Kevin Rennie
Hartford Courant
Connecticut, United States
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Kevin Rennie: On the eve of a bitter election, consider the improbable story of actress Ruta Lee, her grandmother and a Soviet dictator
On the eve of a bitter election, consider the improbable story of actress Ruta Lee, her grandmother and a Soviet dictator. → Read More
Kevin Rennie: How the coronavirus sparked a liquor store turf war in Connecticut
While we continue to fight the deadly coronavirus, the Connecticut Package Stores Association has launched battle of its own: a turf war on the state’s beleaguered restaurants. → Read More
Kevin Rennie: Lamont is showing some leadership in the coronavirus crisis, but the state can do more
Much of the responsibility for leading us through this crisis falls to our nation’s governors. Connecticut is fortunate that Gov. Ned Lamont is meeting this moment. Whether by design or instinct, Lamont continues to convey the urgency of this time with a reassuring calm. → Read More
Kevin Rennie: The unending debate on tolls is taking a toll on politicians’ credibility
Tolls continue to claim casualties in Connecticut’s government as the legislature declines to vote on Gov. Ned Lamont’s most recent proposal to impose the levy on trucks. → Read More
Kevin Rennie: Time to end the age of Twitter diplomacy
Boris and Natasha Republicans can relax. Trump and his advisors have faith in American intelligence services. The threat is no longer from within. It comes from Iran. → Read More
Kevin Rennie: This New Year’s resolve to celebrate while also working to continue progress
The zeitgeist of our era often makes a virtue of unfounded pessimism. You need not substitute mindless optimism for relentless gloom, but we should recognize the remarkable rise of living standards freedom and innovation bring to the human condition. → Read More
Kevin Rennie: We are witnessing the limits of Lamont’s influence
Gov. Ned Lamont learned another lesson at his business school alma mater last weekend. The Saturday schooling provided a vivid reminder of the limits of his authority, a tutorial inflicted on every governor. → Read More
Kevin Rennie: For Lamont, trust must come before tolls
Lamont should use his town hall meetings to address his greatest obstacle: public mistrust. → Read More
Kevin Rennie: Three cautionary tales from the local elections
Connecticut residents are frustrated with the state’s budget and tax issues but often feel there’s little they can do about the permanent crisis. They enjoy more influence in their town. Voters in Sprague made that point on Tuesday. → Read More
Kevin Rennie: Those are nasty, ugly words. But is it a crime to utter them?
No one gets in a high state of dudgeon by hearing innocuous or tame pronouncements. It’s the ugly that tests our commitment. → Read More
Kevin Rennie: Connecticut, land of instant experts
ShopRite’s decision to close its West Hartford store next week has caused unhappy analysts from politics to announce how much they know about the grocery business. → Read More
Kevin Rennie: From Trump to the NBA, our democracy is being tested
For much of the world, it is remarkable that the leader of the most powerful nation is subject to the ordeal of impeachment. Your First Amendment rights to speak out and read about these controversies in a newspaper or watch an outspoken panel on cable television make all this possible. → Read More
Kevin Rennie: Tax policies can cause problems, but they can solve problems too
Our leaders need to stop spending time running from their terrible ideas when they’re exposed and start embracing good ones. → Read More
Kevin Rennie: Gov. Lamont needs a relaunch. Can he do it?
For veteran observers of and participants in Connecticut government, Lamont’s toll odyssey has been a bewildering one-act farce with everything but slamming doors and mistaken identities. → Read More
Kevin Rennie: The power, and problems, of the municipal primary
Your vote is never more powerful than in a municipal primary. There will be 24 of them in 22 towns this year. Bridgeport and West Haven feature primaries in both parties. It is the glory of our New England democracy that in North Haven the only contest is for the Democratic nomination for the local fire commission. → Read More
Kevin Rennie: The Connecticut Port Authority needs to be cleaned up
At a time when Gov. Ned Lamont is eager to gamble on wedging the state into a regional role in wind power, we need trustworthy, competent people at the center of power. → Read More
Kevin Rennie: The police asked me to reveal a confidential source. Here’s what I did.
State government would profit by spending less time wondering where we get our stories and more acting on them. → Read More
Kevin Rennie: It shouldn’t be so hard to get on the ballot in Connecticut
Local political parties have held their nominating meetings, and not everyone is pleased. Connecticut provides an opportunity for candidates to try to qualify for a September primary. Our state laws continue to be hostile to anything that challenges party organizations, so it is not easy to get on the ballot. → Read More
Kevin Rennie: Want to make a difference? Run for office. Yes, you.
As a candidate for local office, you’ll be more a part of a team than a member of a fire-breathing partisan tribe. → Read More
Kevin Rennie: The governor’s ever-changing tolls plan is hard to take seriously
We know no more today about his 30-30-30 high-speed rail plan than we did when he first started nattering on about it. It sounded promising, but it needs to be more than something people noodle on about while they’re sipping wine at the country club. → Read More