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bladerunner_203 t1_j60mojn wrote

Reply to CT's legislature salaries are starvation wages, $28k/year. You have to be retired or rich to serve. This is regressive and should be changed. by MormonReformist

Since when was becoming a politician supposed to be your only source of income? Politicians were initially meant to be Good Samaritans who had an established career and wanted to help make positive changes in their communities. Career politicians in todays world are in essence the ruination of modern politics as we know it.

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BrandonP1976 t1_j60l9m3 wrote

Reply to CT's legislature salaries are starvation wages, $28k/year. You have to be retired or rich to serve. This is regressive and should be changed. by MormonReformist

Before you post you should probably check your facts or maybe just stop being a moron. Connecticut Legislators are only a part time job they are only required to be in a Hartford a couple of times a week for votes and work around a regular full time job schedule. It is not a full time job. It has never been a full time job. It was never meant to be a career. Even if trash like Rosa deloro and Is Joe Lieberman made sure to make it a career.

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PettyWitch t1_j60je0l wrote

Reply to Water in Basement? by MJ_2K20

If you don't have gutter extenders put on all of your downspouts you should. They're super cheap at Home Depot/Lowe's and will help save your foundation...

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-ctinsider t1_j60io5b wrote

Reply to comment by Burwylf in 'Pizza bill' back for seconds as lawmakers consider CT state food by boujeeFett

The Constitution State would remain CT's official nickname. Here's part of the story, from reporter Daniel Figueroa IV:

The bill would cast pizza into the ranks of other state symbols like the sperm whale, the state animal; the praying mantis, the state insect; the charter oak, the state tree; and the mountain laurel, the state flower.

There’s also a state mineral, almandine garnet, and state fossil, a three-toed footprint that likely belonged to a relative of the dilophosaurus.

The bill, SB 390, was introduced jointly by nearly all of the legislature’s New Haven delegation — all Democrats.

A version of the bill introduced during the 2021 session passed the State House nearly unanimously, only receiving nine “no” votes, but didn’t get a read on the Senate floor. Colin Caplan, an architect and historian who operates Taste of New Haven authored the bill.

- Casey

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sld06003 t1_j606mlb wrote

Reply to comment by _JayC114 in CT's legislature salaries are starvation wages, $28k/year. You have to be retired or rich to serve. This is regressive and should be changed. by MormonReformist

You're missing the point. The only people who are able to take the job at that pay are people who are independently wealthly or do not need to otherwise work. These groups don't tend to be truly representative of the population. Raising the salary to a point that *typical" people are able to quit their job and run would be how you get a truly representative group.

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