no matter what I say, I mean it in a nice way
As a follow-up to my last post about Ned Lamont considering a run for Governor in 2010, I want to call attention to a new post by Genghis Conn at CT Local Politics, in which he puts forth several reasons why a Lamont candidacy in the 2010 governor’s race would make sense:
There is no real [...]
Ned Lamont spoke about the Connecticut economy yesterday at CCSU, and he had some harsh criticism for Governor Rell and her handling of the budget:
“We’re not bankrupt, but we’ve been flat as a pancake for a generation,” he said of the state economy.
Unlike Rell, who has flat-funded education, Obama has proposed increased spending for priorities [...]
Since I’ve been blogging on a schedule about as light as Governor Rell’s, it’s a good thing that Gabe is keeping us informed on how she’s been playing politics with the budget. He first wrote about the curiously absent $2 billion here, but provides a quick re-cap in his more recent post:
January 20 – [...]
In her budget proposal, Governor Rell proposed cuts to higher education funding in the state that could result in tuition hikes for students. Though she failed to mention these cuts in her address to the legislature (full text – executive summary), Christine Stuart reported on them at CT News Junkie:
Although public colleges will have [...]