The Connecticut Capitalist

Follow what the Connecticut and federal government does, what it says it does and how the media is covering it

---

WATCH AND COMMENT: LOCAL LEADERS ON THE LOCAL IMPACT OF ZONING BILLS

SPONSORED BY CT 169 STRONG

VISIT CT 169 STRONG WEBSITE

CONNECTICUT

OP-ED: ALEXIS HARRISON: Fairfield might need to spend as much as $500 million to build 2,064 new affordable housing units within the next 10 years if the “Fair Share” bill is passed as it is proposed.

WATCH: Wilton Discusses Housing – Past, Present, and Future

Eversource to Sell Offshore Wind Stake for $625M

State officials and donors enjoy private flight to DC for White House event celebrating UConn men’s basketball team

Lengthy utility regulation rules pass Senate in unanimous vote

CT Senate Passes Bill Mandating Gun Violence ‘Roundtables’ Between Police, Communities

MURPHY VISITS NORTH MACEDONIA

WHAT WILL STATE SAY WHEN PEOPLE START TO DEFEND THEMSELVES? : CT law enforcement officials warn street takeovers are ‘escalating,’ becoming ‘more violent’

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DIVISION? : CT public defender tells oversight commission division is ‘fractured along racial lines’

CGA BULLETIN FRIDAY MAY 26, 2023

Appeals Court Upholds FOIA Exemption for Body Cam Records

Connecticut retirement commission sues Town of Ellington over pension change

House GOP Cries Foul on Potential Cash Bail Expansion

WHO TOLD STATE POLICE TO STAND DOWN?

LISTEN: CHAZ AND AJ: The Tolland Street Takeover

WATCH: Bear spotted in a tree on Chestnut Street in Hartford

“LOVE NEVER FAILS” IN LAMONT’S CONNECTICUT: WATCH: State police make arrest following violent street takeover in Tolland

TONY DEANGELO: LIFE IN FORMER USSR V. LIFE IN MODERN DAY CT

---

CGA DAILY BULLETIN THURSDAY MAY 25, 2023

Children and adults highlight the problems of finding mental health services in CT

New gun restrictions pass Connecticut House

FOI counsel hears arguments on request for how ‘Pizza Sex’ assignment originated

Madison Bans Recreational Marijuana Businesses in Town

CT House Votes to Allow Red Light, Speeding Cameras

CT minimum wage increases to $15 an hour on June 1

Connecticut Woman Attacked by Shark in Turks and Caicos

CT Senate Passes Bill Mandating Gun Violence ‘Roundtables’ Between Police, Communities

THE FIX IS IN: 4AM VOTES TO COME? Legislature to Create a Lot of “Big, Big, Big Bills

Connecticut’s New Haven Commuter Rail Line to Manhattan Faces Possible Cuts

A small CT town (AVON) is taxing nonprofit Goodwill for the first time. The charity is taking them to court.

Transit Orient Development (TOD) is under water! CT is at risk of losing up to 24,000 acres of land to rising sea levels in the next 50 years.

WATCH: Environmental Attorney, Kathryn Braun, discusses the environmental impacts STATEWIDE of the onerous zoning bills

A Green Defense Against Over-Development Bills Like HB6890

CT Hemp Farmers Say They’re ‘Under Attack’ By Proposed Restrictions

CT’s EB gets $1.1B from Navy for Virginia Class atomic sub construction

WHO CAME UP WITH THE WORD “STREET TAKEOVER”? : CT Senate concerned about dangerous, defiant street takeovers in multiple towns

---

CGA DAILY BULLETIN – TUESDAY MAY 23, 2023

WATCH: JUDICIARY COMMITTEE HEARING 9AM

WATCH: REGULATION REVIEW COMMITTEE 10:30AM

Onerous concept in Fair Share: End of Local Zoning Rules if Fair share is not built or a plan is not made

The Fair Share bill causes a litigation quagmire! In #NewJersey, 9 towns are suing the state, and there has been 40 years of litigation over “fair shares.”

MURPHY: The Left Needs A Spiritual Renaissance. So Does America.

House Republicans Call for Hearing on Changes to Judicial Bail Rules

Bystander’s car damaged during street takeover in Tolland

Weston’s Board of Ethics Vacancies Grow

Electric Bill Relief: Connecticut Residents to See Major Price Cut

Blumenthal Warns of Voice-Cloning Fraud

60 Minutes hired an ethical hacker to show how easy it is to be scammed. She conned our unsuspecting colleague using artificial intelligence.

OP-ED | No Gold Stars for Bridge Emergency Response

Spirit Airlines scraps nonstop service to Jamaica from Bradley International Airport AFTER ONLY 6 MONTHS

Why an Overtime Elite player thinks former UConn coach Kevin Ollie would succeed in NBA

SEMA4 PROFITS? Lamonts donate 45-acre preserve to Bridgewater Land Trust

---

TODAY IN CT HISTORY: May 22, 1781 : The Plan That Won The American Revolution

FLASHBACK: NY TIMES: WETHERSFIELD, CONN., WHERE GEORGE WASHINGTON REALLY SLEPT

CGA DAILY BULLETIN: MONDAY MAY 22, 2023

$100,000 Powerball Winner in Connecticut

Nearly 400,000 Conn. Residents Will Travel During Memorial Day Weekend: AAA

This Is Why the Skies in CT Are Smoky Monday

THERE’S MORE THAN JUST THE BROOKLYN ACTIVIST SIDE TO THIS STORY FOX 61: Desegregating Connecticut | Real Story

CT ’23: A conversation with Sen. Chris Murphy

CT ’23: What gas prices will look like this summer

---

TODAY IN CT HISTORY: May 21, 1902: Connecticut Passes America’s First Speed Limit Law

FLASHBACK: Connecticut enacts first speed-limit law

JAHNCKE: Jahncke: Debt ceiling not the only barrier to fret over

POWELL: Tax cuts are a shell game that won’t transform cities

WARNINGS ABOUT WATER GUNS IN CT? : Assassin: Rite of passage for HIGH SCHOOL seniors or potential disaster?

Three people shot in one CT town (HAMDEN) on Friday night

Hartford students flood meeting with complaints about food, space and lack of teachers

‘Better Plan’ Needed For New London School After Asbestos Scare, Officials Say

FLASHBACK: MAY 20, 1823, the first classes were held at the Hartford Female Seminary, a revolutionary new school for girls founded by author and education pioneer Catharine Beecher

FLASHBACK: Much Good Might be Accomplished: Catharine Esther Beecher and the Pursuit of Domestic Economy

WATCH: TALK OF CT: GARY BYRON WITH JEANINE PIRRO

---

FOLLOW DOMINIC RAPINI INVESTESTIGATING POTENTIAL CAMPAIGN DONATION SCHEME

FOLLOW CT 169 STRONG

LISTEN GARY BYRON (TALK OF CT) – TUNE IN TO HEAR G.COLLI EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 7:10AM

LISTEN TO LEE ELCI (94.9FM) – TUNE IN TO HEAR G. COLLI EVERY OTHER FRIDAY AT 8:35AM

LISTEN TODD FEINBERG (WTIC 1080AM)

LISTEN TOM SHATTUCK (WTIC 1080AM)

LISTEN Y CT MATTERS PODCAST (YANKEE INSTITUTE)

LISTEN BURN BARREL PODCAST (TOM AND ALICE SHATTUCK)

LISTEN REIMAGINED REPUBLICAN (DAN MIRESSI)

LISTEN TONY DEANGELO PM COAST TO COAST

READ CHRIS POWELL

READ THE RED LINE (RED JAHNCKE)

READ SWICK SPEAK (BOB SWICK)

READ JAN GROSSKOPF

FOLLOW VIRAL NEWS NY

G. COLLI ON WITH LEE ELCI 4/21/23

NEW ENGLAND EMMY AWARD NOMINATIONS RELEASED

---

NATIONAL

RFK Jr. warns ‘ugly precedent’ was set with COVID restrictions: No ‘pandemic exception’ to the Constitution

Yikes! Biden Is at 60 Percent Against Kennedy and Williamson in the New CNN Poll

RFK Jr to Laura Ingraham: ‘I would think about’ serving in a Republican administration

Are the Anti-Trump GOP Forces Starting to Implode?

Bill Gates’ alleged former Russian lover linked to Kremlin spy Anna Chapman: report

DeSantis rips Trump claim that Cuomo handled COVID better as gov

Stormy Daniels regrets coming forward about alleged Trump affair: ‘It was just for nothing’

OCEAN TAKEOVER: Damaged yacht among 2 dozen vessels targeted by rogue orca whale pod this year

McCarthy says he spoke with Trump about US debt ceiling talks

Trump Lawyers Seek Meeting With Garland Over Special Counsel Inquiries

Donald Trump to travel to Iowa just after Republican rival Ron DeSantis swings through state

Shaquille O’Neal Served Papers in FTX Lawsuit During NBA Playoff Game

Map: How did the pandemic exodus impact your hometown? Search this U.S. map to find out

CROWLEY: Trump Is Still the One. The Only One. Now More Than Ever 

HOW?: A 30-ton shipment of chemical explosives went missing in California…

---

‘Trump Without the Charm’: Haley Camp Comes Out Swinging against DeSantis ahead of Expected Announcement

MEGYN KELLY: Twitter the New Fox News? Megyn Kelly on Elon Musk’s Plans to Woo Conservatives in New Media Era

Nikki Haley bets on retail politics in Iowa

Nikki Haley and Tim Scott started as allies in South Carolina. Now they’re rivals for president.

Robert F Kennedy Jr’s surging support unmasks Democrats’ disquiet at Joe Biden

Musk is right about Soros, libs’ trouble with truth and other commentary

Power & Politics: A conversation with presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Daniel Penny is NOT a vigilante, but the left can’t stop pretending

Biden’s a fool to ignore the RFK Jr. challenge

Donald Trump’s second day in court, a virtual experience

‘Blood in the water for DeSantis’: Trump world embraces Tim Scott’s candidacy

Don’t expect Ron DeSantis to go scorched-earth against Trump

Ron DeSantis will launch his presidential bid with Elon Musk

---

China holdings of U.S. debt fall below $1 trillion for the first time since 2010

“I’ll pay 10,000 bitcoins for a couple of pizzas” On this day 13 years ago, a programmer named Laszlo Hanyecz made history with the first real-world #bitcoin payment. At the time, a coin had no value or market price. That pizza is now worth $267 million.

Boston Marathon’s Rick Hoyt dies at 61, Hoyt Foundation announces

NAACP advises against visiting Florida over ‘hostile’ DeSantis polices, gov slams move as ‘stunt’

WATCH: “Anything is possible’: Paralyzed student walks across the graduation stage with help from a robotic exoskeleton.

2024 Republican hopefuls rush to defend Marine DANIEL PENNY

O’KEEFE: This has been uncovered by citizen journalists in Georgia, Maryland, Texas, Arizona, Wisconsin and California…

---

---

THE CONNECTICUT CAPITALIST NEWSLETTER