I'd happily reduce my electric bill by $0.25 a month if it meant he was out of the job.

Misleading title for anyone who bothered to read the article. His pay as CEO did not double. His pay is double from what it was in his prior job as not-CEO. He's only been in the job a year.

Something to think about while you all are sharpening your pitchforks, his paycheck going to zero means you save $0.25 per month.

Well Eversource profit is at record levels. Must be great to be a monopoly

Chez Bez Diner in Manchester! Best poutine in the state.

Honorable mention to Sparrow Pizza Bar in West Hartford center.

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No one should be making a profit on something people need to survive in the society they built for us.

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Capitalism is working precisely as intended.

Hell, making profit off of things people need to survive is a feature, not a bug.

I have never heard anyone call it those two things. I have had family living there for decades.

It’s a very average town, but gets a bad reputation. The school system is fine. It could be better but you can get a good education if your kid tries and just stays away from the bad crowd.

Sayulita in South Glastonbury

Bricco's in West Hartford

Glasco HVAC if central ct

There is a dump/landfill right off the Highway

Thanks for pushing that rate increase though. Here's a raise.

Hana in Manchester, Shish Kebab House of Afghanistan in West Hartford and I'll have to second Angry Tofu

I just don’t know anything whatsoever about the school system or local government, so I don’t want to comment.

But I have looked at apartments there before, and frequent both restaurants and stores in the town. I have never felt unsafe anywhere.

Listen, I'm not going to go so far as to say utilities should be nationalized, but if necessities are going to be commodified, there need to be regulations in place that cap the profits these companies can make and at a bare minimum require a set percentage of profits to be reinvested in infrastructure.

If we had a world-class power grid with buried lines and non-existent interruptions, then fine, charge a premium for a premium product.

But with Eversource, it seems like every other year, we get a week+ long outage after a storm that the Southeast would consider a particularly heavy rain storm.

Fuck these guys.

Manchester is not a bad town. It is diverse but the schools offer great opportunity if you want it. Obviously there’s a bad element everywhere but can be avoided.

Bend over everyone!

I’ve heard the “Klan-“ thing applied to half the towns in the state.

I've lived here my whole life and I can say that it is the most centralized place in America amenities wise with shitty schools and good work opportunities as well as beautiful neighborhoods depending on what you like.

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I took econ 101 and 102 lol

I would happily live in Manchester.

I don’t know if I’d raise a family there though.

The worst thing about Manchester is congestion around the mall. Other wise normal