He's been driving like that for years. I typically see him every day. It's definitely a risk, but he always keeps it in a straight line and the ladders seem secure and don't sway or move.

The offer of 20% off "programming" sounds pretty suspicious and cult-like to me.

Yeah limerock is a great place too. Very family friendly, they allow walkthroughs to see all the cars in the pits(some race teams will let kids sit in the cars and give free stuff), they allow camping, and it's just generally a nice place for people to go who enjoy motorsports. My only complaint is IMSA and some of the bigger events can be pretty pricey, but I do understand they have to keep the place running so it's minor to me.

That was because of the church in close proximity to the property, but the town, track, and church all came to an agreement to allow a certain amount of Sunday events and now the people in town are trying to reduce that further which will hinder the big name series that require Sunday racing and cause them to back out from holding events there.

On top of it the track is actually designed to minimize sound(it's like a bowl with the track in the center) and has one of the strictest muffler db limits so you really can't hear anything outside the property of the track so it's absolutely ridiculous that they complain.

Surprisingly it's a lot of younger families after the old residents started dying off and the houses were sold.

Limerock Park, but it's facing a bunch of whiney neighbors who bought next to a 50+ year old racetrack and then complain about the noise.

That's where the facts lead to in this topic right now. Which side pushed natural gas as the ultimate solution, subsidized and expanded the industry, offered rebates to anyone switching, then changed their mind conveniently as the demand started to outweigh the supply. Now after all that pushing, fracking and pipelines which are necessary to that change, are suddenly the worst thing. Disregarding that crude oil reliance was still far worse and we have no other viable solution yet. I think pushing everyone to electric heat would be far worse given the amount of production needed and what that would entail for the environment, and that's basically the only other option than natural gas.

We could have more options but the way our houses are built and the land we have hinders geothermal heat or just building underground where there is a comfortable temperature with no heat production needed.

It's actually a much more complex issue which other policies have played a role in exacerbating. Most of which was done by one side under the guise of "Green" policy making and then after making several pushes towards certain technologies and fuel source which they reneged on later calling them bad after already implementing too many changes in one direction. Basically it was the reliance on natural gas being pushed then fighting any possible solution to increase the supply to our state after deciding it wasn't good. Then pushing policies for people towards newer technologies which are still in their infancy and not viable yet while punishing the very industry that they called the solution not long ago.

It's a whole lot of hypocrisy essentially and rush decisions without looking at long term side effects and failure to produce actual solutions.

So because one individual with little to no power in the situation chooses not to battle a house made up of over 100 legislators when they already showed their decision, it somehow passes all the blame to him and his party? Sounds like a pretty nonsensical standpoint to me, considering all the drafting and voting was overwhelmingly carried out by another party.

You realize a governors veto can be overridden when sent back to the house so if they hold the majority and already passed it once it would just happen again. The governors position doesn't hold much power in those aspects. I don't have blinders because I'm independent and think for myself.

Eversource owns a gas company too(former Yankee Gas). I have eversource for both gas and electric, so there is a lot of work that needs to be done by state.

The link was in the news article which you obviously didn't read properly, and damn you are ignorant.

Facts state otherwise from your opinion. We are the only state with a structure like this and coincidentally one of the states with the highest utility rates. PURA wants it's independence and has repeatedly stated that it's neutered by the current structure in place, and we the consumers have seen the effects of this first hand. PURA is a judicial organization devoted to policy relating to utilities, they don't need an environmental organization to oversee their activities and add red tape when it encompasses far more aspects pertaining to consumers and our costs. How have utility rates been since the structure change happened? How much has been able to be done about it, since it was supposedly so helpful?

You should really read that proposal again and then do some research as to what it all means because your opinion of it is completely nonsensical.

The governor was a republican, the legislature who actually makes the policies was not. Don't get blinded by your party affiliation and spread misinformation.

So to correct your comment the Democrats created this problem when the legislature they held the majority of passed the policies which led to deregulation.

It has nothing to do with any money eversource receives. It's about the state fees on our energy bills that go directly to the state.

You should read the actual plan not the article which is incredibly misleading.(https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Mnx3ML1iKdc8ZYyJ3pxe1ufhwarVkCHi/view) It's calling for the fees imposed by the state on the energy bills to be included in the state budget and not reflected on our energy bills. It has nothing to do with any money that eversource is receiving but government fees imposed by lawmakers. It also calls for a separation of PURA from DEEP to give it more control of the situation and differentiate PURA policies from DEEP which hinder energy procurement sources. It also calls for the expansion of procurement from nuclear, hydro, and other viable and stable options. Lastly it calls for more oversight of utility companies.

Sounds pretty reasonable to me when you actually read it. Considering so far we are just using state programs funded by tax payers and donations to subsidize the higher costs and excuse their practices as you seem to believe this proposal was about.

Not too mention it is also undesirable to bugs and woodpeckers.

What's weird is the OP said it should be made to mimic wood when the majority of it is. There are cedar shake and clapboard imitation variants and those are basically the only two wood siding options other than facades, stone, or brick.

You missed the point though, a good portion goes back into EZPass and not to the states and a portion goes to profit so the benefit of them is negligible and on top of that most states that have put them in have also put in income tax deductions for tolls because of how much of a burden they have become. Basically just bureaucratic waste because a lot of the states still have shit roads and rely heavily on federal grants for what little work they do.

If you weren't aware either since you mentioned tolls. EZ-Pass is a PRIVATE and For-Profit business that uses government contracts to collect tolls then negotiates largely inflated administrative costs to profit hundreds of millions of dollars a year while paying the states a small fraction back. Tolls are just a money grab by investors using government mandated laws to profit with no competition and lobbyists to ensure they stay in place.

You realize it only taxes local trucks that are registered in the state? Does absolutely nothing to tax the majority of transit coming through. It will only push any business with trucks on the road out of the state and the out of state vehicles get a free pass. How do you think that's a good idea? It will be minimal income after the overhead of keeping track and processing it which will be a nightmare of bureaucracy and waste in itself since the DMV is absolute shit.

Or they lower the tax rate, work to improve the economy with lower costs across the board, also make it more business friendly and then more people move here and businesses start up or move here and with the added tax revenue from the additional people and business it all evens out at the lower rates.

If they keep the tax rates plus cost of living and doing business high, more businesses and people leave and then they need even higher taxes to just get by and it continues the cycle. Don't forget starting January all commercial trucks registered in CT are getting hit with a per mile tax and that is going to have some serious repercussions as well as what we already have pushing businesses away.

I've had a queen size bob-o-pedic(Bob's Discount Furniture) for 10 years that I got as an overstock from The Pit for $350 with a box spring and it has been the best mattress I've ever owned or slept on. I believe it is the medium firmness. I have a spill proof cover on it that I have replaced a few times, but the mattress itself has not show any wear in comfort.

I know everyone's taste is different, but worth checking out.

Plenty of good dog parks around here. I highly suggest the Southbury one. I go everyday and there are little to no problems and since it is run by a trust and not the town they kick problem people out rather quickly and eliminate problems.

I go to Southbury Dog Park and have my dog trained to stay with me in the yard.