At What Point?

At what point, does the Connecticut Taxpayer call it quits with Connecticut, and in particular, the Connecticut Democrat Party?

 

At what point, does the Connecticut Taxpayer call it quits with Connecticut, and in particular, a complete lack of transparency and accountability in state government and a reluctance for any sort of effective change?

 

At what point, does the Connecticut Taxpayer call it quits with Connecticut, and in particular, the massive amount of crime and theft that occurs on a daily basis?

 

At what point, does the Connecticut Taxpayer call it quits with Connecticut, and in particular, its lies, deceptions, and fraud? 

At what point, does the Connecticut Taxpayer call it quits with Connecticut and in particular, paying taxes to support what is a massively corrupted state government? 

 

 

At what point, does the Connecticut Taxpayer call it quits with Connecticut, and with a minority party that always tries to be “acceptable” by the majority and state-run media, as opposed to one championing sound Republican and economic principles that are bearing great fruit in other states?

 

Connecticut state government has a large credibility problem. As much as current Democrat Governor Ned Lamont is trying to somehow hoist the blame on Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Ryan Fazio and President Trump for all the ills of Connecticut, Lamont's confusion is a superb example of his party's failures. I will remind all again that Ned Lamont and the Connecticut Democrat Party has raised taxes consistently since his first term in office. Ned Lamont and the Connecticut Democrat Party have been involved in numerous scandals including, (but not limited to), ballot fraud, fundraising fraud, non-profit fraud, lawmaking while drunk and driving while drunk crimes, larceny from tax-exempt organizations, sexual harassment, and contract fraud.

Readers well know the usual unanswered questions from Ned Lamont as to where his footsteps (and those of his spouse Annie Lamont) have taken them, but they bear repeating: Infosys Limited, Digital Currency Group and its affiliates, "ADVANCECT", Boston Consulting Group, UNITE US (CT), Mt. Sinai Genomics, "Thermo Fisher Scientific", "Sema 4", " Core Informatics", "Ocrulus", "Urjanet", "1life Healthcare", "Galileo Health", "Castlight Health", "Paladina Health", "4-CT", and "VillageMD ““The Horsebarn Hill Investment Fund”, McKinsey, “CT Next”, and the Tidal River Fund, “Baby Bonds” portfolio, the UCONN Foundation,-never an answer to his family's Hedge fund involvement in each.  This query would be an excellent question at the upcoming Governor's debate, but we know it will never be asked, as Republicans in Connecticut just don’t do things like that.

What about a Connecticut Taxpayer timeline for repayment from Democratic State Senator Douglas McCrory for his payoffs in the Blue Hills Civic Association debacle? I guess $15,000,000 is lost for good once again for Connecticut Taxpayers.

 

How about “People’s Champion” State Senator Martha Marx be forced to give account for her admitted act of vandalism in cutting the electric wires under her legislative seat in 2024? How about the state demanding repayment for the over $15,000 damage she caused? How about the Capitol Police showing courage for once and turning over the police report for this act of vandalism instead of playing “hide the ball” with it? How about Republicans calling for her accountability and arrest for this act as we still are within the criminal Statute of Limitations for this action? Great question. But we know it will never be asked, as Republicans in Connecticut just don’t do things like that.

 

How about a Democratic state senator being offered a seat on PURA in exchange to support Chairwoman Marissa Gillett’s reappointment. No big deal here, as Connecticut seems to a proving ground for the inept and incompetent.

Let us not forget the constant Bridgeport Democrat Party ballot fraud and the never-ending scam that it creates for "honest" elections. These "honest" elections are a focal point for incredible, ninth-inning-rally election victories for Connecticut Democrat Party candidates. 

 How about fixing the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system, which is a free for all of deception and corruption? Just look at Chancellor Terrence Cheng who resigned following an investigation into questionable spending only to get some incoherent consulting contract. In addition, his interim successor, John Maduko, resigning over a sexual harassment complaint. Why are Connecticut's college students putting up with this corruption? Why aren’t sound fiscally responsible Republicans calling for a consolidation of the State Colleges and Universities under one administrative umbrella (as opposed to four?) But we know this will never be asked, as Republicans in Connecticut just don’t do things like that.

 

In education, don't forget the “essential,” no bid contract of $250,000 for Democrat Party hack, Miguel Cardona and his new report that says essentially that nothing to improve Connecticut's failing educational system. This would certainly stand to reason, for if Miguel Cardona turned in a report saying the system needed improvement, the first action item for said improvement, would be the removal of Miguel Cardona.

Last but least we have the “Greek Tragedy” drama of Kosta Diamantis, a man that apparently no one wants to believe as being the least bit truthful in his detailed descriptions of the corrupted Lamont administration. My colleague Tony De Angelo talked about this at length on this past week's “Power Hour” on the 94.9 FM “Lee Elci Show” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjuJjy_qKHQ&t=72s.

The never-ending saga of the Connecticut Democrat driven Connecticut cesspool never ceases to amaze those who toil in Connecticut and are forced to pay their taxes to support all of this corruption and deception.  Connecticut still has $100,000,000,000 to $150,000,000,000 billion dollars in short- and long-term debt along with unfunded liabilities and is adding to those debts daily without any revenue generation or plans for repayment https://hartfordbusiness.com/article/dodd-stadium-revamp-tops-66-4m-in-state-community-investment-fund-awards/  .  My readers know I have spoken about this for years. My best guess estimate is that 30% of this debt has been caused by all types of fraud. This fraud includes interest free (or 2% interest) loans to failed or nonexistent businesses, loans that are never paid back by these same failed or nonexistent businesses, overcharging by contractors in order to secure contracts that include paybacks to state officials, excessive padded state employee overtime payments that are also included in pension obligations,  state created jobs for former state politicians and the politically connected, along with the costs of illegal aliens in the state, among other things.  

Thus, this is the real situation in Connecticut and the real record that Ned Lamont and the Connecticut Democrat Party are running on. Lies, deception and fraud. Connecticut Taxpayers and voters are sick of it and have had enough. Change cannot come soon enough for this failed state of disrepair.

 

The Connecticut Democrat Party candidate does not deserve your vote at any level of government, federal, state, or local in this election. It is truly time for a real change in all facets of government, politics, and political party practices and methods in 2026. This, is indeed that point of inflection.

Welcome To Connecticut The Third World State-Part 3

Now that most of the power in Connecticut has been restored the blame game is in full swing here in our Third World State.  We now see our elected officials who have received a great deal of money in campaign contributions from Eversource Energy condemn them now for their response to the power outages due to the Tropical Storm.  We now see how ineffective and inept Connecticut's Public Utility Regulatory Authority (PURA) is during a crisis.  It kinds of reminds me how ineffective and inept Connecticut's Department of Public Health is during the Covid-19 crisis.  In this case Connecticut's Public Utility Regulatory Authority (PURA) is a vast governmental bureaucracy created to help employ five commissioners who are paid an incredible sum of money for supposedly regulating and over seeing the legal monopolies here in the state.  They somehow try to help you understand why Connecticut has some of the highest electric rates in the country with some of the worse service to go along with those high rates.  The money that is spent by this agency especially with now five commissioners due to the 2019 House Bill 7424 instead of three who earn combined well over $750,000 in salaries and benefits is economically irrational given Connecticut's economic crisis and high unemployment.  They have failed miserably in this crisis.  Three Commissioners can not solve PURA's issues why did Ned Lamont believe five would?  I forgot two more state political jobs can be paid for by Connecticut Taxpayers. 

High electric rates and poor service can be traced to several factors.  Eversource Energy top five management people earn over $40 million dollars.  One can argue that and rightly so that customers help pay for those salaries.  If one looks at 2018 Senate Bill 9 it shows why electric rates will skyrocket in the future due to the mandate to change over to renewable power over the next several years.  Ned Lamont argued on Twitter on July 30th that only 4% of the rate increase was due to the mandate even though it was accepted fully by PURA.  He suggested that Eversource Energy electric customers turn down their air conditioners and save energy.  

Massive campaign contributions flow into both state parties from Eversource Energy.  It is logical to assume that those contributions help to let our elected leaders overlook the constant shortcomings of Eversource Energy and its customers from high electric rates to poor service during a storm.  It is also logical to assume that PURA and its Commissioners just rubber stamp what these same elected leaders want them to do as we have just seen with these rate hikes.  Thus it is a no win solution for both Connecticut Eversource Energy customers and Connecticut Taxpayers.  They pay for poor service through both their high electric rates and high taxes.

The solution to this problem is the following.  First disband PURA and its commissioners.  The overseeing of utility monopolies in the state should be done by a non political independent agency.  Secondly, eliminate all utility lobbyist and campaign contributions by these same utilities in the state.  This has influenced bad decisions by our elected officials to reach the Third World State point that we are in today in Connecticut not just with monopoly electric companies but also with telephone, cell and cable TV and internet companies.  Change is needed if we are ever going to regain our state economy and not have businesses and household spend the bulk of their monies on excessively high taxes coupled with excessively high utility rates.  Enough is enough.