The Day - I liked Mayor Passero's State Pier comments before he signed a gag order - News from southeastern Connecticut
I am sorry to say that not only did New London Mayor Michael Passero sell out the other victims of Gov. Ned Lamont's $200 million remake of State Pier — from road salt contractors and longshoremen to local fishermen — when he signed a deal with the rich utilities that will profit from the project. But he settled cheaply. The host community agreement Passero signed in February provides new money for the city only if the planned project is completely executed at "full scope" and some cheaper, more modest plan is not approved instead. With cost overruns clocking in at increments of tens of ...