Comments on: Hedge Fund vs. Paint Balls… Why Choose?

By: jonpelto

jonpelto — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 13:21:00 +0000

Right! Rhode Island is doing a visibility study as we speak and then will offer $110,000 for them to leave Connecticut and bring their 6 part-time, minimum wage, jobs with them.

By: CT Essential Politics – Friday 09.14.12 - CT Devil's Advocate

CT Essential Politics – Friday 09.14.12 - CT Devil's Advocate — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 11:06:08 +0000

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By: sharewhut

sharewhut — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:05:00 +0000

It’s like frickin’ Chaz Dean.. Apply, rinse, repeat…then put more in to leave for all day body. We may as well sign up for the auto ship with a thousand easy-pays!

By: sharewhut

sharewhut — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 23:23:00 +0000

“As for Fields of Fire…count the days until they go out of business.”
More likely, until they get a super-duper-stupendous offer to move operations to Westerly, threaten to take their battlements up I-95, but promise to stay for another grant. Repeat as necessary (desired) until next administration…. Danielle will pay off to avoid appearing more of a failure. Probably good for another 1/2 mil before January 2015..

By: buygoldandprosper

buygoldandprosper — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 19:14:00 +0000

It is a basketball school.Basketball is all about gambling. With luck King Dan can get it on the map with the rat breeding program that he has gambled state money on.
Basketball. Rats.Gambling. Take your pick.
What a mess.

By: Magister

Magister — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 19:10:00 +0000

Sign me up for a “Pelto reader vs. Edu-reformist” paintball battle royale!

By: msavage

msavage — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 18:57:00 +0000

What, charming web site. Only in CT–the same state where three of the major new sites (Channel 3, Channel 8, Hartford Courant) had Jim Calhoun’s retirement posted ABOVE the ongoing violence in the Middle East. Heck, on News 8 this morning Calhoun dominated the ENTIRE front page. Not a word on the attacks on American embassies. But what’s a potential billion-dollar American/Israel/Iraq conflict (and thousands of potential dead American soldiers) when the great God of Basketball, Jim Calhoun, has announced his retirement (which we’ve been expecting for months)? I mean, good lord–we’ve paid him millions and will continue to pay him VERY handsomely until he kicks the bucket. But that’s not enough. Many CT residents also feel the need to bow down to the almighty Calhoun throne. God forbid they should pay attention to news that has the potential to affect the entire WORLD! And please–spare me the usual platitudes. “Calhoun put CT on the map.” “Calhoun brings in MANY millions more to UConn than he’s paid.” Whatever. Whether or not these things are true, I’m sick to death of the misplaced hero worship in this country. OK, Calhoun rant over. Nothing personal against the guy–I feel the same way about every overpaid, overhyped college/professional sports figurehead. Like the hedge fund managers–it’s not like they cure cancer–or even TEACH future generations. It’s not freaking rocket science. It’s a damned SPORT! No one deserves to be paid millions of dollars for coaching a sports team!

By: jonpelto

jonpelto — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 17:05:00 +0000

OMG that’s funny!

Holding a gun that says my security system is the 2nd Amendment and Smith and Wesson!

By: Sarah Darer Littman

Sarah Darer Littman — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 15:42:00 +0000

What do you want to make a bet the Fields of Fire owner will show up a GOP ad saying “I built that” ? *sigh*

By: buygoldandprosper

buygoldandprosper — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 15:38:00 +0000

Good article Jon. It will not garner the outrage that EducationReform coverage gets,but it should.
You mentioned that you had several small businesses and I wonder if the state had handed YOU money to open the doors? Dan has turned the concept of free enterprise on its head…corporate welfare is popular (and buys more votes) than social welfare. He has set up a branch of government that takes the place of banking as we knew it but it is public money being spent and risked! CtInvests is an absolute joke,as is his NextFiveJive (headline grabbing “investments”). Check the payroll of that “quasi-governmental” agency.
And even more sickening and revealing is the ceremony when the local pols pass out the cash to the businesses. Dan’s efforts are pure politics and have nothing to do with job creation .
And speaking of balls,the Connecticut legislature should grow a set and put an end to Dan’s profligate ways but that would be a miracle! Collectively,they are part of the problem.
As for Fields of Fire…count the days until they go out of business.