buried_lede

buried_lede t1_ja1pj3c wrote

Reply to comment by jay1982k in Any doctors here by jay1982k

Not a doctor, but since nobody is who is responding yet, are you moving here and wondering what Connecticut is like?

Edit: There’s an impression that CT is bad for Med mal suits? I wasn’t aware we stood out in that way. Doesn’t seem to be making a dent, lol

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buried_lede t1_j9urxip wrote

Reply to comment by Form684 in Rocky Hill suing apartment complex owner, its top taxpayer, over conditions by mas90guru

“Century Hills is a subsidiary of JRK Property Holdings of Los Angeles, which owns 80,000 residential and business rental and hotel units in 30 states. “

JRK is based in LA

The founder also serves on the boards of Union College and Cedars Sinai Hospital. I believe he’s the chairman of the board of Cedars Sinai, one of the best hospitals in the country.

Oh how these PE firms insulate themselves from the reality of their slumlording. Upstanding, prominent, community minded, advisors with excellent business skills. Cut to buckets in the lobby catching rain in Rocky Hill

In New Haven, most of the biggest apartment owners are PE firms mostly investing overseas money (Mandy, Pike) and the subject of endless complaints. They are considered slumlords by New haven city hall.

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buried_lede t1_j9tz9w2 wrote

Reply to Rocky Hill suing apartment complex owner, its top taxpayer, over conditions by mas90guru

They claim to clear 30-percent per year profit on all their holdings. That’s a lot. They run RE private equity funds and are one of the largest multifamily owners in the country.

They are causing trouble in Portland Maine as well.

I hope the court takes it into receivership, just to introduce them to real consequences. Whatever millions they extract from this company will be a drop in the bucket. The principles of the firm probably each take home millions a year

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buried_lede t1_j93rtc2 wrote

Reply to comment by AdHistorical7107 in here's a question regarding gun control by AdHistorical7107

It’s not always straightforward. I don’t think there is a federal law against a state registry. But I think there is about the privacy of it. It’s been a long time since I looked at it. And there was an absolute meltdown over talk of the federal gov establishing a database, one stop shop owners thought would be easily abused. They don’t think it’s the government’s business they happen to own 47 guns, etc

Your thinking of the Supremacy Clause?

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buried_lede t1_j92hzho wrote

Reply to here's a question regarding gun control by AdHistorical7107

It’s not just CT, there is a federal law protecting privacy. And there is a law preventing the federal government from compiling a national gun registry database. If only the gun lobby got into other civil rights, we might get somewhere. They’re pretty effective at getting what they want

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buried_lede t1_j8y2stb wrote

Reply to So ….does anyone else smell a foreign scent outside? Was just walking out my back door I can’t place what it is. Slightly panicked that is from Ohio…. by Smokeshow-Joe

NOAA models show Ohio poison clouds arriving here. People all over New England are reporting the same thing and spots all over their cars

https://www.ready.noaa.gov/hypubout/22397_cloop.gif

https://www.ready.noaa.gov/hypub-bin/hyresults.pl

These are models and the result of inputs. I’m on my phone and unable to pinpoint more about the data at the moment

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buried_lede t1_j8nj0x6 wrote

Reply to comment by ShamusTheClown in Sandy Hook Survivor Survives Second Mass Shooting by midmodmad

Fine, whatever works.

Murders and mass shootings aren’t the same, but I’m for whatever works. If Connecticut’s law is a success I hope it spreads. I am just so sick of these gun obsessed activists and their promotion of extremely libertine gun laws.

Some states still don’t even have background checks at gun shows, is that still the case? They’re assholes and they’re wrecking the country.

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buried_lede t1_j8lmwk0 wrote

Reply to comment by WellSeasonedUsername in Sandy Hook Survivor Survives Second Mass Shooting by midmodmad

Fuck yourself, really. You guys don’t care about life. You literally get on your soapbox on every post about victims. Gun posts aren’t enough, you need to make your points over People’s graves and hospital beds too. All about you and your guns. Always know more than everyone else, always sure that nothing will help. Always a thousand self-serving, self-centered arguments that don’t impress anyone - they are dripping with denial. Like: there are more gun suicides than mass shootings. So what? I’m not leaving the country for you either, but thanks for the suggestion. Cute.

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buried_lede t1_j8ljiaq wrote

Reply to comment by WellSeasonedUsername in Sandy Hook Survivor Survives Second Mass Shooting by midmodmad

Semi automatic weapons and large magazines. Studies of mass shootings found an impact, but existing weapons in the category were grandfathered in and there were other loopholes, then it sunset after only 10 years. We need to pass it again with stricter provisions and enforcement.

I’m tired of the idiots constantly insisting that gun control doesn’t get guns off the streets. Every country that has done it says otherwise and it’s obvious that it would. Will some guns still float around? yeah, big difference though.

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