HOW
MANY MORE SPECIAL SESSIONS WILL THERE BE IN 2016? JUST GUESSING,
WE THINK TWO (2) - ONE DIRECTLY AFTER ELECTION DAY AND ONE MORE IN
DECEMBER...
STARE DECISIS on death penalty makes Governor check his nose to see if it has grown further...Special Session June 2nd is about...??? Only bonding.
S P E C I A L S E S S I O N I N P E R P E T U I T Y ?
B O N D I N G P R O J E C T S H E L
D H O S T A G E B
Y G O V E R N O R - I S N ' T T H A
T T H E S A M E T H I N G ?
So you thought it was over??? Where does this fit in the budget just passed?
http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/State-budget-complete-but-business-isn-t-7468744.php
WAS IT TO SILENCE REQUESTS FOR HELP (ASSUMING THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO AGREE)?
I wonder why the Democrats wanted to gather these groups together - they
who compete for the same few grant/funding dollars available?
More red ink
Amistad repairs prove more expensive than expected
DAY
By Joe Wojtas
Published June 06. 2016 4:34PM | Updated June 06. 2016 10:21PM
Mystic — Repairs to the schooner Amistad have turned out to be more
expensive and time-consuming than originally predicted, according to the
chairman of Discovering Amistad, the new nonprofit organization that
owns the boat...story in full:
http://www.theday.com/local/20160606/amistad-repairs-prove-more-expensive-than-expected
P L A Y - B Y - P L A Y
SPECIAL SESSION SCHEDULED FOR 1PM JUNE SECOND. No gavel yet, 2:20pm...gavel announced for 3pm - began a bit later...
JOKE TO KEEP YOU OCCUPIED WHILE WAITING: How is the CT Special Session like gymnastics? Ans. A lot of contortions to make the budget balance.
No business yet by 3:45pm and lots of bipartisan comment re:
Speaker Sharkey, who is not running again. M.O.R.E. Commission
mentioned. Symbolically, they can't even edit a video properly -
maybe the guy who writes bills for the Governor moon-lights as video
editor for the House Majority?
SB 503 Emergency Certified Bill
Senate bill (Bonding)
6571 amendment "First Five" - Bridgewater has to go to FR&B.
4:45pm vote by machine. 137 reps voting; 53 yes, 84 no.
Main motion debate.
LINE ITEM VETO EMPLOYED
Criteria? "Shovel ready?" Who did it? School
construction in DAE now, not Education. Vo-Ag? Region
6. ECS operating grant changes. When will projects go
forward? And we note that contracts signed with construction
companies might be delayed...
Unanimous. Send to Governor...who signs it after line item vetoes
on items to compensate for his assumed savings via "second chance" bail
reform.
ADJOURNED 4:44pm
AND HE DID SUCCEED
Then there were these questions:
Is this a power play? As in the way to have special sessions in perpetuity at a reasonable cost to keep the lights on?
Is it the typical smoke and mirrors? Yes, and what is more, watchdogs muzzled.
Furthermore, pain inflicted after posturing and lip-service.
In effort to break cycle, researchers seek to understand why ex-inmates re-offend
The DAY
Lindsay Boyle
June 10, 2016
Excellent story and links to data: http://www.theday.com/article/20160611/NWS04/160619801
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CT MIRROR REPORT
And a second report: http://ctmirror.org/2016/05/31/malloy-bows-to-legislature-narrows-second-chance-to-bail/
And a third report: http://ctmirror.org/2016/06/02/criminal-justice-reformer-questions-malloys-approach-to-bail/
CTNEWSJUNKIE REPORT
Considering that Implementer muzzles "fiscal watchdog" agencies' ability to report to the public, looks bad for CT - when will Moody's catch on to what's being done?
With reportedly O.F.A. and OPM only doing one, joint report per year, how "transparent" is this?
“...The 2017 budget is built on misplaced spending priorities and
phantom revenues. It relies on one-time revenue sources and fund sweeps,
decimates funding to hospitals, substance abuse programs, and services
for the sick and the disabled, and cuts local education and municipal
aid when most towns and cities have already set their budgets.
“Constant revenue shortfalls this year showed clearly that the
state can’t collect all the taxes it has imposed, both because people
and businesses have left or because personal income has dipped, as
low-wage jobs replace higher-wage jobs in our economy. Yet this budget
relies on arbitrary assumptions that revenues will grow not only from
lawsuits filed by the state Attorney General, car sales, real estate
transfers, and fees, but also from more cigarette and alcohol sales and
gambling. This budget is ripe for new deficits just around the
corner..." From comment by State Rep. 143rd.
The first time I heard about the State of Connecticut was in graduate
school. The topic: "Boss" led government...leading to
Constitutional change.
QUESTIONS:
Do you think ChaCha could do a better job? CT heading for a fall
in Fall? "Land of Steady Habits" government ethics (an oxymoron if
ever I heard one).
Read the article and do the math:
http://www.ctnewsjunkie.com/archives/entry/sharkey_says_its_up_to_malloy_to_make_his_case_on_second_chance_2.0/
D E M O C R A T S F O L D I N
G T H E I R T E N T S ? N O T L
I K E L Y . R A T S D E S E R T I N G A
S I N K I N G S H I P ? W O O F !
Get rid of Home Rule before November 8, as one "M.O.R.E." parting punishment to every small town in Connecticut?
GOVERNOR
MALLOY IMMUNE TO POPULAR OPINION (c). SPEAKER SHARKEY (l) NOT
RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION. (R) CHACHA SAYS "WATCH OUT FOR SPECIAL
SESSIONS."
House Speaker J. Brendan Sharkey won’t seek re-election
CT MIRROR
By: Mark Pazniokas | May 15, 2016
House Speaker J. Brendan Sharkey, D-Hamden, who oversaw the difficult
passage of a state budget Friday on a 74 to 70 vote, said Sunday he will
not seek re-election this fall to a ninth term in the General Assembly.
Sharkey, 54, who had lined up votes for a relatively rare third term as
speaker next year, confirmed what multiple sources had told The Mirror
earlier: He was planning a formal announcement this week about stepping
down at the end of his current two-year term...story in full: http://ctmirror.org/2016/05/15/house-speaker-j-brendan-sharkey-wont-seek-re-election/