Governor Ned Lamont said Tuesday, that he is willing to send the Connecticut National Guard to the U.S. – Mexico border, but he also said that no request has yet been presented to him. Yesterday, during a national news broadcast, the governor said that immigration from Mexico is “hitting us” but he also said that here in Connecticut, few of those who arrive illegally come from the southern border. Lamont was on CNBC where he said we’ve got to secure the border. He also wrote a letter along with Vermont Governor Phil Scott that was published Sunday in Newsweek, in which both men spoke out in favor of a bipartisan plan to curb what the letter called “an unmanageable border crisis.”
Ed Histed
Ed launched his radio career in 1975 and has spent more than five decades in the broadcasting industry. During that time, he has served in a wide range of roles including Air Personality, News Director, Sales Manager, Operations Manager, and General Manager at numerous radio stations in various markets across the country. Beyond on-air and management responsibilities, Ed has also worked extensively on the technical side of broadcasting. His background includes RF engineering and information technology, with particular experience configuring digital automation systems and remote voice-tracking platforms used by stations across the country. Ed was also among a select group of industry professionals invited by Google to its California headquarters following the company’s acquisition of Scott Studios. He was one of just 12 broadcasters nationwide chosen to participate in discussions and provide input during the design and rollout of Google’s digital broadcast automation platform. Although the majority of Ed’s career—spanning roughly four decades—was rooted in music radio, he transitioned into news and information programming in 2012. He says the move into spoken-word broadcasting was a natural evolution after decades of experience in multiple areas of the industry.