By Chris Powell By firing TaShun Bowden-Lewis, the state’s chief public defender and the first Black one, Connecticut’s formerly obscure Public Defender Services Commission has struck a belated blow for the public’s sovereignty over its own institutions. But it almost didn’t happen. Last year the commission was upset by Bowden-Lewis’ insubordination, whereupon she accused theContinue reading “Firing restores accountability; and governor boosts ‘ranked choice’”
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Education lobby is outraged that it has to compete for money
By Chris Powell For decades and maybe even centuries the sages have noted that to govern is to choose. Charles de Gaulle elaborated that governing is “to choose among disadvantages.” Leaders of Connecticut’s education lobby and the state legislators they control will have none of this wisdom. They’re sore at Governor Lamont for proposing toContinue reading “Education lobby is outraged that it has to compete for money”
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