell Hysteria and sanctimony broke out in Connecticut and the country last Monday. Opponents of President Trump had dubbed it “Not My President’s Day” to protest everything his administration is doing or imagined to be doing. In Connecticut the protests were largest in three of the state’s sanctimony cities — about a thousandContinue reading “Connecticut’s sanctimony cities show we could use Elon Musk”
Connecticut doesn’t need more meat; and why unionize government?
By Chris Powell Environmentalists think that raising cattle for meat and milk harms the environment. Animal rights advocates and vegetarians think that eating living creatures is immoral. They have a point but the political struggle has not been going their way, especially since the world always confronts hunger and famine somewhere. Tong’s bluster on inflationContinue reading “Connecticut doesn’t need more meat; and why unionize government?”
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