HARTFORD — Rep. John Rigby on tonight voted against a huge tax-hike budget that held virtually no spending cuts while demonstrating the legislature’s majority party is unwilling to compromise to settle the state’s multi-billion dollar budget crisis. Rigby, who represents seven Northwest Corner towns, said the plan from Democrat leaders put a sales tax cut — from 6 percent to 5.5 percent — proposed by Gov. M. Jodi Rell in jeopardy while threatening to create huge budget holes next year that will require more tax increases. Read More→
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Majority Party Refuses to Compromise and Cut State Spending: Klarides Votes Against Massive Tax Hikes, Borrowing
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August
31st,
2009
HARTFORD — Rep. Themis Klarides tonight voted against a huge tax-hike budget that held virtually no spending cuts while demonstrating the legislature’s majority party is unwilling to compromise to settle the state’s multi-billion dollar budget crisis. Klarides, who represents Woodbridge, Orange and Derby said the plan from Democrat leaders put a sales tax cut — from 6 percent to 5.5 percent — proposed by Gov. M. Jodi Rell in jeopardy while threatening to create huge budget holes next year that will require more tax increases. Read More→
HARTFORD — Rep. Penny Bacchiochi tonight voted against a huge tax-hike budget that held virtually no spending cuts while demonstrating the legislature’s majority party is unwilling to compromise to settle the state’s multi-billion dollar budget crisis. Bacchiochi, who represents Somers, Stafford, and Union said the plan from Democrat leadership put a sales tax cut — from 6 percent to 5.5 percent — proposed by Gov. M. Jodi Rell in jeopardy while threatening to create huge budget holes next year that will require even more tax increases. “We’ve gone half a year without the majority reducing state spending or giving us a hint that they’re willing to make government run even a little more efficient,” said Bacchiochi, Republican Caucus Chair. “This economy has forced my constituents to trim their household budgets, to change the way they live. It’s time their legislature face that reality.” Read More→
From: CT Traveler Fairfield County
August 2009
First responders have been singing the merits of a new law that’s been sweeping the nation one state at a time.
Connecticut is the latest to pass a “Slow Down, Move Over” law.
The law, which takes effect Oct. 1, requires drivers to reduce their speeds to a “reasonable” level below the posted speed limit when approaching one or more stationary emergency vehicles located on the highway shoulder or in a lane or breakdown lane.
If the driver is trveling in a lane next to that in which the emergency vehicle is located, he or she must steer the vehicle over one lane unless such movement would be unreasonable or unsafe.
State Rep. Janice Giegler, R-138th District, representing Danbury and New Fairfield, and State Rep. Joseph Mioli, D-136th District, representing Westport, were two of the bill’s sponsors.
Legislators kept emergency medical service, fire and police personnel as well as highway maintenance and roadside-assistance workers such as AAA’s in mind when passing the law.
It seeks to protect these first responders from the deadly threat posed by vehicles traveling at highways speeds and passing within inches.
Any violation of this law is an infraction, except if it results in the injury of the operator of the emergency vehicle. In that case, the violation carries a fine of up to $2,500.
If the violation results in the death of the emergency vehicle’s operator, the violation carries a fine of up to $10,000.
Connecticut is one of the last states to enact the Move Over law.
Neighboring Rhode Island and Massachusetts passed similar laws last year after AAA pushed for always there after several AAA drivers and facility operators were struck in recent years, including three drivers who died while working beside the highway.
AAA believes the law will communicate to motorists the importance of providing basic driving courtesy to roadside-assistance workers.
Rep. Tony Hwang attended a recent meeting of the Alzheimer’s Association Connecticut Chapter where he spoke to a group of young people planning for a Memory Walk, the nation’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research.
Hwang discussed marketing strategies with these young, dedicated volunteers working to spread the word about their cause. The young students are part of Remember Alzheimer’s – A Youth Movement, which is an initiative run by young people to increase awareness about the disease among their peers. They receive training to teach other young people about Alzheimer’s. These students, from Fairfield County, are part of a new group that already has 19 members. Read More→
WALLINGFORD — One by one, a half-dozen or so employers sitting around a table here today looked toward a bank of television news cameras and delivered a sobering message that liberal legislators in Hartford just don’t seem to get: More taxes on businesses will bring more job losses. For Republican legislators here, it was yet another stop on their “real world” tour that’s seen them travel to all corners of the state for frank discussions about Connecticut’s economy and what employers need from the legislature in order to provide the spark the state needs to get back on track: Jobs. Read More→
By: Bob Miller
News-Times, August 26, 2009
DANBURY — A long-needed component in the Danbury region’s overall health system — a federally funded community health center — will be seeing patients by 2010, thanks to a $1.3 million federal grant . Read More→
What will another tax on businesses do to manufacturers in this community and others throughout the state? One thing is for certain: It won’t help them create jobs for thousands of unemployed people in Connecticut. That was the message from business leaders here at Alcoa Howmet this afternoon, when Republican state Reps. John Rigby, Larry Cafero and Craig Miner stopped by to talk about the state of the state’s economy and how a controversial budget proposal from Democrats would affect employers and workers in Connecticut. State Sens. Andrew Roraback, Kevin Witkos and John McKinney joined them.
All of the business executives — they came from from Barkhamsted, North Canaan and Litchfield –at the roundtable discussion said the majority party’s proposal to increase business taxes would hurt members of their families: their employees. Laurie Roy, human resources manager at Alcoa, said more taxes would make life event tougher for companies in Connecticut. Check out this story in the Torrington-based Register Citizen. And take a look at this editorial, also from the Register Citizen. Howmet is a global supplier of precision-machined turbines.
WALLINGFORD — One by one, a half-dozen or so employers sitting around a table here today looked toward a bank of television news cameras and delivered a sobering message that liberal legislators in Hartford just don’t seem to get: More taxes on businesses will bring more job losses. For Republican legislators here, it was yet another stop on their “real world” tour that’s seen them travel to all corners of the state for frank discussions about Connecticut’s economy and what employers need from the legislature in order to provide the spark the state needs to get back on track: Jobs. Today’s stop was at Ulbrich Stainless Steels & Special Metals, Inc. Rep. Larry Cafero, leader of the House Republicans, was joined by Rep. Themis Klarides and Rep. Vin Candelora as well as st
ate Sen. Len Fasano. Cafero, of Norwalk, started the session by giving a snapshot of the job market in Connecticut. More than 20,000 businesses have closed over the last two years, he said, with a record 7,000 since the start of the year. Business owners took the torch from there, each sharing their story about employee layoffs, down profits and furlough days. Further, they explained that more taxes, as proposed by the legislature’s majority Democrats, would be like attaching an anchor to a struggling swimmer. 
One business owner asked Cafero and Fasano, both involved in budget negotiations with Gov. M. Jodi Rell, how many lawmakers knew anything about running a business. Too few, Fasano told them, and from there Candelora and Klarides described their experiences with family-owned businesses. Candelora, a third-generation manufacturer from North Haven, told the group that elected officials calling for tax increases on businesses have shirked their responsibility by making employers seem like bad guys when they’re forced to lay off employees. If anything, employers have been the heroes in this downturn because they’ve kept Connecticut’s economic engine churning, Candelora said. And Klarides, from Derby, added employers do everything they can to shield their employees from tough financial times — including sacrificing their own pay and free time before taking a dime from the pockets of those that work for them. At the end of the session, employers asked the Republican legislators if there’s anything they themsevles could do to make Connecticut friendlier to businesses. Cafero responded by telling the group to contact their legislators, Democrat or Republican, and tell them that now is no time to impose more taxes on businesses. And even better, tell your employees to make that call, Cafero said.
WALLINGFORD — One by one, a half-dozen or so employers sitting around a table here today looked toward a bank of television news cameras and delivered a sobering message that liberal legislators in Hartford just don’t seem to get: More taxes on businesses will bring more job losses. For Republican legislators here, it was yet another stop on their “real world” tour that’s seen them travel to all corners of the state for frank discussions about Connecticut’s economy and what employers need from the legislature in order to provide the Read More→
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