The debate on hiring former governor John Rowland to a quasi-government economic development company centers around the propriety of having a convicted ex-con in such an important position. On the one hand he's the former governor but on the other hand he just got out of prison not too long ago, humm. Boy are we torn.
We say let him have the job. The job as well as the organization itself, in spite it's many names and purposes doesn't develop economies nor communities. It is merely a facade for well meaning politicians that merely transfers taxpayer dollars to projects and businesses that may or may not fail. If it were 10 times its size it still wouldn't be an engine that grows, reforms, builds anything that has to do with economics or communities.
What we would like to see is that if the organization is going to exist then it ought to be more of a think tank that organizes conferences on local economics and questions of development. Certainly discussions on ideas in such matters would go farther towards the stated purpose then being an organization that is a mere conduit handing out money to projects of questionable viability
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