http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/letters/?track=rss Headlines from Courant.com en ©2013, Courant.com Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:13:02 -0400 http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/letters/hcrs-15408--20130618,0,6712171.story?track=rss So Texas Gov. Rick Perry and others are now trying to poach Connecticut businesses [June 18, Page 1, "Casting Lures: Red-State Governors Swoop In To Woo Businesses"]? Sorry Connecticut, but we brought in on ourselves with our blind, stubborn allegiances to the Democratic Party and the doctrine of liberalism. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:13:02 EDT http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/letters/hcrs-15407--20130618,0,5991274.story?track=rss It's been almost 40 years since Jimmy Hoffa disappeared. What's the total cost spent in trying to locate his remains? Enough already! I'd rather see my federal tax contribution spent on something more beneficial. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:13:02 EDT http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/letters/hcrs-15406--20130618,0,5270377.story?track=rss Texas Gov. Rick Perry came to Connecticut to sell the benefits of doing business in his state [June 18, Page 1, "Casting Lures: Red-State Governors Swoop In To Woo Businesses"]. It's no wonder that our state's gun manufacturers are seriously listening to him after being slapped silly by our governor and legislature. They would be foolish not to take up his offer. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:13:02 EDT http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/letters/hcrs-15404--20130618,0,3828583.story?track=rss These hungry little business owners better do some research before picking up themselves and their families and moving to Texas [June 18, Page 1, "Casting Lures: Red-State Governors Swoop In To Woo Businesses"]. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:13:02 EDT http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/letters/hcrs-15403--20130618,0,3107686.story?track=rss Regarding the story "Casting Lures: Red-State Governors Swoop In To Woo Businesses" [June 18, Page 1]: How could anyone blame gun manufacturers for seeking to leave Connecticut? Gun owners and the firearms industry have been demonized by our esteemed Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and The Courant. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:13:02 EDT http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/letters/hcrs-15402--20130618,0,2386789.story?track=rss I am upset enough about more manufacturing jobs leaving Connecticut. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:13:02 EDT http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/letters/hcrs-15398--20130617,0,4872569.story?track=rss Forget gun rights, taxes, unions, official corruption and the cost of living. The two most revealing facts that I took from the June 16 Sunday Opinion pieces about Texas Gov. Rick Perry's attempted "raid" on Connecticut employers, "Welcome To Texas: You'll Like It Here" and "State Finally Getting In The Hunt" were that, while Connecticut is busily planning to throw $2 billion that it doesn't have at the already bloated and inefficient University of Connecticut, Perry has challenged state colleges and universities to develop ways for Texas youth to earn a four-year college degree for $10,000. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:13:02 EDT http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/letters/hcrs-15396--20130616,0,3365238.story?track=rss A casual reader of news reports on the Iranian presidential election would conclude the candidates have varied ideologies and that the election could make a difference to Americans [June 16, news, "Iranian, Hoping For Change, Elect Moderate"]. This is far from the reality. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:13:02 EDT http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/letters/hcrs-15397--20130617,0,4151672.story?track=rss The editorial "An Empty Seat" [June 17] used the absence of one school board member in Hartford to begin a discussion of governance by boards in local communities. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:13:02 EDT http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/letters/hcrs-15395--20130616,0,2644341.story?track=rss On Tuesday, the Hartford school board will meet and decide whether leadership continuity is one of the critical pieces of maintaining the momentum of Hartford school reform. As Ramani Ayer pointed out in his recent op-ed, "Let Kishimoto Finish Her Test" [June 15], revolving-door leadership has been one of the factors affecting the school system for many years. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:13:02 EDT