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The Wheelhouse: 'Tis the Season for Resignations, Deficits, and Hartford Politics

Ben Pollard
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The Connecticut Supreme Court will take up an issue that’s pitting privacy advocates against First Amendment proponents. Simsbury’s first selectman resigns after taking a big pay cut she says is illegal. Meanwhile, the City of Hartford has a race for mayor that's about to start.

Our weekly news roundtable The Wheelhouse discusses these stories, plus the cuts in state spending were not enough to eliminate a budget deficit.

We’ll also consider whether those cuts we just made to state government actually helped to close the deficit. And, it looks like there might be a real race on to be the mayor of Hartford but why would anyone want that job?

GUESTS:

  • Colin McEnroe - Host of The Colin McEnroe Show on WNPR
  • Tom Condon - Deputy editorial page editor for the Hartford Courant
  • Christine Stuart - Editor of CTNewsJunkie.com
  • Mary Glassman - First Selectman in the Town of Simsbury
  • Dan Klau - Partner with McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney and Carpenter in Hartford, specializing in First Amendment and media law

John Dankosky and Chion Wolf contributed to this show.

Tucker Ives is WNPR's morning news producer.

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The independent journalism and non-commercial programming you rely on every day is in danger.

If you’re reading this, you believe in trusted journalism and in learning without paywalls. You value access to educational content kids love and enriching cultural programming.

Now all of that is at risk.

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Together, we can defend it. It’s time to protect what matters.

Your voice has protected public media before. Now, it’s needed again. Learn how you can protect the news and programming you depend on.