by Zack Albert | Jan 30, 2013 | General
On January 25th the Hartford Courant published an opinion piece entitled “Another State Property Falls Into Ruin”, which can be found at this link. In the article the paper engages the topic of the former Sunrise Resort in East Haddam, a 144-acre property which the...
by Zack Albert | Jan 23, 2013 | Blog, Economy, Municipal, Taxes & Spending
While the weather may have been rather pleasant on January 8th, the new Connecticut legislative session opened that day with a rather ominous fiscal cloud overhead. According to the Office of Fiscal Analysis, the expected revenue for the year has once again been...
by Zack Albert | Jan 16, 2013 | Blog, Taxes & Spending, Transportation
As the state once again finds itself in a fiscal hole, legislators scramble to offer new (or in this case, not so new) ways to raise much-needed revenue for the state. With expected cuts to state and municipal aid at the federal level and a budget storm rumbling in...
by Zack Albert | Jan 16, 2013 | General
I would like to take a moment to introduce myself to the Raising Hale community. My name is Zack Albert and I will now be adding, on a weekly basis, to the news and commentary found on this site. Beginning today I will be posting to the site each Wednesday on a...