View this post on the web at [link removed]

This weekend’s Kentucky Derby watched a comeback from behind with Golden Tempo winning the race.
Everyone loves a good sports analogy and we all love the comeback. Well It’s Connecticut’s Golden Tempo Opportunity.
One party speaks of affordability (especially affordable homes), but it provides no solution - Real Affordability is Real Opportunity.
Opportunity begins with jobs.
And jobs begin with education, workforce training, and cheap, reliable energy.
That’s the formula.
But Connecticut has drifted far from it.
Instead, it keeps making the list — just not the ones you want to be on.
Let’s Start With Education — Tell the Truth
Before we talk about taxes, budgets, or economic growth, we need to start where opportunity actually begins:
The classroom.
Connecticut and this Country needs a Truth in Education Act — not as a slogan, but as a standard from K-12 and onto college.
Parents and taxpayers should know:
Are students reading at grade level?
Are they prepared for real jobs?
Where is the money going?
What are the outcomes?
Because education is not just about spending.
It’s about results.
And right now, we are not aligning education with opportunity.
Workforce First — Not Government First
Affordability is not created by programs and handouts or subsidized housing.
It is created by paychecks.
Connecticut needs to rebuild its workforce pipeline in:
Construction
Manufacturing
Healthcare
Technology and AI
Energy and infrastructure
Even state initiatives are starting to acknowledge this shift toward workforce-based training and credentialing.
This is one example [ [link removed] ]
That’s a start.
But it’s not enough.
Cheap Electricity = Real Opportunity
You cannot build an affordable state on expensive energy.
That’s not politics.
That’s math.
Connecticut’s recent drop in electricity rates — tied in part to nuclear generation agreements — proves the point. But those rate reductions are mostly a reduction of the Public Benefits Charge [ [link removed] ]
Nuclear energy works … But We Need More of It
It delivers:
Reliable baseload power
Lower long-term costs
Energy security
Industrial growth
If Connecticut wants:
Manufacturing
Data centers
Small business expansion
Lower household costs
Then it needs more energy realism — and more nuclear — not less - There is not enough windmill to jumpstart the workforce revolution we need
Then Look at the Reality on the Ground
Now layer in what’s actually happening across the 4th Congressional District.
Three towns — Bridgeport, Norwalk, and Stamford — all sit inside one of the heaviest tax environments in America. They are also the largest cities in the district. Is that a coincdence?
Bridgeport has been cited among the highest total tax burdens in the country
[link removed] [ [link removed] ]
Stamford sits within a region where property taxes consume a major share of income
[link removed] [ [link removed] ]
Norwalk operates inside the same system — high costs, high taxes, and rising pressure
And at the state level?
The Tax Foundation ranks Connecticut 47th in tax competitiveness.
[link removed] [ [link removed] ]
A Budget That Breaks the Guardrails
Now comes the worst part.
A new state budget pushed over the weekend crashes through the fiscal guardrails — the very protections designed to keep spending under control.
When guardrails become optional:
Spending increases
Long-term obligations grow
Taxes follow
And opportunity shrinks. The supermajority celebrates the increased spending
The Question Nobody Wants to Ask
Connecticut calls itself the Constitution State.
But here’s the real question:
If a system becomes economically unsustainable —
if it drives out jobs, raises costs, and limits opportunity —
is it still functioning the way it was intended to?
Not unconstitutional in the legal sense.
But unsustainable in the real-world sense.
The Bottom Line
This isn’t about one bad town.
This isn’t about one bad policy.
This is about a system that has drifted away from opportunity — and toward burden.
And it shows up everywhere:
In the classroom
In the job market
In energy bills
In tax rankings
The Comeback Formula
Connecticut doesn’t need another speech.
It needs a reset:
Truth in education.
Workforce-driven jobs.
Cheap nuclear energy.
Fiscal discipline.
New leadership — from local government to Hartford to Congress.
Final Word
It’s really sad that Connecticut keeps making the list —
but at the bottom where it matters most: affordability, competitiveness, and opportunity.
Because without opportunity, there is no affordability.
And without change, there is no comeback. Connecticut can have a Golden Tempo at the polls this November with a change of leadership.

Unsubscribe [link removed]?