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Democratic mayoral candidate Jared Liu poses in the library of Pond Hill School, where he once attended, Monday, October 17, 2017. | Dave Zajac, Record-Journal

OPINION: The tax man in Wallingford (part 1 of 3)

By Jared LiuThe most common question I get when knocking on doors is, “What will you do to get taxes low?” I love this question fo ...
 
Opponents to tolls protest outside of the John Weichsel Municipal Center in Southington before a Town Council vote on an anti-toll resolution | Jesse Buchanan
By Len SuzioOn April 8 and April 10, the Lamont administration drove two fatal daggers into their own pro-tolls arguments.  On tho ...
Members of The International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 478, wear shirts supporting tolls for road funding as hundreds of people on both sides of the issue turned out Wednesday, March 6, 2019, for a legislative hearing at the Capitol in Hartford, Conn., on whether Connecticut should institute electronic highway tolls. The turnout highlighted the strong divide that
By Mike BrodinskyIt's not complicated. No one likes tolls. Capitalizing on that sentiment, some politicians have conducted a trave ...
Jen Ezzell, of Lisbon, Conn., holds signs protesting taxes as hundreds of people on both sides of the issue turned out Wednesday, March 6, 2019, for a legislative hearing at the Capitol in Hartford, Conn., on whether Connecticut should institute electronic highway tolls. The turnout highlighted the strong divide that
By Stephen KnightIn two previous columns, I have argued that it is necessary to reinstitute tolls on some Connecticut highways.  ...
FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018 file photo, plumes of smoke rise from Europe
By Mary MushinskySteve Knight and I will be dead (Record-Journal column, March 31), but the food and water shortages, extreme weat ...
Opponents to tolls protest outside of the John Weichsel Municipal Center in Southington before a Town Council vote on an anti-toll resolution | Jesse Buchanan
By Len SuzioAll over Connecticut local governments are debating non-binding resolutions expressing objections to the implementatio ...
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A coffee mug commemorating the Record-Journal
By Chris ShortellI found it while cleaning out my garage, tucked in a box of memorabilia: a coffee mug celebrating the April 29, ...
State Rep. Mary Mushinsky, D-Wallingford
By Stephen KnightWallingford’s State Representative Mary Mushinsky has outdone herself once again, folks. In fact, Mary is neck an ...
Thomas Trudeau of Meriden finds some shade at a picnic table to read Saturday during the Meriden Farmers Market at the Meriden Green in Meriden July 7, 2018 | Justin Weekes / Special to the Record-Journal
By Michael S. RohdeAfter three months of a typical Connecticut winter of cold, snow and ice, spring has finally arrived, and with ...
By Len SuzioWhat’s the most overlooked aspect of the Great Connecticut Toll Debate? It’s the record-breaking $100 billion transpor ...
The former Bristol-Myers Squibb in Wallingford, Fri., Jan. 25, 2019. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
I had already intended to write a column about the importance of redeveloping the Bristol-Myers Squibb property because of the ver ...
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