Horton v. Meskill, 31,93, 169, 170 Housatonic River, 62 House of Representatives, viii, 19, 79, 91 House Select Impeachment Committee, 19 hypoxia, 76

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1 Index acid rain, 73, 83 Adrian's Landing, 21 African-Americans, 90, 91, 149 and relationship to Demo cratic Party, 87, 88 Alibozek, Lawrence E., 105 Allied Health Workforce Policy Board, 123 American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 122 Amtrak, 59, 64 Analysis of the Market Facts Consumer Panel, 62, 65 Anson, Theodore, 107, 117 Ansonia, 74, 84, 172 Aquatic Nuisance Task Force, 77 Area Plan on Aging, 147, 152, 153 Blacks, 14, 28, 29, 87, 88, 90, 91,97,98, 142, 144, 169 and attitudes towards equality and social justice, 95, 96 and attitudes towards public education, 92, 93 Board of Governors for Higher Education, 33,41, 194 spending report of, 34 Boston, 18,44,55,59, Bradley International airport, 60,61,64 Bridgeport, 15-17, 30, 61, 62, 87,89,90,92, 101, 168, 169, 172, 173, 174, 175, 178, 179, 181, 182 Bristol, 172 Bush, George W., 22, 75, 84, 87,89,93,94, 192 Bush administration, 75, 79 California, 68, 80, 179, 192 Callahan, Daniel, 108, 117 Canada, 23 Canton, 24, 170 CBS N ewslnew York Times Poll, 94, 100 Center for Land Use Educa tion, 70

2 202 / INDEX Certificate of Need, 124 Charlotte-Mecklenburg, North Carolina, 180 Charter schools, 176, 177 Cheshire, 24 Chomsky, Noam, 67, 82 Clean Air Act, 79 Clean Water Act, 77 Clinton, Bill 19,93,94 Code of Ethics for Lobbyists, 104 Code of Ethics for Public Officials, 104 Cohen, Arthur M., 134, 188, 195 Collier, Christopher, 167, 183 Colorado, 191 Columbus School, 178, 182 Common Cause, 114 Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 (CETA), 159 Confucius, 109, 117 and qualities of ethical leaders, 107 Connecticut Academic Performance Test (CAPT), 29,30 Connecticut Constitution, 19, 31, 32 Corrections, 27, 41 budget of, 28 and demographics of prison population, 28 Education, 34, 41, 93,170, 171, 174, 175, 176, 177, 180, 183, 195 and achievement gap, 29 and dropout rate statistics, 30 and school funding report, 32 Environmental Protection, 10, 11,73,74, 75, 77, 80, 81 Economics and Community Development, 6 Labor, 39, 44, 52 54, 119, 134, 161, 163, 165 employment projections of, 7 Public Health, 119, 123, 132, 134, 135 and hearings regarding h.ealthcare worker shortage, 120 Transportation, 9, 58, 64, 65, 149 traffic projections of, 10 and Five Year Plan, 58 Connecticut Education Association, 179 Connecticut Elder Action Network (CEAN), and 2004 legislative summaries of, 148, 150 Connecticut General Assembly, xii, 3, II, 36, 37,58,60,61,64,65,78, 80, 105, 106, , 117, 118, 127, 134, 135, 138, 152, 153 Connecticut Health. Policy Project and four town study, 24

3 INDEX / 203 Connecticut Home Care Program for Elders (CHCPE), 145, 150 Connecticut Hospital Association (CHA), 127, 131, 134, 135, 137, 138 Connecticut Humanities Council, 57, 64 Connecticut legislature, 127, 168, 171, 175, 176 Connecticut Lottery Corpo ration, 111 Connecticut Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract to the Elderly and Disabled Pro gram (ConnPACE), 23, 40, 129, 145, 146 Connecticut Post, 64, 116, 178, 183 Connecticut Public Interest Research Group (ConnPIRG), 39 environmental concerns of, 12 Connecticut Public Television, 57,64 Connecticut State Plan on Aging, 145, 148, 149, 151, 152 Connecticut State University System, 33 Connecticut Supreme Court ruling in Rowland impeach ment in vestigation, 20 and rulings involving educational equality, 31, 32, 169, 170 Connecticut's Fundamental Orders, 16 Conservation and Develop ment Plan, 62 Contract with America, 91 Corporate Crime Reporter and most corrupt states report, 101 Council on Environmental Quality, 11, 12, 39, 83 Coyle, Rosemary, 179 Curry, William, 16 Danbury Area Feeder Bus Service, 61 Danbury-Hartford 1-84 Corridor, 56 Democratic Party, 16, 18,21, 86-91,98 devolution, vii, viii, 1, 3 Dial-a-Ride, 61, 145, 148, 149 Disproportionate Share Hospital Program, 124 Distance Learning Con sortium, 189 Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment, 128 East Haddam, 68 East Hartford, 172 Ehrenhalt, Alan, 38, 42 Elderly Nutrition Program, 145 Elderly Services Division of the Connecticut Department of Social Services, 148 Electric Boat Company, 47 Ellef, Peter N., 105 Ex-Offender Employability Task Force of the State of Illinois, 164 Fairfax County, 70, 179 Fairfield, 59

4 204 / INDEX Fairfield County Inter Regional Bus Service, 61 Federal Aviation Administra tion Terminal Forecast, 61 Federal Bonding Program, 161 Federal Poverty Level, 126, 146 Fish, Stanley, 191, 195 Florida, 55, 179 France, 23 Gallup Poll, 1, 2, 38, 99, 100 Ganim, Joseph P., 22, 101 political scandal involving, 16, 17 gastroenteritis, 76 Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute, 127 Germany, 23 Giordano, Philip, 22, 101 political scandal involving, 17, 18 Gore, AI, 87, 89 Governor's Legislative Office, 127 Grace v. Meskill, 31 Great Cities Institute, 166 report of, 160 Great Lakes, 77, 84 Green Party, 115 Greensville Correctional Center, 27 Gross Domestic Product, 47 Groton, 24 Hantavirus, 71 Hardin, Garrett, 67, 82 Harp, Toni Nathaniel, 88, 99 Harris, Harry P., 58, 64 Hart and Teeter Research Companies for the Council for Excellence in Govern ment, 2 Hartford, vii, x, 15, 20-22, 30, 32,39-41,54,56,60,61,70, 89,90,92,93,99,100,114, 117,170,172,173,175,178, 179, 180, 183, 186, 190 Hartford Area Express Bus Service Projects, 61 Hartford Courant, vii, 22, 39 41,54,99, 114, 117, 179, 183 Health Care for Uninsured Kids and Youth (HUSKY), 23, 40, 126, 127, 129, 133, 136, 137 Health Resources and Services Administration, 121 Healthy Connecticut Fund, 131 hepatitis, 76 Higher Education Act, 192 Hispanics, 13, 14,28,29, 86, 91,92,98, , 149, 151, 169 and attitudes towards job security and racial discrimination, 94, 95 and relationship to Demo cratic Party, 88, 89 Hodgkinson, Harold, , 183 Horton v. Meskill, 31,93, 169, 170 Housatonic River, 62 House of Representatives, viii, 19, 79, 91 House Select Impeachment Committee, 19 hypoxia, 76 indeterminate sentencing 157, 158

5 INDEX / 205 information technology, 7 employment trends in, 51 Institute of Medicine, 125 Iraq, 47 Italy, 23 Jefferson County, Kentucky, 180 Jennings, Bruce, 108, 117 Jepsen, George, 90, 91, 99 Jobs Access, 61 Kaiser Family Foundation, 125, 137 La Casa de Puerto Rico, 89, 99 Latex Foam Products, 74 Lieberman, Joseph 1., 17, 176, 183 lobbyists, 25, 36, 38, 104, 105, 111,112 Long Island Sound, 11, 12, 39, 57,67,68,71,73,76,78,81, 82, 84 Comprehensive Conserva tion and Management Plan of, 77 and Long Island Sound Study, 77 Long Range Transportation Plan (LRP) 59, 64 Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program, 145 Louisiana, 101 Lyme disease, 71 Lyons, Moira, 3 Maine, 8, 9,24, 55, 78 Manatt, Phelps, and Phillips, 19 Manpower Demonstration and Training Act of 1962, 159 Mansfield, Harvey c., 192, 196 manufacturing jobs, 7, 45, 48, 50 Massachusetts, 8, 9, 24, 55, 59 Matthews, Robert. V., 19 McCarthy, Frederick W., 18 McKeon, Harold "Buck," 192, 194 Medicaid, 23, 26, 40, 51, , 133, , Medicare, 23, 40, 125, 129, 130, 137, 146 Meilaender, Gilbert, 108, 117 mercury, 11, 73-75, 79, 83, 84 Meriden, 172 Merritt Parkway, 8, 58 Metro Forest Council, 81, 85 Metro-North, 58, 59 Michigan, 191 Microsoft, 188 Milford,62 Miller, Richard E., 193, 196 Mississippi, 101 Monroe, 56 Montclair, NJ, 174 NAACP, 96 National Aquatic Invasive Species Act, 78 National Priorities List and Superfund sites, 75 National Research Council of the National Academies, 79 Naugatuck river, 74 New Britain, 172, 180 New England Board of Higher Education, 187, 194 New England Regional Student Program, 187 New England states, 9, 24, 49, 79 population density of, 8

6 206 / index New Hampshire, 8, 9, 24, 82, 101, 185 New Haven, 15,30,56,59,61, 62, 70, 88, 90, 92, 112, 117, 172, , New Haven Advocate, 112, 114, 117 New Haven Line Commuter Connection, 61 New Haven-Hartford-Enfield 1-91 Corridor, 56 New Haven-Hartford Springfield Corridor, 61 New London, 30, 61, 92, 172, 173, 175 New York City, 43, 51, 55, 72 Newton, Ernest E. 11., 87, 99 No Child Lef[ Behind Ac[, 94, 177,183,192 and No Child Left Behind Assessments, 167 Non-Native Invasive Plant Species Policy, 81 North Dako[a, 101 North Madison, 56 Northeas[ Corridor, 59 Norwalk, 172, 174, 175 Norwalk's Mari[ime Aquarium, 175 NYU Wallerstein Collaborative for Urban Environmental Educa[ion, 81 Office of Adminis[ra[ion on Aging, 140 Office of Health Care Access (OHCA), 123, 124, 130, 135, 136, 138 Older Americans Act, 144 Olmstead decision, 148 Open Space and Watershed Land Acquisition Grant Program, 80, 84 Partnership program, 147 party bosses, 38 party machines, 38 patronage politics, 38 Perez, Eddie, 90 Plofsky, Alan S., 111, 112, 117, 118 Polychlorinated Biphenyls, 75 Prescription Drug Improve ment and Modernization Act of 2003, 129 Prisloe, Mark, 6, 39 Prison and Jail Overcrowding Commission's Report, 28 Project Choice, 173 Project Concern, 172 Project Forest Watch, 82, 85 Project Limulus, 82, 85 Public Act 03-1, 60, 64 Public Act , 172 Purple Looses[rife, 78, 84 Putnam, 24, 172 Reverse Annuity Mortgage (RAM), 148 Reagan Revolution, vii, 1 Reardon, Gary, 90, 99 Regan, W. Michael, 5, 39 Reich, Steven, 19 Reinoso, Felipe 89, 99 Rell, Jodi M., 22, 54, 111, 117 Republican Governor's Associa[ion, 102 Republican Party, 17, 18,37, 87-91, 98 responsible party government, 37, 42

7 INDEX / 207 Rhode Island, 8, 9, 24, 42, 59, 77 Rhodes, Frank M.T., 191, 195 riparian habitats, 67, 72, 80 Rodriguez, Carmen, 89, 90, 99 Roosevelt, Franklin D., 86 Rose, Gary L., xii, 38,41, 116, 193 Rowland, John G., x, 4, 14, 18,22,26,27,33,39-41,72, 101, 102, los, 106, 111, 112, , 146, 171, 176 political career of, 20, 21 political scandal involving, 19,20 Ryan, Alan, 190, 195 St. James Associates, 106 salmonellosis, 76 SAT, 29, 30, 167, 186 Save the Sound, 12, 84 secretary of state, 39, 98, 132 Senior centers, 145 Shays, Christopher, 115, 118 Sheff v. O'Neill, 32, 93, , 173, 175, 180, 183 Shore Line East, 59 Sikorsky, 47 Silvester, Paul, 22, 39, 105 political scandal involving, 18 Simmons, Rob, 115 Social Security Administration, 141 Socrates, 190 South Carolina, 191, 195 South Central Connecticut Agency on Aging, 147, 152, 153 Springfield, MA, 59 Stamford, 59,61,172, 180 Stanford, 191, 195 State Bond Commission, 80 State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), , 126 state comptroller, 98 State Ethics Commission, 41, los, 109, 111, 113, 117 State of the Union Address, 192 State Transportation Strategy Board (TSB), state treasurer, 18, 22, 39, 98, 105, 106 Statewide Respite Program, 145 Sternberg, Betty, 171 Stratford, 62 Stringer, Paul, 93, 100 sulfur dioxide, 73 Sweden, 23 Texas, 191 The Road Information Program (TRIP), 57 Thiesfield, Lisa A., 18 Title XXI of the Social Security Act, 126 Tomasso Group, 19 Torrington, 172 Trees and People Project, 81 Triumph Capital Group, 18 Trumbull, 168 United Kingdom, 23 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 44, 52 U.S. Census Bureau, 8, 13, 23, 40,82,99, 125, , 151, 194 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 121, 134 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 77

8 208 / rndex University of Connecticut, 21, 33,40,70, 136, 137, 187 University of Hartford, 186 University of Illinois at Chicago, 191 University of Phoenix, 189, 195 University of Wisconsin in Oshkosh, 188 Urban Contract for the Connecticut Democratic party, 91 Urban Institute, 158, 162, 165, 166 Report of, 155 Urban Site Remedial Action Program, 80 Vermont, 8,9,24, 185 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, 159, 161 Washington State University, 188 Washington, D.C., 19,59,64, 83, 134, 165 Waterbury, 15, 17,20,21,30, 31,90,92,99, 101, 172, 173, 175 Watergate, 104 Weicker, Lowell, P., Jr. 115, 171, 182 West Nile virus, 71 Westbrook, 70 white flight, 169, 174 Wilbur Cross Parkway, 8, 56, 62 Windham, 172, 173 Workforce Investment Act, 161 World War II, 58 zebra mussel, 11, 77