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The cannabis bill does not offer the promise of equity its framers claim There are mornings when I choose to take a longer route to work just to take in the sights and greet some fellow constituents. For over a decade now I make a conscious decision each day to work, live, and prosper in Bridgeport. I practice law at my office located at the intersection of Fairfield Avenue and Iranistan Avenue. Many in the city know the area to be one of many neglected regions in Bridgeport. Senate Democrats Sen. Dennis Bradley. During my drive to work, I see nip bottles, lottery tickets, cigarette carts, an...

Preventing cyberattacks can no longer be a laissez-faire mission Out-of-service gas pumps in Oak Hill, Virginia, due to panic buying after the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack. In early May the nation felt a most feared crisis. A part of America was being held hostage by enemies of the United States and mercenaries who were seeking over $5 million in order for the United States to be made whole again from an all too critical energy perspective. It has been followed recently by cyberattacks against a large food processing company, a subway system and other smaller public services and businesses...

Colorado lawyer: Connecticut should not make our marijuana mistake Yehyun Kim :: ctmirror.org A person of Meriden, who didn't want to be named, smokes a joint. The person supported legalization of marijuana. We started with good intentions. Colorado Amendment 64 –which I helped draft– passed in 2012 and promised to end marijuana prohibition and create a free enterprise system similar to alcohol. I helped write Amendment 64, litigated cases to make it a reality, and helped design implementing regulations. By 2021, I should be proud of what Colorado created. I am not. Connecticut is poised ...

The pedestrian safety bill does little without a road design rethink Wikimedia Commons The recent pedestrian safety bill, HB 5429, is an important — if small — first step toward making Connecticut safer for walking and biking. But unless the bill is paired with changes to our road design and zoning, our streets will continue to be dangerous places for pedestrians and cyclists. The bill’s two key provisions allow localities greater flexibility in setting speed limits and remove a requirement for pedestrians to be in the road to legally signal their intent to cross the street. Lowering ca...

Connecticut should restore voting rights to the formerly incarcerated James Jeter, left Perfecting American democracy demands ending voting bans for persons with felony convictions. Denying people on parole – denying me – the right to vote and have a say, is the denial of my citizenship. I was born on this soil, but this ban says I am a noncitizen. I dwell in a space of civic death, a space void of voice, and full of suppressed inherent rights. Regardless of every stride that I take: a college student, a nonprofit director, a husband, a father, and yet I am somehow, at all times, found la...