Tag Archives: State Treasurer Erick Russell

Let the Sun set elsewhere; we have enough basketball

By CHRIS POWELL Why are Governor Lamont and state Treasurer Erick Russell so enthusiastic about using state pension money to make state government a minority owner of the Mohegan tribe’s Connecticut Sun women’s basketball team and move it to Hartford from the tribe’s reservation in rural eastern Connecticut? Postal service remains too quaint in ConnecticutContinue reading “Let the Sun set elsewhere; we have enough basketball”

State treasurer repudiates parental and women’s rights

By Chris Powell According to state Treasurer Erick Russell, a wave of fascism is sweeping over Connecticut.  In an essay in the Hartford Courant last week, Russell wrote that several state legislators have “proposed legislation targeting transgender children,” legislation signifying “fanaticism” and an “extreme vision” that would deny rights to people.  What exactly is theContinue reading “State treasurer repudiates parental and women’s rights”