By Chris Powell Next time the governor and state legislators boast about the decline in Connecticut’s prison population, remember the recent report in the Hearst Connecticut newspapers about the state Board of Pardons and Paroles. By a vote of 2-1 after a hearing in January, the board approved parole for a Bridgeport man who hadContinue reading “A grossly premature parole; and teachers aren’t underpaid”
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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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