By CHRIS POWELL New Haven’s Board of Education, of which Mayor Justin Elicker is a member, says city residents should not be told how well School Superintendent Madeline Negron is doing her job. Lamont and Tong applaud defeat of their party’s own water scheme Hospital rescues promise far higher medical costs Wesleyan’s vegetarian plaque mayContinue reading “New Haven school board is frank with public: Get lost!”
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Will Gov. Lamont allow escape from unpublic education?
By CHRIS POWELL How much more of a servant of the government employee unions does Governor Lamont want to be? Poverty racket and kickbacks disgrace state government Why can’t journalism pose key immigration questions? Connecticut Democrats get hysterical as Trump proclaims the obvious Connecticut will find out when the governor decides what to do aboutContinue reading “Will Gov. Lamont allow escape from unpublic education?”
Connecticut leads Trump in privatizing government
By Chris Powell Democrats throughout the country, including Connecticut U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, are charging that the Trump administration wants to privatize government. By “privatize” the Democrats really mean that the Trump administration is cutting off their vast patronage from the federal government, as if elections mustn’t be allowed to change things. Can Murphy andContinue reading “Connecticut leads Trump in privatizing government”
Open government at 50: Principle isn’t practice
By Chris Powell Connecticut’s Freedom of Information Act, enacted in 1975, turns 50 this year, the legacy of Gov. Ella T. Grasso, who vigorously advocated it, and the Watergate scandal of the previous two years, which proclaimed the danger of secret power. The FOI law made Connecticut a leader in accountability in government. The lawContinue reading “Open government at 50: Principle isn’t practice”
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