Archive for April, 2009
by: Michael Downes
April 16, 2009
Representative John Harkins (R-120) Representative Lawrence Miller (R-122) and Senator Dan Debicella (R-21) have proposed an alternative state budget that avoids massive tax increases by cutting government spending, merging state agencies, offering an early retirement incentive program for state employees, freezing state employee salaries, and requiring state employee benefit concessions.The Republican proposal is an alternative [...]
by: manderson
April 7, 2009
A proposed tax and spending package that hikes taxes by about $3.3 billion approved last Thursday by majority Democrats on the state legislature’s two budget-writing committees will lead to more business closings; more job losses; and a longer, more painful recession that will have lasting consequences for Connecticut that will be felt for years to [...]
by: manderson
April 1, 2009
On April 1st, four 7th grade students from the Flood Middle School in Stratford showcased their talent at the 14th Annual Tech Expo held at the Legislative Office Building at the State Capitol in Hartford.
by: manderson
April 1, 2009
State Representatives John Harkins and Lawrence G. Miller fielded questions about the status of local projects such as improvements to the Stratford Train Station and the replacement of the Moses Wheeler Bridge as well as possible tax increases on families, individuals and employers and anti-business bills pending before the state legislature at a recent Stratford [...]
by: manderson
April 1, 2009
Representative Harkins fields a question from the audience about the 2009 -2010 state budget at a legislative forum hosted by the Stratford Chamber of Commerce at the Stratford Baldwin Center March 26th. He said he will strongly oppose any spending package that includes tax increases on employers, families and individuals and warned that a [...]
