Corporate Welfare Boondoggle Alert: Moving UConn’s West Hartford Campus downtown
by jonpelto
On November 8, two days after this year’s election, UConn President Susan Herbst released a statement announcing that the University of Connecticut’s Greater Hartford Campus will be moving from its West Hartford location to downtown Hartford within the year.
Beyond a claim that “this will be a win-win for UConn, our students and the City of Hartford,” UConn’s President failed to provide any details whatsoever, citing the need for secrecy since negotiations on the issue where on-going.
As the Associated Press put it, “UConn said it’s not ready to identify possible Hartford sites that would house the new campus.” The only other fact that came to light was that the 58 acre West Hartford campus would be sold after the move.
Stepping back for a moment it becomes apparent that nothing about this development or
NEWS FLASH: This year’s Connecticut Budget deficit jumps to $415 million
by jonpelto
“Comptroller Kevin Lembo today announced that the state is currently on track to end Fiscal Year 2013 with a deficit of at least $415 million based on current spending patterns and revenue projections.” Although just last week, Ben Barnes, Malloy’s budget chief, continued to maintain that the deficit was $365 million, State Comptroller Lembo has [...]
As Governor Malloy’s PR operation continues pumping out the education reform rhetoric, we can be confident that should he seek re-election, he’ll be running on the most anti-public education record of any governor in living memory. His “Education Reform” package was certainly the most anti-teacher, anti-union bill introduced by any Democratic governor in the nation. [...]
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