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”
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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?”
Is anyone really governor? And the solution is parents
By Chris Powell Interviewed this week by WTIC-AM1080 morning host Brian Shactman, Governor Lamont remarked that state government is in good condition. But as the conversation turned to the loss of vibrancy in the cities, with so many former office workers now working from home, the governor noted that he wanted office workers, including stateContinue reading “Is anyone really governor? And the solution is parents”
Ending poverty isn’t the aim of state policy; enlarging it is
By Chris Powell Nearly everyone on state government’s payroll, directly or indirectly, is beseeching Governor Lamont and the General Assembly to loosen the “fiscal guardrails” that have constrained spending and have allowed state pension funds to grow slightly faster than their obligations. Stewart goes for governor with giddy superficiality Trump and Democrats trade license forContinue reading “Ending poverty isn’t the aim of state policy; enlarging it is”
Stewart goes for governor with giddy superficiality
By Chris Powell Outlining last week her potential candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor, New Britain’s Republican mayor, Erin Stewart, said that while her likely Democratic opponent, Governor Lamont, is a nice guy, “he’s not evoking excitement in anyone.” But hadn’t Connecticut just had too much excitement from the first few days of theContinue reading “Stewart goes for governor with giddy superficiality”
Trump and Democrats trade license for lawlessness
By Chris Powell What exactly was President Trump up to this week when he tried to impose a “temporary suspension” on federal government grant payments? His people said it was to make sure that such payments align with the policies of his new administration. ‘Intervention’ in Bridgeport is just cover for a bailout Alphabet peopleContinue reading “Trump and Democrats trade license for lawlessness”
‘Intervention’ in Bridgeport is just cover for a bailout
By Chris Powell Last week Governor Lamont and his education commissioner, Charlene Russell-Tucker, went to Bridgeport to discuss what news organizations described as state government’s “intervention” in the impoverished city’s horribly performing schools. But the “intervention” was mainly for show. For the State Board of Education’s three-part plan for the city’s schools practically proclaims thatContinue reading “‘Intervention’ in Bridgeport is just cover for a bailout”
Could Lamont ask Trump for help with electricity prices?
By Chris Powell When the General Assembly reconvened two weeks ago, Governor Lamont spoke at length about Connecticut’s outrageously high electricity prices and said that to bring electricity prices down the state needed access to more natural gas and more Canadian hydro-electric power. Connecticut’s Democrats don’t understand their working-class problem City mayors and educators seekContinue reading “Could Lamont ask Trump for help with electricity prices?”
City mayors and educators seek more money for what keeps failing
By Chris Powell Governor Lamont welcomed the General Assembly back to work two weeks ago with a remarkable exhortation. “We have a longer legislative session this cycle,” the governor said, “giving us an opportunity to get in the weeds, lift up the hood — not always arguing about more money but better results.” To regrowContinue reading “City mayors and educators seek more money for what keeps failing”
Lamont, legislators minimize college arrogance, hypocrisy
By Chris Powell Governor Lamont is right that the expense account exploitation perpetrated by the chancellor of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system, Terrence Cheng, and his fellow top administrators is “small ball,” insofar as the financial expense goes. It doesn’t compare to the hundreds of millions of dollars in cost overruns incurred inContinue reading “Lamont, legislators minimize college arrogance, hypocrisy”
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