Jorge Perez and Carl Goldfield, leaders of two opposing sides of New Haven’s political wars, agreed on something Friday: Both called for city Budget Director Frank Altieri to file an ethics disclosure form that other city officials must file. Incredibly, Altieri’s boss, Mayor John DeStefano, is standing by the arrangement with the argument that it’s […]
Posted inState Capitol
The Heat Is On
Democratic legislative leaders and the governor try to outdo each other on home heating help. Will it detract from campaign finance reform? When Gov. M. Jodi Rell called for a special session on campaign finance reform last week, Senate President Donald Williams (D-Brooklyn) responded with specifics…about why home heating costs should be tackled, too.So Rell’s […]
Posted inElection 2006
DeStefano: ‘We Were Confused’
New Haven Mayor John DeStefano addressed his illegal immigration controversy at a press event in Hartford today, chalking the tempest up to an enterprising reporter (though DeStefano didn’t put it quite that way) and a bungled press operation.[Correction: In an earlier version of this story, we reported that the deadline for filing fundraising totals for […]
Posted inCorporate Watch
Heads We Win, Tails You Lose
When Southern New England Telephone Co. (now SBC) changed its pension plan ten years ago, it unlawfully cheated workers out of thousands of dollars in retirement benefits, according to allegations in a class action suit filed against the company. To understand how SNET did it, strap on your accountant caps and concentrate real hard on […]
Posted inHealth Care
Grassroots Groups Polish Drug Companies’ Image
Groups dedicated to helping the poor and disenfranchised have found themselves—sometimes to their spokesmen’s surprise—participating in a front group for drug companies dedicated to blocking cheaper prescriptions.
Posted inLabor
Rell Goes Into Labor Meeting
Gov. M. Jodi Rell vetoed her own clean contracting bill the Friday afternoon before a long holiday weekend, because it contained anti-privatization language demanded by state employee unions.She vetoed a telecom bill strongly supported by the Communications Workers of America, who had argued the legislation would protect their jobs.She vetoed a bill requiring the state […]
Posted inMedia Matters
Equality: Not Fit to Print
Starting Saturday, same-sex couples around the state will be eligible for civil unions. But you won’t see any of them in the Waterbury Republican-American. That’s because the Brass City’s independently owned daily is the only major newspaper in Connecticut to decide against running civil union notices alongside its marriage announcements, according to Love Makes A […]
Posted inState Capitol
Well Isn’t That Special
With Gov. Jodi Rell saying she will make a decision “soon” on whether to call a special session on campaign finance reform, supporters of public financing for elections called a press conference today to try to keep the issue in the news and the pressure on legislative leaders. Will it work? Gov. M. Jodi Rell […]
Posted inTown News
Pre-Election Threat: We’ll Take Your Homes
In John DeStefano’s New Haven, a group of homeowners receives foreclosure papers just days before an election that pitted their alderwoman against an opponent backed by City Hall. Did the city’s tax office deliberately target the neighborhood of a DeStefano political opponent? Or is it all just a coincidence?
Posted inIraq at Home
Protest At Home
Can’t make it to Washington D.C. for the big antiwar protest this weekend? No worries. Show up at the Hartford State Armory on Broad Street, 2 p.m. on Saturday, and you can express your feelings right here at home. A march will kick off at the Armory and head to the military recruiting center on […]
