State budget talks to begin
Budget negotiations between Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s office and General Assembly leaders are expected to begin today, the latest step in what is becoming an increasingly contentious debate.
Democrats and Republicans agree that the state needs to cut wasteful government spending by consolidating agencies and scaling back services. But when state leaders meet, they will need to iron out not only how to close the state’s record budget deficit, but the exact size of that deficit as well.
Having based their predictions off of dueling reports from the Office of Fiscal...
Sadly, budget issues in Connecticut are polarized along political lines.
The natural competitiveness that evolves out of party politics can often lead to legislation that doesn’t serve the best interests of the constituents our legislators were elected to serve.
The people of Connecticut don’t care, nor will we remember who solves the problems we’re facing.
We’re much more concerned that these problems are solved.