Connecticut has the highest electricity rates in the country, at least in the contiguous states, and only Hawaii has higher rates. This is one of the contributing factors to the high cost of living here. So you’d think that Connecticut’s legislature would be trying to do something about that wouldn’t you? Well, as I’ve posted on before, they are content to push 4 bills out of committee that don’t really do anything.

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There’s congestion toll pricing on I-95, surcharges on the trains and plans for random bag searches on Metro North trains … er, can you imagine how that will go down in New Canann? Feel free to talk about any topic here.

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Last night, the Hour reports, around 60 parents and residents met with Norwalk School Superintendent Corda and to chat about the process of hiring a new principal and 4 housemasters for Brien McMahon. The hiring process, I’ll dub “Instructional Principal Hiring Specialists”, begins with a hired gun consultant who will pick and choose a candidates to present to two teams consisting of ; Four teachers, four parents, one housemaster and two students will be on one interview team, and on the second team will be a director of secondary education, an instructional specialist, a director of special education and the human resource officer.

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