By Chris Powell At last Terrence Cheng, chancellor of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities System — “president” not being pretentious enough — has managed to embarrass Governor Lamont and Democratic leaders in the General Assembly. Cheng did it with his expense-account extravagance reported last week by Connecticut’s Hearst newspapers. Now journalism should embarrass the governorContinue reading “How is college boss Cheng worth that huge salary and perks?”
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Mistakenly doubled salary explains state government
By Chris Powell Miracle of miracles, Connecticut’s Correction Department has arranged to recover a total of nearly $164,000 spent in 54 mistaken salary overpayments to an employee who was the highlight of a report by the state auditors in August. Correction Commissioner Angel Quiros disclosed the repayment plan the other day in a letter toContinue reading “Mistakenly doubled salary explains state government”
There’s a better innovation; and prohibit the looting of hospitals
By Chris Powell Connecticut’s state auditors are on a roll with their critical report about state government’s “venture capital firm,” Connecticut Innovations, which was published the other day soon after the critical audits about expensive management failures at Central Connecticut State University, the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, and the Correction Department. TheContinue reading “There’s a better innovation; and prohibit the looting of hospitals”
Welcome to Connecticut, home of wasted payroll
By Chris Powell Since Connecticut state government is a big place, it will make mistakes even in the best of circumstances. But Governor Lamont and state legislators should pay much more attention to state government’s most expensive undertaking — payroll administration — and less attention to what engaged them last week — new highway signsContinue reading “Welcome to Connecticut, home of wasted payroll”
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