Perhaps if John Larson represented a different district, one where he competed with a centrist Republican, he might be more frugal with his opinions. Truth is, he finds himself in the safe Democratic First Congressional District, where he can speak his mind and vote his conscience.This past week, before Congress broke for summer recess, Larson […]
Posted inState Capitol
We Had A Deal!
A missing phrase in the celebrated ‘clean contracting’ bill has caused a political train wreck at the Capitol. Democratic leaders and administration officials are accusing each other of welshing on a deal on how the state should- or shouldn’t- privatize services. By the end of the first day of special session Thursday, the two sides […]
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Rell’s Birthday Party Includes Lobbyists
Governor’s ‘no meeting with lobbyists’ policy apparently exempts social gatherings, like her birthday party this week in Manchester. At least three registered lobbyists attended a birthday party held earlier this week for Gov. M. Jodi Rell at Wickham Park in Manchester: Robinson & Cole’s Charlie Duffy and Keith Stover, along with Patricia LeShane of Sullivan […]
Posted inCorporate Watch
Like A Good Neighbor?
State Farm, a mega-financial services company, wants to avoid Connecticut’s banking laws. State Farm Bank, a division of the well-known insurance company of the same name, thinks Connecticut’s banking rules don’t apply to them. So its lawyers argue in a complaint filed last month in U.S. District Court in Hartford. Federal banking laws should preempt […]
Posted inIraq at Home
Jailhouse Lawyer
New York attorney Lynne Stewart awaits sentencing for alleged terrorist activities. Translation: She might get 30 years for issuing a press release on behalf of her client. She will come to West Hartford tonight to talk about the government that did this to her, and what it can do to you. Left-wing activists view Lynne […]
Posted inLocal Politics
Drip, Drip, Drip…
…Goes the sound of ever more manufacturing jobs draining out of Connecticut. This time, it’s 77 machinists at Hamilton Sundstrand. Will the courts stop it? When a machinists’ contract came up last year at Hamilton Sundstrand’s plant in Windsor Locks, job security was the union’s number one priority. After all, moving manufacturing jobs out of […]
Posted inLocal Politics
Drip, Drip, Drip…
…Goes the sound of ever more manufacturing jobs draining out of Connecticut. This time, it’s 77 machinists at Hamilton Sundstrand. Will the courts stop it? When a machinists’ contract came up last year at Hamilton Sundstrand’s plant in Windsor Locks, job security was the union’s number one priority. After all, moving manufacturing jobs out of […]
Posted inCorporate Watch
Drip, Drip, Drip…
…Goes the sound of ever more manufacturing jobs draining out of Connecticut. This time, it’s 77 machinists at Hamilton Sundstrand. Will the courts stop it? When a machinists’ contract came up last year at Hamilton Sundstrand’s plant in Windsor Locks, job security was the union’s number one priority. After all, moving manufacturing jobs out of […]
Posted inLabor
Where Have You Gone, Big Bill Haywood?
One hundred years ago this June, a group of labor radicals formed the Industrial Workers of the World. The Wobblies, as they were nicknamed, preached a dynamic economic vision for the American working class, with leaders like “Big” Bill Haywood.Under the slogan of ‘One Big Union,’ IWW membership exploded from 200 to over 100,000 by […]
Posted inState Capitol
Soda Money
The governor’s school soda veto- and her longtime friendship with one of Coke’s lobbyists- opens a line of attack for her political enemies. On the web site for Sullivan and LeShane, a leading lobbying firm at the state Capitol, the biography for Patricia LeShane lists one of her credentials as “campaign advisor to Lt. Governor […]
