Same here. Every single Sikh person I have ever met has been an all around exemplary human being. So disgusting that someone would pull this kind of BS.

Also should name and shame the business that ran that bs ad on the truck. That's gross.

But you know, speeding could have killed someone, so the bond needs to be high.

What a noob. Next time he should have a few beers first to cover his ass.

Beer. The cheap insurance policy for dumb decisions.

There's a reason their stock price is so high. They're screwing us all and getting away with it.

Some acronym Kung-Fu going on there with the art supplies drive. 😁 I love it.

Hey. Gas isn't even a problem for me. I could care less if the gas tax is $1 a gallon. No skin off my back.

I'm just saying it as it is. We're all getting screwed by high gas tax. Also the diversion of our natural gas to support Europe. They should fight their own fight.

Wow. Totally worth it, IMO. As a cost - damn, that's actually cheap and extremely reasonable.

If you can afford it, take it.

Gas tax is literally a regressive tax. The people who are hurt the most by it are at the lower end of the income spectrum. It also impacts our economy from top to bottom. Price of diesel is fucking us all - the trucks that ship our goods, that's not free. Each truckload is thousands of dollars in transportation fees.

You know pensions are an anomaly these days. Be happy you have one at all.

Do you still get state provided non-Medicare healthcare after retirement too?

Billions. It's billions.

Eversource gives us $10.

Shareholders get $1,000,000,000. Eversource GIVES AWAY $1Bn to the shareholders every year.

You mean the $200 bill you have for turning your lights off and on in the winter.

HOLY SHIT! 100% INCREASE AND A $10 CREDIT. THANK YOU OH BENEVOLENT ASSHOLE POLITICIANS!

What a fucking gift.

Mmm hmm.

You do know who writes the budget, right?

Pretending the person who signed the budget is 100% responsible for the budget?

Come on.

Oh, hang on, now I'm a fascist because I know how the budget is written - and I'm not willing to twist the truth because it makes the people I support look bad. We fucked it up, we fixed it. It's the truth - deal with it.

Seriously, fuck progressives.

Uh, I have a pitchfork. Shall I bring it?

Some mental gymnastics there. A 2016 USA Gymnastics Team tier performance on your part.

FYI, we have a state legislature that writes the laws.

One party has controlled just about everything for the past, well, likely your entire life.

The governor is and always has been a token in CT.

If you are old enough to remember the ancient history you're talking about - perhaps it's time to head on down to your doc and get checked for dementia.

They treated me fair when I was getting established.

I suggest you check your notes on CTs state government.

https://ballotpedia.org/Party_control_of_Connecticut_state_government

Here's the history, if you need help with that.

( Hint: 30 years of Democratic house, 28 years of Democratic senate. )

The only time the governor flips is when the D governor is so bad that people can't stand them.

That's nice.

What about Eversource?

Oh, you the one triggered by me describing the entirety of CT?

Way to be ignorant.

I ask "where are you from" because I understand not everyone is like me.

Also compared to Texas CT is tiny. Everything is close as hell here. Op can literally live wherever they want + be pretty close to everything we have to offer. Time to drive across Houston is the time it takes to drive from one end of CT to the other.

Sounds like NH/WH is your thing then.

Btw. Texas has the Right-leaning mindless zealots. We have the left leaning version of them. Anything that doesn't align 100% with their thinking and you're a fascist.

😔

Good news is if you have a professional job you probably will avoid the majority of the ignorant types.

Love the area but it's boring.

Austin residents.

Posting Avon in a New Haven thread .. you like getting roasted don't ya.

Biggest question: Whereabouts in Texas were you?

If you were from the city:

West Hartford. Lots of stuff going on. New Haven, maybe too. Supposedly pretty neighborly ; but not my thing.

Really, I think West Hartford is probably the coolest pick - as there's a LOT of walkability in the center + always something to do there.

If you're more on the rural side - Northwest or Northeast CT are pretty good. Manchester or Vernon are decent with lots of good stuff around. Ellington / East Windsor / Bolton - rural farm-ish towns.

FUCK EVERSOURCE

There is nothing wrong with reallocating money to do maximum good.

Where we deviate from fiscal conservatism - is when the greenhouse is allocated $300k, but only needs $100k - and the director of the greenhouse replaces the windows every year to make sure that the excess $200k is retained in budget.

The additional $200k could have been saved as surplus or reallocated to different programs. I'd prefer it were saved as surplus for when economic downturn hits .. so cuts are not necessary.