Hartford and the Region
Thoughts about the strength, vitality and growth of our community
JANUARY REVIEW, AND WHY CAN’T WE BE NASHVILLE?
I thought it would be good to restate some of the basic premises of my blog, for a couple of reasons. First, if you’re a regular reader, it may help to refocus ...
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JAY WILLIAMS RESPONDS
Note: Last week I published an essay about the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving and Greater Together, the Foundation’s program that provides $100,000 to each of 29 towns to fund current and ...
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THE HARTFORD FOUNDATION GETS IT WRONG
I love the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. I served on its Board of Directors for ten years. The Foundation has great volunteer leaders and great staff. I say that with all ...
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YOU GO MAYOR!
Apologies in advance: this week I got lazy. Rather than writing, I’m cribbing from the thoughts of Middletown Mayor Ben Florsheim that appeared in The Hartford Courant on Sunday, January 5, 2020. ...
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ON DEMOCRACY, GARBAGE AND FRIENDLY DISCOURSE
My friend Paul inspires me. Paul is blessed with uncommon common sense. He has a knack for cutting through the irrelevant, seeing issues at the heart of the matter, and looking for ...
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2019 HOLIDAY MUSINGS
I’m in an exclusive book group. Well, it isn’t exclusive in the sense that we have such high standards that admission is limited to a select few. In fact, in that sense, ...
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POLITICIANS CAN’T SOLVE THE PROBLEM
In January 2019, Connecticut State Senator Looney made a simple proposal: State funding for school systems that serve an area with fewer than 40,000 residents would be phased out. The idea was ...
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THE POLITICO
The other day a friend of mine called me a politico. I quickly disabused him of that notion. I’ve had other people suggest I should run for office. Believe me, that is ...
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Author: Mark Korber
Mark Korber is a semi-retired curmudgeon who can’t quite stop practicing law. He is known to his friends to have an opinion on most anything and to express it, in detail, to anyone who shows the slightest interest. He writes about regionalism, Hartford, family and the Buffalo Bills.