Not to defend big-box stores but this statement from Amazon is an obvious distortion of facts. Amazon is just being whiny because it hates fair competition. We opposed this new tax law because it is unconstitutional and counterproductive. It was supported by big-box retailers, most of which are based outside Connecticut, that seek to harm — Continue reading »
Amazon.com Dumps Connecticut, Too
📆 June 11, 2011
Amazon has lashed out against my home state of Connecticut, cutting all their affiliates in the state, because Connecticut told Amazon to play fair. While local merchants are required to collect and pay state taxes, Amazon was happily undercutting them online, using its affiliates as mules to deliver some of those sales. The state recently — Continue reading »
Pine Mountain, Ridgefield, CT
📆 June 7, 2010
Hard to believe that I've had a jewel of a hike within a walking distance of my house (where I've lived for year) and I hadn't been to the top of it until a only few of weeks ago. This is a part of a parcel of land that my hometown, Ridgefield, CT, took from — Continue reading »
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