Activists trying to open Connecticut’s municipal beaches to non-residents have been caught for years in a game of rock-paper-scissors.

Every time they employ a new strategy, the opposition counters.

And while the latest effort — tied to a study of parking rates and local beach budgets — appears to have bogged down, reformers are adjusting again, preparing to make fair beach access a statewide campaign issue this summer.

Reporter Keith Phaneuf joins host Ebong Udoma to explain the ins and outs of a decades-long fight.

You can read Keith's story here.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Activists trying to open Connecticut&rsquo;s municipal beaches to non-residents have been caught for years in a game of rock-paper-scissors.
Every time they employ a new strategy, the opposition counters.
And while the latest effort &mdash; tied to a study of parking rates and local beach budgets &mdash; appears to have bogged down, reformers are adjusting again, preparing to make fair beach access a statewide campaign issue this summer.
Reporter Keith Phaneuf joins host Ebong Udoma to explain the ins and outs of a decades-long fight.
You can read <a href="https://ctmirror.org/2022/04/10/beach-access-advocates-ready-to-take-their-sand-fight-into-ct-election-season/">Keith's story here</a>.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Welcome to Steady Habits: A CT Mirror Podcast, hosted by John Dankosky. Our goal is to foster meaningful conversations with newsmakers and the journalists who cover them. We're planning to dig into Connecticut's biggest stories in policy and politics. Let's get started.

Steady Habits: A CT Mirror Podcast

Steady Habits: A CT Mirror Podcast, hosted by John Dankosky, aims to foster meaningful conversations with newsmakers and the journalists who cover them. Each episode, we dig into Connecticut's biggest stories in policy and politics.

Steady Habits: A CT Mirror Podcast, hosted by John Dankosky, aims to foster meaningful conversations with newsmakers and the journalists who cover them. Each episode, we dig into Connecticut's biggest stories in policy and politics.