Advocacy group prevented from speaking about key policy issues due to 14 year-old muzzle agreement.
by jonpelto
A leading Connecticut environmental advocacy group has withdrawn its opposition to a new 20 mile MDC pipeline from Farmington to UConn due to a 1998 agreement with the MDC that it will not speak about MDC plans to divert public water as long as it doesn’t exceed the MDC’s water capacity.
Wait, What?
According to an article in the Hartford Courant, “The Farmington River Watershed Association acknowledged Thursday that a 1998 agreement it signed compelled it to call off its campaign opposing a plan by The Metropolitan District to supply water to the University of Connecticut.”
Okay, so let’s get this right.
Fourteen years ago, the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC), a public entity, headed by a former Connecticut State Senator and funded through public dollars, forced a non-
Oh those wily consultants: Consulting company determines UConn Administrator’s pay okay
by jonpelto
Tags: Budget cutsUConnUConn President Susan Herbst Faced with criticism about the high rate of compensation for UConn administrators, the University of Connecticut’s Board of Trustees hired Sibson Consulting to determine whether the rate UConn was paying its senior administrators was appropriate. According to their public relations materials, Sibson Consulting reports to be leaders in, “executive compensation and corporate governance design for [...]
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