For the past few years, I’ve dreamed small. My small dream has been to convince the legislature to amend a statute honoring a man who dreamed big.
Connecticut General Statute Section 1-4 designates the first Monday occurring on or after January 15th as “Martin Luther King Day.”
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It’s the first Friday of lent – so here at A Connecticut Law Blog, we’re (read me) going to (re) tackle Connecticut’s blue laws. As our legislature is considering allowing liquor sales on Sunday they may also want to consider the following insanity: ….any statement, picture or illustration referring to Easter, Holy Week, Mother’s Day … Read more
By Ryan McKeen I love those new light bulbs, you know, the spiral kind. Their packaging tells me that I can save $120 a year or something if I replace my old fashioned light bulbs. Having changed out my bulbs – they’re not kidding, I do save money on my monthly electric bill. The problem … Read more
By Ryan McKeen I’ve written about lemons before and Attorney Sergei Lemberg writes about them all the time. If you’re a long time reader then you know my dog Brady. I adopted Brady from the Hartford Pound as a puppy. Dogs at the pound are given 8 days to be adopted or be put to … Read more
If Governor Rell has her way- I’ll have less to write about. Here are some of the statutes that Governor Rell seeks to repeal: * A law that makes it clear that a person cannot defend any action on the grounds that it was made on a Sunday. Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec. 52-207. *A statute … Read more
Yesterday, the Hartford Courant ran this article about Governor Rell’s proposal for property tax amnesty. According to the article, Governor Rell is proposing lifting the mandatory 18 percent penalty charged to property owners who are late on payment of their taxes. The theory being that this would provide municipalities much needed cash. My question is what happens … Read more