By Chris Powell A tiny cluster of low-lying rocks in Long Island Sound just off the coast of Connecticut at Groton is aptly named: Mouse Island. Robinson Crusoe was more removed from civilization, but the residents of Mouse Island’s three houses, occupying lots of barely a quarter acre each, might have considered the island aContinue reading “Zoning comes for a mouse; and don’t blame Facebook”
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Block housing development and your taxes may go up
By Chris Powell Blame for rising property taxes in Connecticut may be shared more broadly than most people think. It’s not just the fault of elected officials who yield to the demands of special interests, particularly the demands of government employee unions for higher wages and benefits. Property taxes are determined in large part byContinue reading “Block housing development and your taxes may go up”
Enough ethnic pandering already, and enough stereotyping as well
By Chris Powell Has Connecticut been more Balkanized or less so by Groton’s decision to replace its observance of Columbus Day with a holiday that will be both Italian Heritage Day and Indigenous Peoples Day? Columbus now is considered politically incorrect for having helped to open the Western Hemisphere to the European exploration and colonizationContinue reading “Enough ethnic pandering already, and enough stereotyping as well”
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