By CHRIS POWELL Politics and government long have been full of euphemisms — words that camouflage or sanitize what is being done — and the euphemism that was in greatest use as the recent session of the General Assembly ended was “invest.” The governor and legislators declared proudly that they had “invested” more in this,Continue reading “‘Investing’ euphemizes spending; and two more empty gestures”
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How is college boss Cheng worth that huge salary and perks?
By Chris Powell At last Terrence Cheng, chancellor of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities System — “president” not being pretentious enough — has managed to embarrass Governor Lamont and Democratic leaders in the General Assembly. Cheng did it with his expense-account extravagance reported last week by Connecticut’s Hearst newspapers. Now journalism should embarrass the governorContinue reading “How is college boss Cheng worth that huge salary and perks?”
Legislators’ brazen deception should cost them re-election
By Chris Powell Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely, and with its 24-12 majority the Democratic caucus in Connecticut’s Senate is well on its way there. For recent commentary from the Yankee Institute’s Meghan Portfolio shows that the party was even more deceptive than originally reported with its legislation to award unemployment compensation to strikers.Continue reading “Legislators’ brazen deception should cost them re-election”
Connecticut’s tenants may block housing; and U.S. meddling in Ukraine exposed
By Chris Powell With its desperate shortage of housing, Connecticut presents what should be a great opportunity to make a lot of money in housing construction. But a hearing held last week by the General Assembly’s Housing Committee suggested that state government instead will be making the shortage worse. Under discussion were bills to prohibitContinue reading “Connecticut’s tenants may block housing; and U.S. meddling in Ukraine exposed”
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