By CHRIS POWELL What are “sanctuary states” and “sanctuary cities”? Connecticut Attorney General William Tong and Governor Lamont last week claimed not to know and to have no idea why the Trump administration has labeled Connecticut a “sanctuary state.” Will Governor Lamont allow escape from unpublic education? Poverty racket and kickbacks disgrace state government WhyContinue reading “New Haven understands ‘sanctuary’ while Tong and Lamont pretend not to”
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Immigration fraud racket operates from city halls
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”
Crime without consequences hastens Connecticut’s decline
By Chris Powell What happens when there are no consequences for misconduct? With Connecticut full of repeat criminal offenders on the loose, and with juveniles stealing cars and committing mayhem with impunity, having realized that government won’t punish them, almost anyone might have a clue about where social disintegration is coming from. But few DemocratsContinue reading “Crime without consequences hastens Connecticut’s decline”
‘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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