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”
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Poverty racket and kickbacks disgrace state government
By CHRIS POWELL Under investigation by a federal grand jury for having steered millions of dollars of state government anti-poverty grants to enterprises controlled by a friend, state Sen. Douglas McCrory, D-Bloomfield, insists, “I did nothing illegal.” Why can’t journalism pose key immigration questions? Connecticut Democrats get hysterical as Trump proclaims the obvious Euphemism can’tContinue reading “Poverty racket and kickbacks disgrace state government”
Ranked-choice voting is good but Connecticut isn’t ready
By Chris Powell Governor Lamont and some good-government activists want Connecticut to adopt ranked-choice voting. This is the mechanism of “instant runoff” elections in which voters rank candidates in order of their preference. Candidates receiving the fewest votes are eliminated and their votes are transferred to the remaining candidates in accordance with voter preferences untilContinue reading “Ranked-choice voting is good but Connecticut isn’t ready”
Immigration fraud racket operates from city halls
By Chris Powell Having stuffed absentee ballot boxes for Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim and the city’s Democratic machine only to be caught on surveillance video and charged criminally and belatedly fired from her patronage job as official greeter at City Hall, Wanda Geter-Pataky has found what may be a more lucrative racket. The New HavenContinue reading “Immigration fraud racket operates from city halls”
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