Stop Eversource from charging for Isaias costs
Our beloved utility’s greed continues to know no bounds [Page 1, Feb. 18, “Eversource wants to pass Isaias cost to ratepayers”]. Profits increased nearly 33% last year and net income was $1.2 billion. Yet, it still wants to pass on storm expenses to ratepayers, many of whom continue to face historic financial struggles, and Eversource seems confident it’ll be allowed to do so. Eversource claims costs of “$13 million for food and lodging.” Where were people staying and for how long? What were they eating and how many were there? PURA is our last line of defense.’
Douglas Malan, Newington
Appalling Eversource plea
I am horrified and appalled by the nerve of Eversource CEO James Judge, who wants to pass on Isaias costs to Connecticut taxpayers [Page 1, Feb. 18, “Eversource wants to pass Isaias costs to ratepayers”]. It is time legislators address the monopoly and its effects on taxpayers who contribute to Mr. Judge’s obscene salary. Eversource’s net income in 2020 was $1.2 billion with revenue climbing to $8.9 billion!
Nancy MacColl, Avon
Poor verbiage by Mayor Cantor
I was struck by the insensitivity shown by West Hartford Mayor Shari Cantor when she used the term “property values” in a quote in the excellent article comparing the historic differences between housing segregation in West Hartford and Bloomfield [Page 1, Feb. 21, “How two towns illustrate racial divide”]. Words, symbolic or otherwise, matter. They matter especially when you are a Democratic town leader asked to comment on housing segregation in your town. The point of the article was that “property values” has become synonymous with ongoing entrenched efforts to keep Blacks from becoming home-owning residents in West Hartford. Leaders, please, if nothing else, think about your word choices.
Christine Farley, West Hartford
GOP offers little hope
Why publish Op-Eds by the likes of Themis Klarides and Bob “Stegosaurus” that offer no solutions to Connecticut’s fiscal crises while claiming otherwise?
Count me in Kevin Rennie’s “Never Enough” wing of CT Dems [Section 3, Page 1, Feb. 21, “Savvy Republicans will support Lamont’s budget”]. While I believe that Ned Lamont has done a good job of leading our state through the pandemic, the paucity of imagination and reluctance to tax wealth from both him and the GOP gives us a choice between relying on federal funds, legalized pot and sports betting versus the GOP’s union-busting and austerity for the poor and middle-class. I’m so frustrated by our leaders’ inaction to address economic and educational inequity. I fervently hope that the GOP will nominate someone like Klarides or Erin Stewart to run against Ned, not yet another self-funded rich old white guy. But if Sunday’s Op-Ed is any indication, I’m writing in SpongeBob for next governor.
Barry Rahmy, Weatogue
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