Monthly Archive for February, 2009
Judicial Marshals In a Post-High $heriff World
Continuing the Blogster’s stroll through state payrolls:So how are the Judicial Marshals faring in the post-county sheriff system? According to recent ethics filings, the average income is less than …
Calhoun, the High-Priced Hothead, Embarrasses Lawmakers
Thursday January 26, 2009 The two co-chairwomen of the legislative Higher Education Committee today wrote a letter to UConn President Michael Hogan questioning the behavior of Jim Calhoun, the …
Rell’s Budget Remembers Good Old Days That Don’t Exist Anymore
Wednesday February 25, 2009 It’s been a full three weeks since Gov. Jodi Rell presented her two-year budget proposal to lawmakers. The Blogster has apparently been distracted by the shorter-term …
Debt Service Is The Quiet Budget Killer
Monday February 23, 2009 Bob Genuario, the secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, who is Gov. Jodi Rell’s chief budget architect, is sparing with the Finance, Revenue & Bonding …
Bill Dyson Gets Big Sendoff
Friday February 20, 2009 Last night about 1,000 people turned out at the Aqua Turf catering facility in Southington to honor Bill Dyson, the former longest-serving member of the state House of …
Hunters Want To Keep Bambi Off Your Car Hood and Put Them in Food Banks, Where They Belong
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 Bob Crook, Capitol lobbyist for the Coalition of Connecticut Sportsman and editor of “Hook ‘n Bullet,” the bible of Bambi blasters, warns that the state Department of …
Starkowski Faces Heart Surgery
Tuesday February 17, 2009 In case you think there’s no pressure heading the state Department of Social Services, Commissioner Mike Starkowski today began a medical leave. He’ll have coronary artery …
Pay Envy III: Nonpartisan Staff
Friday February 13, 2009 Here’s the final installment in the Blogster’s Pay Envy Listings. Under the state Freedom of Information Act, the Office of Legislative Management this morning released the …
Amann’s Competitors Polite, For Now
Thursday February 12, 2009 Prior to Jim Amann’s announcement last night that he’s available for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, the Blogster called his most-likely competitors: Stamford Mayor …
Amann In, Williams Out of Gov’s Race
Wednesday Feb. 11, 2009 The Blogster has heard that Senate President Pro Tempore Don Williams will not run for governor, leaving the field more open for Jim Amann of Milford, the former House speaker, …
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