Connecticut Commentary: Red Notes from a Blue State

Wooden and Lamont What do State Treasurer Shawn Wooden and State Attorney General William Tong have in common? Both are Democrats, and both have politicized the offices to which they have been elected. Of the two, Wooden at least has a relevant and strong background in functions relating to the State Treasurer’s office.

You’ll walk the floor, the way I do You’re cheating heart will tell on you -- Hank Williams If it had been Christmas, Josh Solomon, the owner of the New Britain Rock Cats  – soon to be renamed the Hartford Rock Cats – might have found a lump of coal in his stocking. But it’s August, and the fiercely patriotic Mayor of New Britain, Erin Stewart, contented herself with a “Dear John” letter requesting a payment of back taxes owed and announcing the end of a once great romance.