According to Moore’s law, computers double in speed every two years. According to the state Auditors of Public Accounts, $75,572 worth of computer hardware sat around unused at the state Department of Banking for two years – allowing processor speeds to double before these “new” computers were plugged in. The audit report, released July 23, [...]
The Philadelphia “blogger tax,” $50 a year or $300 lifetime, is really just a tax on non-wage income. In any case, it’s a bad idea. Cities in Connecticut have tossed around revenue ideas similar to this, like a sales tax add-on and other ideas pushed by the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities. Philadelphia’s business license tax [...]
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal called on Craigslist Wednesday to shut down its “adult services” advertising section. Blumenthal and 17 other state attorneys general are targeting Craigslist, but what about companies with operations in Connecticut? Craigslist is based in San Francisco, Calif., and operates classified sites for Hartford, New Haven, Eastern CT and Northwest CT. A [...]
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal uses a 20-plus-year-old desktop podium for his press conferences, while the state police officer who stands guard at Blumenthal’s 55 Elm St. office has one that cost $1,440. The Attorney General’s office bought the podium, a Forbes Industries model 4900, on July 16, 2006, according to a spokesman. The Comptroller and [...]
Legislators have attendance records ranging from 100 percent down to 23 percent, according to research by the Yankee Institute for Public Policy. The institute researched every vote on legislation taken during the 2010 regular legislative session and determined what percentage of the votes each representative and senator missed. The attendance records are available on an interactive [...]
Chester First Selectman Tom Marsh is running for governor as a member of the Independent Party. Who is he? As first selectman, he saved American taxpayers $600,000, stopped polluting Chester Creek and set the 2010 town budget lower than the 2005 budget he inherited. Watch the video to find out more. Transcript Tom Marsh: We [...]
