Connecticut: Are You Better Off Than An Illegal Alien?

 The forgotten men, women and families in the once great state of Connecticut really do not ask for much. They ask for clean and safe streets. Lower taxes. Reliable public education. Recreation. Economic opportunity. The chance to build equity and value. However, the twisted and putrid Democrat machine in Hartford continues to manufacture a directed effort to assail anything close to that for these innocent citizens. Week in and week out things continue to get worse in Connecticut. Every time you think things are getting better, the Connecticut Democrat Party dumps another piece of bad and unlawful legislation out to oppress the populace at that last minute. Below, we will now examine the latest piece of crap that is being force fed to Connecticut Taxpayers making their lives yet even more dangerous and defenseless.

This latest legislative brutality is known as Senate Bill 397 (An Act Concerning Democracy and Government Accountability. (“Bill”) Passed by the Connecticut Senate in April 2026. This Bill is stated to strengthen oversight of United States Immigration and  Customs Enforcement ("ICE"), permit lawsuits against federal officers for civil rights violations, and ban law enforcement masks. It creates "protected areas,” (e.g., schools, hospitals, and churches), where civil arrests are restricted, and limits data retention from automated license plate readers.

Upon reading the Bill it is quite clear that the fever dream of the deluded Connecticut State Senate is to see state officers in violent skirmishes with the officers of ICE. It is ostensible that if the state officers prevail (an extremely unlikely scenario especially given the force permitted in defense of the U.S. Constitution and the Supremacy Clause), this same state Senate could then set up a twisted and delusional banana state under its own control showing no mercy to its legitimate citizens.

But this sane or disaffected Connecticut citizen must come to grips with why the Connecticut State Senate wishes to destroy everything for which they have worked. This same citizen wonders why government would not work to protect what they have worked so hard for, especially as a good part of their tax dollars have been expended for such protection.

Perhaps at this juncture it would be helpful to review what ICE does, particularly with respect to Enforcement and Removal Operations ("ERO"). The ERO directorate upholds U.S. immigration law at, within, and beyond our borders. ERO's work is critical to the enforcement of immigration law against those who present a danger to our national security, are a threat to public safety, or who otherwise undermine the integrity of our immigration system.

ERO operations target public safety threats, such as convicted criminal undocumented aliens and gang members, as well as individuals who have otherwise violated our nation's immigration laws, including those who illegally re-entered the country after being removed and immigration fugitives ordered removed by federal immigration judges. ERO deportation officers assigned to INTERPOL also assist in targeting and apprehending foreign fugitives or Fugitive Arrest and Removal (FAR) cases who are wanted for crimes committed abroad and who are now at-large in the U.S.

ERO manages all aspects of the immigration enforcement process, including identification and arrest, domestic transportation, detention, bond management, and supervised release, including alternatives to detention. In addition, ERO removes undocumented aliens ordered removed from the U.S. to more than 150 countries around the world. (https://www.ice.gov/about-ice)

When reading the above, it is quite clear that ICE does keep our country safe from the invasion of ten million illegal and undocumented people that entered our country during the Biden Administration as they try to apprehend the many criminals that were let in at that time. This also includes 1.7 million migrants detected by technology but not apprehended that have evaded Border Patrol. But the Connecticut Democrat Party, with zero regard for legitimate Connecticut taxpayers, wants open borders and to punish Connecticut taxpayers even more, by having them pay for these illegals. It is estimated that the state pays $1.3 billion dollars or more for them. But you will not get a real answer from your nontransparent Democrat state government as to the costs. Moreover, you will get the Governor and the Attorney General vehemently insisting that Connecticut is not a sanctuary state, during a time when every large city in Connecticut has deemed itself to be a “welcoming sanctuary city,” regardless of legal citizenship. This convoluted strategy is right out of Saul Alinsky's "Rules For Radicals". And this is the Connecticut way of governance.

I believe it is also valuable to try to refresh the Connecticut Democrat Party's memory as to why ICE is trying to enforce Federal Laws, and respectfully provide this piece from 2024: "The same disastrous catch-and-release policies that let the killers of Laken Riley, Rachel Morin, and Jocelyn Nungaray loose into the country are also still in use by this administration (Biden)––regardless of the consequences. In fact, this fiscal year alone, more than 1.2 million inadmissible aliens have received a “Notice to Appear” from CBP and have been released into our communities with inadequate vetting and screening. The list of preventable crimes committed by those here illegally unfortunately continued to grow last month. On July 28, Jorge Chacon-Gutierrez shot a San Antonio police officer who was responding to a domestic violence call. Chacon-Gutierrez reportedly entered the U.S. illegally through Eagle Pass, Texas, in November of 2023 and was released with an April 2026 court date. According to a DHS memo revealed on July 30, more than 1,000 known members of the Venezuelan gang Tren De Aragua (TdA) are in the U.S. and have been encouraged to attack state and local law enforcement in our communities". (https://homeland.house.gov/2024/08/21/startling-stats-factsheet-nationwide-border-encounters-surpass-10-million-under-biden-harris-administration-as-americans-suffer/)

But who gives a tinker’s dam about obedience to Federal law in Connecticut? Connecticut Democrats in the Senate pushed through Senate Bill 397 as discussed above, a Bill that Connecticut Republicans were not allowed to read . What residents are they talking about protecting? Illegal ones? Again let us refresh the Connecticut Democrat Party memories; What about “Operation Broken Trust” in August 2025 when ICE arrested sixty-five people in several Connecticut cities including Stamford, Norwalk, and Danbury, targeting individuals with connections to organized crime and serious offenses? These arrested individuals were linked to charges including sexual assault, domestic violence, child sex abuse, drug dealing, and weapons violations and some of these criminals had previously been convicted of serious offenses and were in the community prior to the ICE sweep.  Or what about illegal immigrant Edgar Gomez who beat to death a two-year-old child in Stamford? These people will be protected under Bill SB 397. Why? Can the Connecticut Democrat Party confirm that all illegal immigrants are out of the state and Taxpayers are no longer spending $1.3 billion dollars to support them? Why would they want these criminals living in the state?

The bill, S.B. 397, allows residents to sue federal law enforcement in state courts. It also designates churches, schools, and hospitals as protected areas. Under the bill, federal law enforcement would need a judicial warrant to enter. ICE agents and all federal law enforcement at all levels would be required to show their badges and are banned from wearing masks. Republicans blasted the bill on Tuesday, saying the state does not have the ability to tell ICE agents how to do their jobs. "Why are we doing this other than passing a bill that sounds good politically for them, and frankly is nothing more than a guise – an anti-cop bill," said State Sen. Stephen Harding (R-Minority Leader). Sen. Saud Anwar (D-South Windsor) said that ICE's operations have "instilled a fear into communities across our state that is crippling and cruel." We’re taking action to make sure federal law enforcement has to follow the same rules that state and local police do. We’re making sure our local residents who are mistreated have recourse against those mistreating them. Against a backdrop of lawless violence and widespread discrimination, this bill tells Connecticut residents their safety is paramount," Anwar said in a statement following the bill's passing. ( https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/ct-senate-pass-bill-aimed-at-protecting-residents-from-ice-sends-it-to-house/3725724/)

Democrat State Senator Anwar who has been known for his proclivity for illegal and audacious conduct, appears delusional with his incoherent statements. His statement tells legal Connecticut citizens and Taxpayers to screw off and drop dead if you want to be protected from illegal and unlawful immigrants that roam Connecticut. He wants Connecticut to flourish in an unlawful, illegal manner with criminals roaming the streets, while featuring a flourishing illegal state-supported drug trade, human trafficking and much more. You see, the stream of illegal immigrants into the state to Democrats provides cheap labor and new voters to keep them in power forever. It is a Socialists dream.

Thus, we see another bad bill that hurts Connecticut engineered by a dangerous and totally out of touch Connecticut Democrat Party passing again with tepid Republican pushback. I, and many others, cannot understand how a bill like this could be legal and pass under Federal laws. But since your Connecticut government has no interest in protecting you, I end this article with some simple advice as found on the ICE website. Connecticut Taxpayers and Legal Connecticut residents can call 1-866-DHS-2-ICE to report suspicious activity. Further, I urge you to report this bill SB 397 and the people responsible for it. The Bill is suspicious activity and is neither legal nor constitutional.

Suspicious activity and illegality. This is the Gold Standard of governance for the twisted and putrid Connecticut Party in 2026, and it is safe to say that due to the failure of Democracy in 2026, only you and I can push for any change in this regard.

Representation of Connecticut in 2026- The Entire Place has Gone Bananas

 What is a representative democracy type of government? It is defined as; a government in which the power is exercised by the people through their elected representatives : a form of government in which the people elect representatives to make decisions, policies, laws, etc.

Many Connecticut Taxpayers and legal voters are asking this election year; who does Connecticut State Government represent? Is it those individuals who make all the decisions for everyone in the state whether it is a good or bad decision? Is it those legislators who somehow pass laws for everyone in the state whether a majority of voters are against the bill? Has Connecticut's state government become so nontransparent that both taxpayers and voters have no say in the government that they pay for? Are Connecticut state elections being carried out in a legal manner with no voter fraud taking place?  How does the legal voter have their power exercised by their elected representatives when those same representatives are completely out-of-touch with what is going on their districts?

Moreover, are there any people out there, anywhere in the universe of all people either elected or running that place your and my best interests at heart?

A very unpopular, but incredibly truthful premise is that Connecticut has suffered a great degradation ever since the onset of the Covid period in 2019. In addition to lockdowns and the destruction of what was left of the Connecticut economy, we saw unbridled fraud, election fraud, concealment, self-dealing, covert government operations and massive and redundant governmental hiring, all of which continue without aggressive political pushback, to this day. We also saw our governor, along with his spouse, attempt to “put one over” on the populace with several family equity investments  placed “in service” to the state (most notably Sema4 for Covid-19 testing), and neither situation was disclosed at the outset. We see a current situation of a similar Lamont-connected investment (Yuma Asset Management) being shrouded in the boiler-room operation of “Connecticut Innovations” (“CI”), and CI refuses to disclose any information related to it. We see a draconian and hostile vaccine mandate coming out of Hartford through a Department of Public Health led by individuals of highly suspect integrity, and no one operating in the Great Connecticut Administrative State or the Democrat Party gives one care to the will of the people rejecting this draconian and hostile mandate. And, in an election season where it would be expected that the state Republican Party and candidates would be swarming over these issues, there is an almost tacit acceptance of them with at least two of the three major gubernatorial candidates affirming the status-quo, with one stating that higher compensation be given to state employees.

But why is this so? Should not government and elected officials be representing people, and not the other way around? There are an enormous number of examples currently in Connecticut that show the complete disconnect that elected state officials, state representatives, state senators, and candidates have with those constituents they supposedly represent. Further, the citizen that speaks out against these abuses is usually ostracized by the system, the parties, or the “legitimate media” by not aligning with the problem as opposed to the solution.

The problem is much deeper than anyone in politics wishes for you to believe. For example, many people are entirely unaware as to the powerful provisions of the OBBBA of 2025 that can cause Connecticut’s economy to jumpstart in addition to other systems that could eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse, which is a way of life in Connecticut. These same people are constantly told by government on both sides of the aisle that there is no solution other than the rotten procedures of state government, which in fact is the problem and the cancer leading the state to ruin ever since the enactment of the income tax in 1991. Connecticut has serious issues with regards to all of these issues which I have written about for several decades.  In my opinion, my friend and colleague Tony De Angelo did a terrific job of breaking this situation down for us on his April 9, 2026, THIRTY WITH TONY. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V9ohfs0C00&t=1080s

But regardless of what I, or Tony, or others of sincere and similar mindset may write or broadcast, the unification (if not Uni-party) of the Connecticut establishment continually persist in the bad practices of the past that somehow benefit itself at the exclusion of all others not politically connected.

It is inarguable that Connecticut's representative democracy resembles more of a third world nation's banana republic and/or a socialistic based dictatorship rather than a representative democracy for the good of the people. Connecticut borders on a lunatic fringe of a deep hatred of all things President Trump right across political parties while Democrats chronically blame the Republican Party for all the state ills that the Democrat Party and its enablers have nurtured since 1990. Lies are truth and truth are lies in Connecticut. It really is the modern-day version of the Book of Timothy in the Bible, where the truth is rejected for fables. But even the worst fable on many a day is better than the best day in Connecticut government.

For example: The establishment in Connecticut imperiously denies there is such a thing as widespread voter fraud. To that, we must look at the history of Democrat Party voter fraud in Bridgeport. The same Bridgeport that continues to reelect convicted felon Democrat Joe Ganim as their Mayor. To jog voters memories Ganim quit the mayor’s office in 2003 when he was found stealing from the city. he was Mayor from 1991 to 2003, then made a comeback in 2015 after a seven-year stint in prison and continues to rule Bridgeport with an iron hand helping lead it to economic ruin in 2026. For many years going back to the Mandanici era of copying names off of tombstones there have voter fraud abuses in Bridgeport with little resolution, including the extension of voting hours in state elections. And one has to ask how many higher office elections of Democrats were decided by mysterious ballots magically appearing as the polls closed. And one has to ask how many of these magic elections were presided over and won in the ninth inning by longtime operative Wanda Geter-Pataky and her minions? And one has to ask why said Wanda Geter-Pataky continually remains out of jail, and who would be implicated if she confessed?  The “legitimate media” never asks those questions, but you and I ask them constantly. Regardless, no answers are forthcoming.

Another unanswered question is why Connecticut will not release its voters' records to the federal government? What are they hiding? Why did former Secretary of State Denise Merrill mysteriously retire from a job that she loved in favor of the non-communicative and non-responsive Stephanie Thomas? Why is there so many foul things happening in one place with no resolutions forthcoming?

But again, what does Connecticut State Government represent? Clearly, not you. Looking at the Governor and his dealings, he represents all that is bad in our political system. One can safely state this as the corruption does get answered about  "Thermo Fisher Scientific", "Sema 4", " Core Infomatics", “Centrellis”. "Ocrulus", "Urjanet", "1life Healthcare", "Galileo Health", "Castlight Health", "Paladina Health", and "VillageMD",  the Lamont-related Cayman Island partnerships, large Cayman Islands deals such as the "Horsebarn Hill Investment Fund" hiding in the UCONN Foundation,  and other deals working through “quasi-public” organizations such as Lamont-connected (and covert) “Connecticut Innovations”. But this has been asked for several years and the silence is deafening from the non-transparent Lamont administration of profits. And no Republican candidate for his office ever raises these issues, which have all been documented since Tony De Angelo broke the stories of Sema4 and Digital Currency Group several years back, (inter-alia)  What is being hidden, and why? Who, is protecting whom?

 But again, who or what does Connecticut State Government represent? Corruption is still being investigated and no results are forthcoming with “Human Resources Agency of New Britain" where Democrat State Senator Rick Lopes of the 6th District received a great deal of Taxpayers monies for supposed services rendered. Or how about Democrat State Senator Doug McCrory and the misuse of $750,000 in funds for the now bankrupt "Blue Hills Civic Association" on top of untold millions connected to him that have disappeared before? Or, is there any political curiosity about the free cash and 2% “sweetheart” loans given away by both the failed and should-be-abolished Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development and the Connecticut Community Fund 2030? How about the billions given to the never-ending array of Connecticut Taxpayer funded "nonprofits" that unfortunately show little results in making Connecticut a better place to live by eliminating the massive amount of illegal drug use/trafficking, and or the many who are starving in the state and homeless? Or is that an affordability question to make legal drugs more affordable so that Connecticut can get more tax revenue and the state can seize land for their cronies for "affordable" housing? Does anyone care that you are paying for all of this? If so, who defends your right to protect your wallet and why do we not see cries for more Federal investigations?

Thus, we really have no clue who Connecticut's State Government represents. We see it really is not the working taxpayers of the state but an array of the political connected, the political czars, the politically affluent, The Great Connecticut Administrative State that both sides of the aisle continually fawn over, and the Democrat Party all rolled into one dictating what you can and cannot have. It is a Socialists paradise. And you, the taxpayer, be damned for questioning any of it.

Maybe, just maybe answers to the questions I presented above could become the focus of this year's state election? Even better, perhaps you can ask these questions directly to candidates at Town Halls and online meetings. Because for certain, neither anyone in the political system, administrative state, or the “legitimate media”, will ever do so.

 

Connecticut's Imploding State Government- Ten Long Years Later

 Ten years ago on April 2, 2016, I wrote a blog on layoffs in Connecticut's state government. (https://swickspeak.blogspot.com/2016/04/connecticuts-imploding-state-government.html). In review of the same, it was a shock, even to me, as to how far economic conditions in the once-proud Nutmeg State of Connecticut have sunk.

In 2016, there were 45,000 full time state employees. In addition, there were over 46,000 state pension retirees in 2014 that cost about $1.6 billion dollars to the state in both short term and long term liabilities (http://ctsunlight.org/pensions/).  Fast forward to 2026, and there are over 74,000 state employees, being an increase of roughly 61% in ten years. As of 2024, there were over 54,800 state pension retirees which is roughly an increase of 20% in ten years. (https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/all-employees-state-government-in-connecticut-fed-data.html) The costs of those retirees in 2024 were roughly $2.5 billion dollars in both short term and long-term liabilities, being an increase of roughly 67% (https://ctsunlight.org/pensions). Of course, logic and reason would lead one to believe that the added taxpayer spending is attributable to a burgeoning population. But mind us all, this is Connecticut where reason and logic have no place. 

I sadly submit unto you that Connecticut's state population in the past ten years has stayed stagnant with estimates being between 3.6 and 3.7 million people (not counting illegal immigrants in the state). To accommodate this stagnant population that is largely supported by a handful of billionaires, Connecticut's state budget has increased in the past ten years by $7.5 billion dollars or roughly 40%. The costs of salaries, pensions and benefits now are roughly 20-25% of the state budget.

The costs of living have increased dramatically in the past ten years in Connecticut, with the state now having the second highest electric rates in the country that are marked up 20% as a “public benefit” to us all. Another evident result of the rot and decline of the state is that the business-toxic climate has driven the best, brightest, and most productive far from state borders. Major world-class players such as  General Electric, Aetna, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, United Technologies, Raytheon Technologies, Carrier, Otis, Edible Arrangements, LEGO North America, Duracell, Stag Arms, Frontier Communications, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Edgewell Personal Care, Schick, Unilever, Bayer, Pfizer, UBS, RBS/NatWest, GE Capital, People’s United Bank, Bob’s Stores, Eastern Mountain Sports, Lord & Taylor, Stanley Tool, Subway, Odyssey Logistics, Rogers Corporation, Diageo North America, Pitney Bowes, Xerox, ESPN, WWE, Charter/Spectrum, Connecticut Sun, Norwich Navigators, and the Bridgeport Islanders are just a partial list of the businesses that have either severely peeled back operations or left the state entirely. When higher-paid private-sector jobholders are replaced by either low-paid workers or those requiring state subsidies, taxes increase and genuine economic activity decreases. This is a simple lesson that a high school Distributive Education student could easily learn, but such lessons have ostensibly been lost on politicians for at least a decade, without a care.

To give more color to the business-toxic climate of Connecticut, kindly bear in mind that Connecticut has one of the highest tax rates in the country as it taxes many different goods, services and occupations but still has between $100 and $150 billion dollars in short and term debt along with unfunded liabilities. Powerful economic development incentives granted under the OBBBA of 2025 are summarily ignored by politicians of both parties as they cower at the name of "Trump" who enacted these incentives and spitefully persist in the failed and costly and shady patterns of the past. Connecticut technically has yet to come out of the recession of 1991 as it has not and can not create new jobs in the private sector. The only new jobs that can be created are even more state taxpayer funded positions and unchecked, non-transparent, never to be paid back non jobs paid through surreptitious exempt organizations, funded by Connecticut Taxpayers and hand-picked by the corrupted and should-be abolished Connecticut Department of Community and Economic Development. This sick and sordid ecosystem has been the norm of Connecticut, and if such were indeed beneficial, we would not be seeing and living such poor results.

Is it somehow possible that somewhere in the not-too-distant future this false house of cards will implode? How can the state maintain this exorbitant spending on nothingness and survive economically? Is every one of the current and more than 74,000 state employees necessary? Has their productivity increased to the point that the state somehow, despite the real horrific, economic statistics that are posted year in and year out, are essential to the betterment of the state? Are Connecticut Taxpayers missing something? State officials seem much more worried to protect abortion, illegal immigrants, removing parental rights, mandating proper photo ID to return cans and bottles (but not to vote), and the further erosion and destruction of the remaining personal freedoms to legal state residents, but seemingly will not give one iota of thought to what would be necessary to fix the state economically.  

And how can it be possible not to raise taxes to support this mess? Will the remaining Connecticut Taxpayers sympathize with the state employee unions who claim high-income taxpayers do not pay enough? Or will many actually notice how many have moved to lower taxed states as they have been for years and follow?  How much more do they want the top 1% of taxpayers to pay? Does anyone consider if the handful of billionaires supporting the state will finally throw up their hands in disgust and leave? Does anyone in government ever even consider these very real possibilities?

The state election is fast approaching. And it is shaping up to be a repeat of the past 36 years of elections in the state. Does any established politician in the state recognize the seriousness of the state's economic problems? And are you really better off than you were 10 years ago? 4 years ago? 2 years ago, and or yesterday? For today and every day, for weeks, for months and for years, Connecticut's state government continues to implode. Wasted economic resources and tax dollars continue to be seen daily in our state economy.

 

As I have stated many times now, Rome did burn many years ago. Connecticut burns daily to the point of no economic return as I stated some ten years ago. And the fire has become much bigger. And virtually no one gets that. 

Who, or what will lead Connecticut from the abyss of fiscal oblivion? It is a question in search of an answer for over a decade, exacerbated by the fact that hitherto no one has been willing or able to provide such an answer. Again, I pray, May God save the once great State of Connecticut.

Connecticut: Moscow On The Connecticut River

 Decades ago, the legendary “ABC Wide World Of Sports” chronicled the life of your average Russian citizen living behind the Iron Curtain in the USSR: Up in the morning in a dreary apartment. Off on a dismal public transit system to a dismal state-sponsored job. Return home. Clear the dinner dishes. For the evening’s entertainment you had your choice of several channels of grainy television as you opened a can of beer, being your only luxury. One channel played, with the continuous nattering of pompous, twisted, and prevaricating state officials telling you every night how wonderful everything was in Russia, only the state was telling you the truth, only they were the ones that cared for you, how blessed you were to be living in Communism, and how awful and terrible the USA was to its people. These assertions came with obedience, and never challenge from the media. The other channel featured all of the great Russian athletes of the past (Tretiak, Chipoulas, Alexiev, Tarasov) and reminded you that the Russian people were a superior race, and even though only the rich elite were able to attend the events, you were to be so appreciative for what these people were doing, and you should be grateful that so much of your money was spent on their care, feeding and training.

The operative impression you were left with is, this was a world without, life, hope, freedom, or initiative.

  

Therefore, it had dawned on me this week: Is the Connecticut of today really any different than the USSR of decades past?

Consider: The Nutmeg state features either state-run (or limited) news leaving out truth and reason, a fawning attitude towards the elites, vile hatred and criticism for any policies that could help its citizens, the dictation of what citizens could (or should) do with their bodies or the education of their children, that the state itself is the largest employer, that the state union controls the political system, the continual erosion of freedom, and treating those that rightfully rail against the oppression as irrational far-right racist wing nuts who have no idea what they are talking about.

And as far as pompous, twisted, and prevaricating state officials are concerned, consider the following comments from our elected leaders:

“So you are right that that has been the Democratic strategy for 30 years, maybe, and it has failed to deliver for the people we care about most, the undocumented Americans that are in this country."

Connecticut Democrat Senator Chris Murphy to MSNBC Host Chris Hayes in 2024

"ICE agents at airports will only aggravate delays & lines—disrupting checks, interrogating travelers, dragging parents from children, detaining citizens, brutalizing families, shooting & even killing. "

Connecticut Democrat Senator Dick Blumenthal on X March 22,2026

“Trump’s message to Connecticut—fall in line with extreme MAGA ideology, or your families go hungry. Trump wants states to sign hateful pledges that have absolutely nothing to do with food assistance. These conditions are plainly unlawful, and we’re suing to ensure Connecticut gets every penny of USDA funding that our taxpayers paid for and our families need to put food on the table,”

Connecticut Democrat Attorney General William Tong March 23, 2026

“I AM PROUD OF CONNECTICUT! WE HAVE ONE OF THE TOP TEN ECONOMIES. WE BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER. WE ARE ALL CHILDREN OF GOD”

Governor Ned Lamont on X from New Britain, March 26, 2026: https://x.com/NedLamont/status/2037195050011050328?s=20

And as far as engendering a special quality of athletic program with no regard to expense, consider that the already debt-burdened University of Connecticut will begin a multi-million dollar renovation of its Gampel Pavilion. While the state unions are happily employed in the project, the debt burden will increase exponentially to citizens that could never afford to go to the game by selling more “UCONN 2000 Bonds”  https://today.uconn.edu/2026/03/renovations-starting-at-gampel-to-enhance-the-fan-experience-add-new-revenue-sources/.

So taking all of the above into account, I believe the poor and beleaguered Connecticut citizen is forced to endure his life today as a Muscovite in Russia did decades back with the constant bombardment of “things are great here, you will own nothing and be happy, and our athletes are the best in the world, so we cannot spend enough of your money, on them” (inter-alia).

Again I submit unto you: Connecticut can now be called Moscow on the Connecticut River. 

 

 Some still may be unconvinced. Consider again. The stale rhetoric never ceases with Connecticut's Democrat Party ruling elite. The above four quotes are just a small sampling of the group of misinformed, pompous, and elite self-serving dictators who spews their incoherent gibberish to a lapdog, taxpayer subsidized state run media that waits in baited breath for each new sentence of nonsense that comes out of these fools.  It is then reported as the truth and nothing but the truth.

Need even more reinforcement? Connecticut's Democrat Ruling Elite no longer have any bounds. Two topical issues involving an overwhelming majority opinion against two ludicrous bills; (House Bill 5044 and Senate Bill 450) imposing state mandates for vaccines for all age groups in the state, you, be damned. Also consider House Bill 5468 which slams Connecticut's Home schooled children and parents with mandatory yearly registration of their children and a litany of other regulations to basically discourage this form of education.  In the limited public hearing that was allowed, the testimony was overwhelming against both bills. but as in Connecticut's Democrat Party ruling elite non transparent government legislature, the results are predetermined. Ram a bill through the legislature, then claim it is in the best interest of Connecticut taxpayers to ram even more limits on their personal freedoms and raise taxes also. Spit and repeat the rape of Connecticut Taxpayers repeatedly. Democrat Ruling Elites will have it no other way.

 

And in any aspiring Communist society, no one makes out better than the top dog. Ned Lamont's paper trail is alive and well and Connecticut Taxpayers still get no answers about  "Thermo Fisher Scientific", "Sema 4", " Core Infomatics", “Centrellis”. "Ocrulus", "Urjanet", "1life Healthcare", "Galileo Health", "Castlight Health", "Paladina Health", and "VillageMD",  the Lamont-related Cayman Island partnerships, large Cayman Islands deals such as the "Horsebarn Hill Investment Fund" hiding in the UCONN Foundation,  and other deals working through “quasi-public” organizations such as Lamont-connected (and covert) “Connecticut Innovations”. 

Please remember that Ned Lamont is running for re-election again based on this corruption, and as of the time of this writing, no candidate has taken him to task on any of that.

And rational souls may ask why does Ned Lamont need a third term for governor but to continue this multi-part financial pillage of Connecticut alongside his spouse Ann Lamont who, as a "world-class financier" is continually by his side so much that he addresses her at the State of The State address?

 So, this is what Connecticut's State Government has evolved into. And we are now apparently at the point where legal Connecticut voters and taxpayers no longer have any say in their state government. Bad legislation is a given, so long as it supports and profits Connecticut's Democrat Ruling Elite. High taxes, an excessive cost of living, massive state spending and state debt are of no concern.  It is business as usual. And what can be done about it? It is a simple, yet complex answer. Take voting. Let us start with no more absentee ballots unless they have been researched and approved completely. Let us continue with no more same day voter registration using your grocery store customer card. Let us add Photo ID required for voting on the same day of the election. And finally, let us have a world with fully transparent vote counting after election polls closed. But the Democrat Ruling Elite will fight that tooth and nail as it challenges their insular, controlled, controlling, and harassing world, crying for the poor as they increase in riches, and attempting to challenge truth, reason, freedom, and initiative. For after all, someone in the state might do better than they do using honest means. And that would be a horrible thing, as you can't control those kinds of people.

Moscow on the Connecticut River. Before you laugh and shake your head, I respectfully ask for you to reread the article again. If you do that, I will guarantee you that you will no longer be laughing any more.

Connecticut:Where Democrats Profit From Nonprofit Organizations

It has been another week in the sordid and bizarre world of the State of Connecticut. Horrendous bills violative of the constitutional rights of ordinary citizens advanced in the state Legislature. Decrepit and nearly bankrupt Hartford, CT, a city that is run by lunatics and one that cannot pay its bills, is petitioning to borrow $50,000,000 as that amount will finally fix everything. As my friend and colleague Tony De Angelo pointed out on his March 19, 2026, THIRTY WITH TONY no gubernatorial candidate of either party has yet addressed the cancer of this new crippling debt engulfing the state. Another minor league sports franchise is leaving, adding to a very long list of such disasters in the past thereby breaking the hearts of thousands of fans, many of whom are young. And as all of this were not enough, once again, we have an esteemed member of the Connecticut State Democrat Party with his hand in the till leveraging his take through a nonprofit organization.

Before we delve into that, let us define our terms. A nonprofit organization is defined as a legal entity organized for purposes other than generating profit, such as charitable, educational, or social causes, where no part of the net income is to be distributed to directors or officers. Even though reasonable compensation is allowed, a nonprofit must use all revenue exceeding expenses to further their mission rather than for private gain or inurement.

Over the course of time in Connecticut and in review of a number of the abuses of the past, some may wonder why Connecticut’s nonprofits are even considered to be “nonprofit.” In some cases, those who are politically connected with the Connecticut Democrat Party or who hold elected office in the state are somehow able to gain income and profit from these same state subsidized nonprofits. Confusing? It is very confusing and is meant to be, in order to hide the complex web of money that flows in and out of these organizations.

The latest issue involves the “Human Resources Agency of New Britain.” Since 1964, the organization has stated that it has been dedicated to “increasing economic self-sufficiency among individuals and families. It provides a wide variety of services that support citizens at every phase of life, from early childhood education to employment and training to elderly assistance. Its mission is to respond to the causes and conditions of poverty while building stronger individuals, families, and communities.”

Given the same, abused and intransparent abuse-filled conveyor belt that no politician wishes to fully overhaul, this organization receives a significant amount of money from the State of Connecticut. Its most recent available Form 990 from 2023 shows that Executive Director Marlo Greponne received $165,338 dollars in compensation along with $32,300 dollars in additional compensation. The Director of Finance and Sustainability, James Frohn, received $130,322 dollars along with $25,038 dollars in additional compensation. Director Amy Griswold received $105,191 dollars with $14,338 dollars in additional compensation. As the old song says, its nice work if you can get it. 

Based on available financial filings, this nonprofit receives approximately 7 to 8 million dollars in federal pass-through grants, along with well over 10 to 12 million dollars in direct and indirect funding from the State of Connecticut. Its total budget is roughly 23 million dollars. All this money is intended to combat poverty.Yet in 2026, New Britain continues to face serious social and economic challenges, including job losses from one of its largest employers, Stanley Black and Decker, which is closing manufacturing units in the city. The city also continues to struggle with illegal drug activity and other chronic issues.

Formerly under the stewardship of Republican candidate for governor Erin Stewart, New Britain is represented at the state level by Democrat State Senator Rick Lopes of the 6th District. According to his website, Lopes highlights efforts to secure funding for housing, health care, and other initiatives. However, and most recently, questions have been raised regarding financial connections between Lopes and the Human Resources Agency of New Britain.

According to reporting by “Inside Investigator,” two companies owned by Senator Lopes have been among the highest paid contractors to the nonprofit. These companies reportedly received 1.6 million dollars between 2018 and 2024, based on a review of the organization’s Form 990 filings. At the same time, the Office of State Ethics has stated that this arrangement does not violate state ethics laws because the companies are not directly contracting with the state and therefore do not require disclosure on financial filings.

Taking into account this sickeningly insufficient explanation from the heart of the Great Connecticut Administrative State, this taking raises an important question. If the “Human Resources Agency of New Britain” receives substantial taxpayer funding, should those financial relationships be subject to greater scrutiny? More broadly, what measurable outcomes have been achieved since 1964 if both Connecticut and New Britain continue to experience economic decline, rot, and persistent social challenges? Can it be argued that billions of dollars spent on nonprofits over the past fifty years have produced limited results, if any at all?

A larger issue is how political ethics are viewed in Connecticut. A pattern appears to emerge where elected officials support funding for nonprofits, while businesses connected to those same officials receive compensation for services provided to those nonprofits. And but for the egregious abuses of the Blue Hills Civic Association and this instant case, one must ask if these questions would have ever been raised at all.

However, there are even further questions. Are there other businesses in Connecticut that could perform these services at a lower cost through a competitive bidding process? Why are executives at some nonprofit organizations paid at such high levels? Why does no real oversight of these organizations exist at all? And why are these organizations not subject to any Freedom of Information disclosure whatsoever?

Connecticut faces a nonprofit spending problem, a politically connected profit problem, an illegally overcompensated politician problem and a lack of oversight problem. Meanwhile, those most in need continue to struggle, and taxpayers are left questioning how their money is being used.

So, in this 2026 election year which many have considered to be the “Last Chance Saloon” in the annals of Connecticut history, critical questions need to be answered. Will this same, intransparent abuse-filled fiscal conveyor belt covertly feeding nonprofits that no politician wishes to fully overhaul, finally be overhauled (or, eliminated?) Will real-time financial disclosures be available from these organizations as a condition of their grants? Will reasonable compensation guidelines be instituted? Will the next governor empower a citizen DOGE picked by fellow citizens? And will “quasi-public” organizations such as the Department of Economic and Community Development and “Connecticut Innovations” and “Advance CT” be abolished, or even overhauled in the least? The answers to those questions will determine if those patrons in the “Last Chance Saloon” will either live to enjoy another day or die in a hail of bullets in what will be the end of a once-great, innovative, and proud state.

May God Save The Once Great State of Connecticut in 2026.

 

Connecticut Community Fund 2030: Funding a Community That You Ain't In

The week of March 9. 2026 was a monumental week in the sordid annals of Connecticut history. In this week, scores of disenfranchised and justifiably disaffected Connecticut citizens descended on the Connecticut State Legislature fighting for their very lives in matters of education, medical freedom, and matters of personal self-defense in front of a largely uncaring and supercilious legislature who in many ways could not care less about them. Meanwhile, state Republicans caucused and called conferences supporting the efforts of these dear people. However, when all the dust settled one equally sickening issue remained: The government of the state of Connecticut continues to take your money and throw it into the street. And the arrogance and disdain from the political class towards the unwashed masses regarding this issue continually reaches steroidal proportions. 

And in this latest fiscal boondoggle, no politician comes out a winner. But you, the taxpayer, continually come out the loser.

Therefore, welcome to the “Connecticut Community Fund 2030”.

What is the Connecticut Community Fund 2030? 

Depending on what you want it to be, it is yet another bureaucratic dive for your wallet that creates even more economic misery for you, the Connecticut Taxpayer. The supposed purpose of the  "Community Investment Fund 2030 (CIF) is a Connecticut state-run program established in 2021 (codified in CGS § 32-285a) designed to foster economic and community development in historically underserved and distressed municipalities."  (https://portal.ct.gov/communityinvestmentfund/about-the-fund). This fund started in 2021 and works through the should-be-abolished and failed Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development to give free money to  throw to his or her district like a gouty ward heeler. 

This fund is a bipartisan project. At the onset, it was intended to be funded for a mere $767 million dollars in its lifespan with a series of aspirational and/or questionable projects that you did not vote on, and regardless of how you may feel about it. But no one really gives a tinker’s dam about what you may think. And so what? Are we not supposed to pay attention to $767 million dollars to Connecticut taxpayers?  Especially since no amount of Taxpayer’s monies thrown any of the state's nonprofits/historically distressed communities and never-ending stream of "nonprofits" ever solves any of the massive social and economic problems of the state.

Here is some of the projects the Connecticut Community Fund has funded so far (https://portal.ct.gov/communityinvestmentfund/about-the-fund?language=en_US) : 

INTERNATIONAL HARTFORD - $1,137,514

The request of CIF funds is towards the construction of a year-round public food truck court for ethnic food vendors. The project will renovate an existing 5,500 square foot property at 681 Wethersfield Avenue. The facility will have both outdoor patios and indoor dining, a breakfast café with free community Wi-Fi, a community performance space for activities and programming, a lounge with music as well as outdoor musical concerts, a co-working kitchen space, cold and dry storage, graywater, and grease disposal – all in one environment, increasing efficiency for food truck operations.

CITY OF BRIDGEPORT - $3,500,000

“Civic Block” CIF funds will aid the completion of the East End development known as Civic Block. Funds will be used to complete construction to create 35,000 ft2 of retail space, including a grocery store in a neighborhood that is currently a food desert.

This project is interesting as there continues not to be much progress on the project. Does anyone have an accounting of money spent to date? Does anyone realize how much money has been given freely to Bridgeport to solve the never-ending years of fiscal theft, fiscal negligence, fiscal ineptness, and fiscal lies of all of their supposed economic development? Does anyone in Bridgeport feel they will benefit from a grocery store? 

Moreover, is there any starvation, scurvy, or beriberi taking place in this Bridgeport “food desert” to date?

TOWN OF HAMDEN - $5,400,000

“Arts & Cultural Center / Middle School Demolition”

This CIF award will enable the re-development of a former middle school that currently stands as a blighted, vacant structure within an Environmental Justice Block Group. CIF grant funds will go towards demolition and abatement of the structure, and community planning activities for the creation of a Community Campus on the site. 

Hamden, formerly a highly desirable town, now has a large theft and crime problem. Instead of worrying about "Environmental justice" maybe Hamden should worry about "Justice for victims of Hamden's never ending crime problem"? 

Or possibly how about some property tax relief or Kevlar shields for the bullet-ducking Hamden taxpayers?

Planned Parenthood of Southern New England, New London $ 2,020,096

New London Relocation PPSNE health centers promote the availability of high-quality family planning and reproductive services. PPSNE proposes to use CIF funds to renovate and expand the property at 467 Ocean Avenue in New London to become the new home of PPSNE’s New London health center. 

Connecticut is now such an economic wasteland that abortion is now considered to be a community and economic development activity.

YWCA Hartford Region, Inc., Hartford $ 1,500,000

Center for Racial Justice & Gender Equity YWCA is committed to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting justice, freedom, and dignity for all. YWCA proposes HVAC system enhancements as part of renovating its 50-year-old Hartford building to establish The Center for Racial Justice and Gender Equity. 

Hartford has a a serious theft and crime problem. Instead of worrying about "Racial justice" maybe Hartford should worry about "Justice for victims of Hartford's never ending crime problem"? But "Racial Justice" of course is a much higher priority than resident safety.

Make no mistake in that Connecticut is a hotly divided state between the aggressors and enablers vs. the aggrieved and besieged. But when it comes to pork-filled and quasi-useless-feed-the-monkey type spending, both sides of the aisle unify to incinerate your tax money in the street while they are calling for financial policing and ending waste, fraud, and abuse. My friend and colleague Tony De Angelo did a great job of explaining this very thing on the March 12 edition of THIRTY WITH TONY TRUE NORTH THIRTY WITH TONY MARCH 12 2026

But nothing ever seems to change in the Grand Nutmeg State, The list is endless for what is being spent on top of the $28 billion dollars yearly in the Connecticut State Budget. Kindly consider that the state has $100-150 billion dollars in short- and long-term debt along with unfunded liabilities before this latest jaunt into Community Investment. But no one in this history of Connecticut politics past or present ever seems to get that. The formula for insolvency and failure continues:  Keep throwing money out the window to a should-be-abolished agency with the result always leaving Connecticut at the bottom of the country in most economic categories. This unmitigated fiscal horror should make every Connecticut Taxpayer's blood boil. And the same pattern is repeated, year after year. 

But in fairness to Republicans let us never ever forget the root cause of the fiscal destruction of the state. The Connecticut Community Fund 2030  is another pure overreach of a never-ending money-wasting Democrat Party ruling authority eliminating local decision-making and facilitating a socialist command top-down planning regime. And in typical Connecticut fashion, there is no transparency whatsoever with respect to this fund and in accuracy, no member of the Board has advocated for your right to the same. Of course, this usual behavioral pattern continues as the state is facing at a federal investigation of Democrat State Senator Doug McCrory and the misuse of $750,000 in funds for the now bankrupt Blue Hills Civic Association. But with business as usual, McCrory is still Deputy President Pro Tempore, Chair: Education Committee, and Vice Chair: Public health; Government Oversight. But again, what is stealing $750,000 of Connecticut Taxpayers monies given the amount that has been stolen and wasted for the past 35 years? Its just a mere bag of shells.

Omnipotent one-party Democrat rule facilitating and enabling the same, and state government with no transparency has consequences. I am confident that down the road there will be even more committees, commissions, and politically appointed- highly paid incompetent-economically illiterate state employees who will talk incoherent economic gibberish while still we see the same horrific economic results. The waste and theft of Connecticut Taxpayers monies needs to stop today. Hopefully, the current federal investigation into State Senator McCrory will lead to many more investigations into Connecticut State Government's corruption. For we simply cannot have enough of them. The dear and hardworking citizens of Connecticut that have been aggrieved and harmed by Connecticut, deserve nothing less. There are no winners here whatsoever, only losers. And the losers here are the poor taxpaying citizens of Connecticut.

 

Why Is 40% The Biggest Number In Connecticut?

 In the alternative universe of the once-great State of Connecticut, omnipotent Democrat One Party Rule clutches to economic failure, destruction, and confusion much like to someone exiting a burning building would clutch to a bungee rope. As a continual model for failure, the political leadership of Connecticut arrogantly hails economic bankruptcy and skyrocketing crime as progressive triumphs as they trumpet their ” care” for their people. Concurrently, President Donald Trump is aggressively moving toward a campaign of business repatriations, border security, “drill baby, drill” energy independence, and the sharpest and best tax policy I have seen in decades. But for the dogged efforts of stalwart independent journalists on social channels, Connecticut residents would have never heard about Trump Accounts, enhanced Opportunity Zones, and enhanced tax breaks for business asset purchases. Any rational person would think that Connecticut Republicans should be championing and pounding on these issues and benefits daily. Instead, we see a wan, late-to-the-dance effort in the Legislature to push the “no tax on tips, overtime and Social Security” provisions of the Trump OBBBA Act of 2025, (without mentioning the ruinous word “Trump”) and done only by public outcry as my friend and colleague Tony De Angelo was mentioning this six months ago on the Lee Elci Show, WJJF - New London, CT . With no mention of any other serious matters of tax and economic policy, we see a series of dumb and unfunny videos performed by Republicans lending no focus nor seriousness to the critical matters and benefits at hand helpful to all Connecticut citizens. But apparently, none of that matters in the grand bizzarro world of the Nutmeg State, where Democrats spin fictions, Republicans try to add humor to weak or fruitless matters while much more serious things slide, and meanwhile, over 40% of the adult-voting population of the state flounders in a tunnel of non-representation and continued aggrievement.

You may wonder why I used the figure of 40%. Forty percent is the figure of Connecticut residents that voted for Donald Trump in 2024. 40% of Connecticut residents voted for safe communities, lower taxes, (only) two sexes, cheaper energy, and financial empowerment. 40% of Nutmeggers voted against boys in girls sports and legal immigration. But close to 100% of the Connecticut State Legislature really does not give a care about any of that 40%. Presumably, it is because 40% of the population aligns themselves with a horrible individual wanting them to live free and prosper and start stock index accounts for their children. Could this selective ignorance be generated in fear, jealousy, or shame? I submit to my readers that it is a form of all three of the above.Therefore, the operative question then becomes: If 40% of the voting population of Connecticut wants and believes the policies of President Trump, why is there never an effort to seek out and develop another 11% of what would be these unwashed masses?

Imagine a Country on fire. Imagine a state like Connecticut on fire. Can you imagine if President Trump was actually allowed to govern without his two hands tied behind his back all the time?  Can you imagine if the Democrat Party, who is currently in the minority on a federal level, actually tried to govern with the President rather than spew their never-ending hatred for the man on a daily basis? Can you imagine what would happen if our stoic Connecticut Republican party acted like Republicans and applied themselves to sound economic and tax principles and policies rather than a new generation of “Ned Lamont Goes To Nashville” videos? It really would be the dawn of the Golden Age of America.

The key to victory, especially in Connecticut, in the November election, is to reinforce that 40% of Connecticut Trump voters and cultivate 11% more. The gags and the videos are useless. Policies will drive this election. And the many successful policies of President Trump should primarily be communicated to voters on a daily basis. True Republican policy changes have historically created an avenue of positive change for our society and economy that will fuel economic expansion overall. Instead of making gags, this should be the Republican Job #1, every day, in every way.

The campaign for state offices should not be an automatic write off for the Republicans, yet this election is starting off as it has normally for many years now. As a gross insult to the 40% of state voters affirming the Trump principles, over thirty state office seats were unopposed by Republicans in 2024. This gap  facilitates the plan of the corrupt Democrat Party to ram “emergency legislation” down the throats of Connecticut Taxpayers while crying that such egregious conduct is necessary because the Republicans hold up critical pieces of legislation such as earmarks to Democrat political cronies, biased public education policies, and much more bad legislation. It is the same rhetoric that the Connecticut Democrat Party throws out without a bit of questioning by the obedient state run and paid-for media. But operatively, Connecticut never gets out of its "emergencies" and or its ongoing "crises". It is still in a horrific economic recession with no economic growth. It is one of the highest cost of living states in the country with high state and local taxes, high insurance costs, high electric rates, and high transportation costs. It continues to have a poor business outlook unless you are Ned and Annie Lamont or you fall high up on the Great Administrative State Food Chain. But these issues just never get addressed and have not been addressed for 36 years as Connecticut still is stuck in a perpetual economic recession that it can never extricate itself from.

Of course, anything Connecticut has tried has skidded right to failure. Therefore, what would be lost if Connecticut Republicans led the charge to a bold and different approach? Why couldn’t Trump-like policies that attack some of the many issues that are impacting Connecticut be part of the campaign in the upcoming election? Why couldn't economic issues be front and center of this campaign. For example, are there any solutions whatsoever being offered to the crushing Connecticut state debt? Why does Connecticut spend so much and still have so much debt? Why are people continuing to leave Connecticut, especially young college graduates? How many more Stanley Black And Decker’s will be lost due to the endemic and inept business practices of Connecticut and its leaders? Isn't the "affordability" crisis a making of poor economic policies by the Democrat Party with years of gross fiscal mismanagement? Isn’t “affordability” a direct coefficient of “energy prices?” Has any Connecticut politician ever mentioned that critical coefficient to you? I am happy that you now know.

A logical economic and social plan can end Connecticut's Democrat Party omnipotent one-party rule. A promotion of strict economic policies of cutting state spending, a Citizen-DOGE like state office to eliminate fraud and waste in state government, full Freedom-of-Information of all entities, cuts in both personal and business taxes, a real anti-drug program to get drugs off the streets and eliminate the profitability of illegal sales, a legal system that takes hardened criminals off the streets and makes the entire state safe, and lastly the end of financial support for those illegal immigrants that crowd the state with deportations would dramatically create a bright future for Nutmeggers present and future.  A strong platform would gain traction in the state and show leadership that is sorely lacking in the state with the incoherent Democrat failed programs that are force fed to the masses and create a rebranding of Republicans which they have never had in any recollection of memory.

Just remember that 40% of Connecticut voters have no representation in the state, and elected office holders do not acknowledge that. Just remember that state spending increased in a 35-year period by over three hundred percentage points with roughly the same amount of population. Just remember, the cure-all issues of the Connecticut state income tax have increased over the years, and the state still has never-ending debt and unfunded liabilities. Maybe just maybe voters could have real alternatives this election and finally change the state's direction. For if not, look forward to another eight-year reign of a self-dealing fatuous King and the constant destructive pandering of his connected winners over losers.