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 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.