electric utilities – Chris Powell column

Fix Connecticut’s big problems before trying to seize utilities

By CHRIS POWELL In principle there’s nothing wrong with government ownership of electricity, water, and gas delivery utilities, since they are natural monopolies. People building a state or country from scratch might do best to start that way — if they have the necessary capital. Governor goes retrograde with Medicaid penalty tax Many TV andContinue reading “Fix Connecticut’s big problems before trying to seize utilities”

Attorney General Tong succeeds Trump as foremost insurrectionist

By Chris Powell The more fulminating they do, the more elected officials should be challenged and questioned by journalism. These days Connecticut’s fulminator-in-chief is Attorney General William Tong, a Democrat, yet he gets a free ride from the state’s news organizations and even from the General Assembly’s Republican minority. Two weeks ago Tong was joinedContinue reading “Attorney General Tong succeeds Trump as foremost insurrectionist”