Who Cares About Connecticut?

As I think you will see, I no longer do. Sorry.

"Court chief warns cuts will hurt justice; She deplores Conn.’s $76m in reductions" July 16, 2011|By Dave Collins, Associated Press

HARTFORD - The leader of the state Supreme Court said yesterday that she fears the Judicial Branch will not be able to meet its constitutional obligations to the public due to more than $76 million in cuts over two years mandated by the Legislature to help balance the state budget.

The planned cuts released by the Judicial Branch yesterday include laying off about 450 employees, eliminating another 150 full-time jobs now vacant, and closing four courthouses, one juvenile detention center, three juvenile probation offices, and six law libraries....

Chief Justice Chase T. Rogers said Connecticut’s courts are required under the state constitution to administer justice without delay. She said that she worries that the cuts will reduce people’s access to justice and that she expects the reductions to cause delays in civil, family, housing, and small claims cases. Priority will be placed on criminal cases, she said....

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The story is the same no matter what state you talk about.  

Corporation$ are king now.