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UPDATE: The CT State House voted Wednesday night to approve medical marijuana. Now the bill goes to the Senate. Greg Hladky, a scribe for www.ct.com, has a nose for stories in more ways than one. He files this report about the financial impact of medical marijuana that could be passed this state legislative session. Medical [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Jodi Rell'
Pot A Hot Medical Commodity–House Approves Legalization
April 26th, 2012 · 7 Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events
Tags: Greg Hladky·Jodi Rell
Election Commissioners Have Cold Feet
January 18th, 2012 · 2 Comments · News and Events, State Politics
Always a curious choice when a professional pol is appointed to head enforcement of election law. Will he protect pals? Pursue foes? Here’s the latest from Mark Pazniokas of the Connecticut Mirror on the proposed selection of former Middletown Mayor Sebastian Giuliano to serve as the new executive director of the state agency that has taken action, [...]
Newton Versus Gomes: The Politics Of State Senate District Changes
December 26th, 2011 · 28 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics
While the State Supreme Court sorts out the reconfiguration of Connecticut’s five congressional districts, required every 10 years to reflect population shifts, the redistricting panel that managed to agree on map changes to the 2012 state legislative districts has angered some African American activist and political leaders including former State Senator Ernie Newton even though Newton could benefit from the city’s redistricting [...]
Tags: Alvin Penn·Anthony Musto·Bill Finch·Ed Gomes·Ernie Newton·Jodi Rell
Solution For Rail Commuters, Park In Bridgeport
October 24th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Analysis and Comment, Development and Zoning
Take the Bridgeport train. Rent a place downtown. From Shelly Banjo, Wall Street Journal: FAIRFIELD, Conn.—In the Metro-North parking lots along Connecticut’s Gold Coast, the haves and the have-nots aren’t defined by their clothes, car or even their net worth. Here, it’s about whether they have a flimsy green piece of paper visible on their [...]
Foster Fillets Finch’s Flip Flops
February 14th, 2011 · 28 Comments · City Politics, Development and Zoning, News and Events
In 2009, before State Rep. Chris Caruso screamed holy hell, before neighbors from the Upper East Side blew a cork, before rallies and vigils and protests made it clear that Governor Jodi’s Rell’s proposal for a juvenile detention center for girls was unacceptable, Mayor Bill Finch had made it clear he was all for building [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Carl McCluster·Chris Caruso·Community Solutions Inc.·Jodi Rell·Mary-Jane Foster
Dude, The Dodgers Left Brooklyn More Than 50 Years Ago!
May 14th, 2012 · 9 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Development and Zoning
Why does the Wall Street Journal cover Connecticut? Because there’s plenty of moolah here (and lots of other great stuff). Governor Dannel Malloy kicked off a campaign today to revive the tourism industry his predecessor Jodi Rell mothballed. If you believe perception is reality, suburbanites have perceptions about Bridgeport. Arrogant New Yorkers have perceptions about [...]
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Tags: Dan Malloy·Jodi Rell·Shelly Banjo·Wall Street Journal