September 18, 2009

State has money for new softball fields

After all the fuss and bother of this year's budget showdown, it was surprising to me to see the State Bond Commission, whose agenda is set by Gov. Jodi Rell, is planning next week to approve $110,000 to construct softball fields at technical schools in Torrington and Willimantic.
I'm sure the fields would be nice -- heck, they may even be required for some reason -- but now?
Bristol, by the way, has exactly one project singled out in the bond commission agenda. Its technical school is getting $10,000 to fix some plumbing.

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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

PORK PORK PORK

Anonymous said...

Geez I am surprised at the slant. If Bristol were receiving the bulk of the pork people would be standing in adoration of our state legislators. We got squat so it's ok to pass the buck...

Anonymous said...

We got squat ????? Boy are you lost in space!

Anonymous said...

Lets go Nicastro, straighten this out!

Anonymous said...

I thought the tech school had a plumbing and heating course .

I guess it's just too complicated for the staff to figure out .

Now , why again did everyone want to keep that place open ??

Anonymous said...

Our legislative delegation is weak and cannot deliver on pork, even if we wanted it. Other delegations, esp. those that don't have former mayors who only want to look at themselves in every mirrored door they pass by, deliver. It is a simple political game but our guys don't know how to play.

Anonymous said...

Another Nicastro failure in action. He is in over his head at the state level.