Published April 12. 2021 12:01AM
Rep. Holly Cheeseman
“Amateurs talk strategy, professionals talk logistics.”
So would opine my late husband Ian, former Royal Marine. Simply put, having a brilliant plan is not enough. One must lay out the steps needed to implement it successfully. No tank attack can be effective without factoring in, not only the requisite number of troops and tanks, but also the vast convoy of trucks carrying the tons of ammunition, food, and fuel needed to sustain them. Pfizer’s mRNA vaccine rollout does not work without the design and production of the super-cold containers needed to keep the vaccine at the right temperature and a tightly choreographed delivery schedule. In our just-in-time world, Amazon and similar companies live or die on their logistics.
Published April 12. 2021 12:01AM
Ted Hendrickson
I want to comment on and make a clarification to your editorial, “Mystic park, 5 years on” (April 2). The welcome addition to public access to and clean-up of the Mystic River waterfront afforded by this project is certainly something to celebrate, even if it does take longer than some expected.
As you note, part of the delay was the overlooked historic property on the site: “A house on the property was simply going to be razed, but then the State Historic Preservation Office judged it to be historic and ordered its preservation.”
In fact, the house in question was already part of the Rossie Mill National Register District, established in 2007. The application for this educational designation was compiled by interested neighbors and submitted to the State Historic Preservation Office for approval and then forwarded by them with recommendation to the National Register of Historic Places that officially established the dist
Published April 11. 2021 12:01AM
Cynthia Richie Terrell and Kaycie Goral
The United States is facing a growing representation crisis. While our population continues to grow, the number of elected officials representing us at the highest levels of government has not changed in more than a century. As a result, our Congress has among the most disproportionate representation ratios of any legislature in the world.
The constituency of the average representative will be 760,000 after the upcoming redrawing of House district lines, and at the current rate of population growth that number will be 1 million by 2050. These enormous numbers compound the feelings of inadequate representation that already permeate our democracy.
Published April 05. 2021 12:01AM
Samuel and Monette Pierre
Coming from Haiti, we feel blessed to call ourselves American citizens and to be able to raise our three beautiful children in a school like the Integrated Day Charter School, because in a great and generous America, you don’t have to speak perfect English to be accepted and to be treated equally, whether it is for work or for school.
Recently, when Governor Lamont announced in his budget the increased funding to charter schools, he simply responded to his duty to make sure that every kid is treated equally by receiving the same quality of education, regardless of which type of public school they choose to attend. He understands that in this country the doors of opportunity must be open for every child.
Unless the U.S. helps address the need for birth control, and the education of girls in Central America, the downward spiral of poverty will continue forever.