I think virtually every town/city in this country relies too heavily on grants — it’s a huge problem that contributes to our fiscal woes at all levels of government. But this is a system of our own creation that we have let fester and grow out of control. We have these unholy alliances that are in place across the country where we are forced to send our money to the next higher level of government. It is laundered and redistributed through some bureaucracy, and then we have to ask for some if it back — but only on their terms and with all the strings that are attached to it. The real long-term fix is to break down the system of taxation and regulation that leads to these twisted and interwoven reliances and return the power and control to the towns and cities where it belongs. Continue Reading →
Killingly
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Op-ed: Common Core and other education mandates are the problems
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Strip the mandates and return control and the money to the towns and cities and let them, in conjunction with parents and teachers, best decide how to educate their children and use their resources. Continue Reading →