Bring the Whalers back to Hartford, or competent city government?

Connecticut is running a couple billion dollars short of funding state government’s budget. As “fixed costs” devour tax revenue faster than it comes in, the state lacks money to maintain infrastructure like highways and schools -- as well as money for the XL Center, formerly the Hartford Civic Center, which needs $250 million in renovations. Hartford’s city government itself is insolvent as well, having just borrowed $50 million to build a minor-league baseball stadium even as a city budget deficit of about the same amount is projected and the mayor is seeking huge concessions from city employee unions and taking millions in emergency donations from insurance companies in the city.