To the Editor:
Jim Gaston, the Democratic candidate for the Board of Selectmen, is a politician who is the perfect package. He has a proven capacity to lead, th...
Jone Karen Sigovich
A Loving And Generous Personality
Jone Karen Sigovich, 65, a longtime resident of Newtown and most recently of Jupiter, Fla., died peac...
To the Editor:
This letter is asking residents of District 3 to join me in supporting the candidacy of Mitch Bolinsky for Legislative Council. I had the distinc...
Safety First
To the Editor:
I urge all voters in Newtown to support my candidacy for the Police Commission. I am honored to have been endorsed for the position ...
Silhouette Portraits And Open Hearth Cooking, Historical Society November 13 Events
In the days before photography made an image of a person relatively affordab...
About The Letters This Week
One of the many casualties of the pre-Halloween snowstorm last weekend was the connection between The Bee’s e-mail serve...
Letters Of Endorsement
To the Editor:
Newtown is fortunate to have scores of individuals who emphasize the importance of having a government that listens to its...
Editor
’s Note: Please note that while we have tried to confirm the listings for events that are scheduled for this weekend, some events may ...
Dorothy Krnyaich Thomas
Celebrated Life
Dorothy Krnyaich Thomas, 89, wife of Wallace C. Thomas of Newtown, died October 30, in Danbury Hospital. Born July ...
As I understand it, they would be allowed to have a single building that is completely residential, as long as they also do commercial somewhere else. Or they could put 160 apartments in a building and a single little office and that office would be “commercial” and qualify. Definitely attend. We are only at this point due to a misleading question on the November ballot.
My comments are apolitical. My point is that CT is not run well, regardless of the name of the party in office. It is underperforming almost all other states in the union with respect to the economy. People are not leaving just to retire. They're leaving to find jobs and that is a major concern for the future of the state.
I reiterate, MA and NY are generally run by Democrats. If CT people are fleeing CT for these states, then it is obvious that being run by Democrats is not the problem.
From the Hartford Business Journal.
The large number of people moving to high-tax states likely indicates people are chasing new job opportunities, among other potential reasons.
However, it should be noted that Connecticut used to be a tax haven back in the 1980s, before the state enacted its income tax, with people and companies moving here from high-tax states like New York.
That competitive advantage has been eroded over the last few decades, making it less painful for tax-conscious citizens to cross the border into a higher-tax state like New York.
Why are the jobs in NY and MA? Look at the profile of existing corporations that are there and the startup environment that those states promote. Why have some major employers left CT?
