By Chris Powell Having stuffed absentee ballot boxes for Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim and the city’s Democratic machine only to be caught on surveillance video and charged criminally and belatedly fired from her patronage job as official greeter at City Hall, Wanda Geter-Pataky has found what may be a more lucrative racket. The New HavenContinue reading “Immigration fraud racket operates from city halls”
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Throwing money at schools is a policy needing an audit
By Chris Powell Like public education in most American cities, public education in Connecticut’s cities has been chaotic and ineffective for decades. Ever since the enactment of the Education Enhancement Act in 1986 the state’s response to this failure has been to throw money at schools and particularly at teacher salaries, on the premise thatContinue reading “Throwing money at schools is a policy needing an audit”
‘See something, say something’? Better not try it in New Haven
By Chris Powell For 22 years, ever since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Americans have been urged by various government agencies: “If you see something, say something.” Having done just that may cost New Haven’s registrar of vital statistics her job. The registrar, Patricia Clark, had been alerting federal immigration authorities to dozensContinue reading “‘See something, say something’? Better not try it in New Haven”
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