PRINT JOURNALISM: BECAUSE IT STILL MATTERS. NOVEMBER 18, 2019 VOL. 55, No. 46
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Tolls may return to Connecticut’s highways, including I-95 where rush-hour traffic is shown on the left side of the photo moving from Stamford toward New York state.
Taking a toll on commuters
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TOM BRADY’S GREENWICH MANSION
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SISTER POWER
LAMONT ROLLS OUT BUSINESS LEADERS, WOOS POLITICIANS AND RESIDENTS ON TRANSPORTATION PLAN BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com
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acing a potentially uphill battle with his controversial plan to establish 14 tolls on several Connecticut highways, Gov. Ned Lamont is lining up business leaders in favor of the move and promising to hold town halls to
discuss the issue with residents. But the future of Lamont’s 10-year, $21 billion CT2030 plan is in doubt, with state Republicans remaining skeptical and several of his fellow Democrat lawmakers hedging their bets as next year’s election looms. CT2030 addresses the implementation of a host of
changes to the state’s highways, trains and airports, funded by income from tolls on 14 bridges, low-interest federal loans and other sources. The CEOs and presidents of Boehringer Ingelheim, whose U.S. headquarters is in Ridgefield, Stanley Black & Decker, Pratt & Whitney, Aetna, The Hartford and Travelers all released statements in favor of the plan on Nov. 12, the day Lamont held a press conference on the issue in Hartford. “Transportation remains a critical issue to unlock Connecticut’s economic future,” wrote Boehringer Ingelheim » » TOLLS
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EXTINGUISHING PROFESSIONAL BURNOUT BEFORE IT POISONS THE WORKPLACE BY PHIL HALL phall@westfairinc.com
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n 2008, Frank V. Fiume II was into his fifth year running i9 Sports, a franchisor of youth leagues and camps, when he began to realize something was amiss in his professional life. “We don’t realize we experience burnout,” said Fiume. Fiume, who recounted his experiences with professional burnout in his new memoir “Running with My Head Down: An Entrepreneur’s Story of Passion, Perseverance and Purpose” (published by Greenleaf Book Group LLC), learned the hard way that
his approach to work was creating more problems than solutions. “Business is not about you,” he warned. “If I love my business, I need to get out of my own way. Life is not just about business, but about fulfillment.” Putting Fiume’s observation into practice has become increasingly difficult — especially as digital tools blur the lines between professional and personal hours. “Now, with our 24/7 technology, we are expected to pick up the phone on Saturday at a kids’ soccer game and be tethered to the computer while » » WORKPLACE
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