Nader urges Connecticut governor to reject community college consolidation

Add Ralph Nader to the list of those who think consolidating the state’s 12 community colleges into one is a bad idea.

Nader, the quintessential consumer advocate, Connecticut native and sometimes presidential candidate, wrote a letter to Gov. Ned Lamont on Monday asking him to put the breaks on a plan that he calls dangerous, embarrassing and half-baked.

“Community based education is so essential for democracy in an age of relentless concentration of decision in even fewer hands,” wrote Nader.

Nader, in a telephone interview, said he believes he has the ear of the freshman governor.

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