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Tag: Connecticut

  • A Fair Urban Tax Code?

    New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg wants to punish waitresses to protect Wall Streeters.   (keep reading…)
  • The Green List - Milk, Eggs, Bread, Fluorescent bulbs, Hybrid Cars…

    Shopping green is good for businesses, political groups, builders, car companies, and oh, the environment. Knocking on doors and pressuring citizens to buy compact fluorescent bulbs and other marked products does not show concern or respect for our environment. It implies that people who cannot afford consumer goods are bad for the planet.   (keep reading…)
  • Earmarking: A Necessary Evil

    The influence of Washington’s K Street, home to the offices of D.C.’s most prominent lobbyists, can be seen on Main Streets from Sumner, Washington to Simsbury, Connecticut. From filling potholes to installing water treatment facilities, lobbyists have a growing influence on how cities, counties and states secure funding for infrastructural needs. Unfortunately, with the continuing demonizing of the earmarking process, securing such a provision has become increasingly controversial. Evan Miller of The New Argument reports.   (keep reading…)
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