DMV, Same As It Ever Was

by turfgrrl on October 4, 2009 3:54 am · 1 comment

Brian Lockhart reports that the legislature failed to reinvent a tiny portion of state government. And for this we turn to our music video of the day, Once in a lifetime :

Lockhart reports:

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Public Housing And Crime

by turfgrrl on October 4, 2009 3:42 am · 1 comment

Imagine if anyone in Norwalk had this crime “platform” attributed to them; “He also said the city’s approaches to crime-ridden clusters in recent years has played a role in keeping crime down …. , citing the demolition of the … housing project and its redevelopment into … as factors in … ’s perception as city without a serious crime problem.”

And what city is represented by the judicious use of elipses in the phrase above? Stamford. And who is being it being attributed to? Democratic candidate for mayor, David Martin.

Here’s the revealing grafs:

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Hartford Magnet Schools Get $12k Per Transfer Pupil From State

October 4, 2009

Wouldn’t it be nice if the policies that the state legislature came up with addressed the entire state instead of just focusing on the failure cities? From the Courant:

The state legislature voted Friday to give the city $12,000 for each out-of-city student attending one of its magnet schools, a lower figure than school officials had sought and one they said could cost them roughly $2.3 million this year.

“We kind of came up with a compromise,” House Speaker Christopher Donovan said. “Pretty much we’ve heard from everybody that they can live with that.”

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