According to Bruce Morris’ biography on the State of Connecticut’s web site, he has not graduated from college, he has merely attended College.

State Representative Bruce Morris is serving his first term in the Connecticut General Assembly. He is a graduate of Saint Thomas More Preparatory School and attended the University of Connecticut. Currently, he is the Director of Human Relations for Norwalk Public Schools, and serves on the ministerial staff of Macedonia Church in Norwalk.

Rep. Morris presently serves as Chairperson of the Board of Directors for Norwalk Community Health Center; Chair of Public Services Division of United Way of Norwalk and Wilton; Board member of George Washington Carver Center; Norwalk NAACP; Macedonia AIDS Ministry; and, Cornerstone Community Development Corporation.

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Lo and behold, what a difference a day makes. Well, probably not, I always had a feeling that all members were not drunk on kool-aid over at the Board of Ed. Bruce Kimmel has emerged from the Corda kool-aid eclipse in the Hour today:

“I have not agreed with Dr. Corda’s approach to exclude administration personnel from budget cuts. My view is that we start by assuming the schools are sacrosanct, that they are the option of last resort — and that includes after-school programs,” Kimmel said.

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When House Speaker bragged about how Larry Cafero keeps getting reelected despite bring home the bacon bits, he really wasn’t kidding. Of course its not just Cafero, but Perone, Morris, Boucher, Ryan in the House and Duff in the Senate that come back to Norwalk with the half filled jar of bacon bits with a nice label and press release announcing “bacon”. Our legislators just aren’t getting time at the trough. And oh what a trough it is. The Journal Inquirer reports on the $3 billion bonding proposal put forth by finance panels bonding subcommittee.

Sen. Donald J. DeFronzo, D-New Britain, co-chairman of the finance panel’s bonding subcommittee, said the Democrats’ plan adds funding for key programs, such as affordable housing and libraries. He said it leaves the state “far below” the state’s limit on bonding.

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