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Westport News: Funny Money

Mar 17, 2021 Stephen Krauchick

#Westport CT--On February 12, 2020, Westport Police officers responded to a local gas station on areport that an individual allegedly made a purchase with a counterfeit $100.00 bill. The gasstation’s manager stated that the suspect paid for $10.00 worth of gas with a $100.00 bill andthen left the area. The manager went on to say that after the suspect departed, he marked the billwith his counterfeit detector pen and realized that the bill was fake.A short time after this incident, the investigating officer was advised that the WiltonPolice had arrested an individual for attempting to pass $100.00 counterfeit bills. The suspectwas identified as Tevon Johnson. Westport officers went to the Wilton Police Department tospeak with Mr. Johnson and observed that…

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FREEZE FOR EVERSOURCE RATES

Mar 17, 2021 Stephen Krauchick

U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) urged the Connecticut Public Utility Regulatory Authority (PURA) to reject the three rate hike proposals made by Eversource, and instead impose a fourth option upon the utility – no increase in utility rates for Connecticut’s electricity customers. Eversource has unconscionably presented PURA with three rate hike options, claiming they under-recovered almost $20 million during 2020, while making over $1.2 billion profits – an increase of 34% over 2019. All three options would result in a 12% increase for Connecticut rate payers. In a letter to regulators, Blumenthal said, “Eversource is claiming under-recovery in 2020 of their costs from ratepayers, the company announced $1.2 billion in profits for 2020! Of that $1.2 billion, $457.9 million in profit…

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Stratford News: No Tax Increase

Mar 16, 2021 Stephen Krauchick

STRATFORD – Mayor Laura R. Hoydick officially delivered her proposed operating budget for Fiscal Year 2022 to the Stratford Town Council today.  The $240.4 million budget proposal represents the fourth year in a row of mill rate decreases for residents of Stratford, lowering it from 39.64 to 39.60.  The Mayor noted that while other regional towns and cities have been forced to increase local taxes, particularly while mounting local responses to the global COVID-19 pandemic, Stratford stands out as a community that has held the line once again without raising taxes on residents.  “We are pleased with our economic and financial successes,” said Mayor Hoydick, “though we cannot separate our economic fortunes from the ongoing pandemic.  The human cost of this disease is underscored by the…

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