By CHRIS POWELL If Connecticut’s next state budget can be considered a sort of poker game of tax cutting, Governor Lamont has opened with $500 million and the minority Republicans in the state Senate have seen his $500 million and raised him $1 billion. But it’s not as hopeful for taxpayers as it looks. MoreContinue reading “Republican senators top governor’s tax cut by $1 billion”
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If ‘public benefits’ require deception, get rid of them
By CHRIS POWELL Misconduct by its recently disgraced and departed chairwoman, Marissa Gillett, has Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority on the defensive. Past utility rate decisions have been put in legal jeopardy, utility companies are getting angry and aggressive, Gillett’s Democratic allies in the General Assembly have been discredited for their complicity with her powerContinue reading “If ‘public benefits’ require deception, get rid of them”
Connecticut designs itself to prohibit affordability
By CHRIS POWELL Perhaps taking a hint from socialist Democrat Zohran Mamdani’s successful campaign for mayor of New York City, whose slogan was “A city we can afford,” politicians in both parties in Connecticut are taking “affordability” for their own platforms, this state being nearly as expensive as its western neighbor. Report on state’s homelessContinue reading “Connecticut designs itself to prohibit affordability”
Utility regulator, caught lying, blames her adversaries
By CHRIS POWELL Just hours after she was caught lying to state legislators, the chairwoman of Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, Marissa P. Gillett, resigned last week, blaming her vindicated critics for making her life harder than she could bear. Overimpressed by college, Democrats get arrogant Senator Winfield and other Democrats want open borders againContinue reading “Utility regulator, caught lying, blames her adversaries”
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