By CHRIS POWELL Secret payments are contradictions of open, accountable, and democratic government. They are the essence of government corruption. Yet last year the General Assembly and Governor Lamont authorized such secrecy. Why? Because it was sought by the University of Connecticut, which is often considered the fourth branch of state government and entitled toContinue reading “Secret payments are corrupt even when UConn teams win”
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Municipalities should be posting their most interesting records
By Chris Powell Greenwich First Selectman Fred Camillo is sore at people who, he says, make lots of requests for access to town records under Connecticut’s freedom-of-information law. “Some people are abusing the system,” Camillo says, and requesting town records “has been weaponized and we’re getting harassed.” So his administration has begun posting on Greenwich’s internetContinue reading “Municipalities should be posting their most interesting records”
Turn ‘nips’ into ‘caferos’; and Southbury defies FOI
By Chris Powell Connecticut won’t be getting any relief this year from the plague of tiny liquor bottles littering the state. Legislation proposed by state Rep. Joe Gresko, D-Stratford, to allow municipalities to prohibit sale of the “nips” failed to get out of a committee in the General Assembly this month. Of course the liquorContinue reading “Turn ‘nips’ into ‘caferos’; and Southbury defies FOI”
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