The lights are still out for many in Connecticut

Power outages in Connecticut. Oct 30. Black is 80-100% no power. Many towns had 100% outages. (ModernSurvivalBlog.com)

Things have gotten so heated that the Connecticut Governor and Lieutenant Governor walked out of a press conference when the CEO of bumbling Connecticut Light and Power began to speak. No one much believes CL&P’s promises that [...]

Connecticut, once hugely prosperous, faces hard times

I grew up in Connecticut. It used to always have the highest per capita income, and may still be ranked high primarily because of hedge fund money in Greenwich. But times have changed drastically. Its pension obligations are among the worst of any state, per capita debt is very high, Moodys just lowered their bonds [...]

You think Illinois is corrupt? Try Connecticut

So says DemfromCT in DailyKos, and I must concur. I grew up in Connecticut and Sue and I moved back there for 14 months starting Feb. 2007. (We live in the SF Bay area now.)

Um, I was appalled at the obvious level of corruption in Connecticut. It wasn’t even subtle. In California, politicians might [...]

Connecticut slipping in job creation

The State of Connecticut has the highest per capita income of any state, yet is falling behind in job creation, education – and has the second-worst income disparity in the country.

“This is no longer a social-only discussion, this is now an economic competitiveness discussion,” said Thomas Phillips, president of Capital Workforce Partners in Hartford. [...]