Stratford veterans would have more time to claim refunds for excessive taxes collected in error by the tax collector under a bill co-sponsored by state Representative John A. Harkins that was approved Thursday, March 5th by the state legislature’s Select Committee on Veterans Affairs.
A recent Quinnipiac University poll shows Connecticut residents overwhelmingly prefer cuts in state spending to balance the state budget rather than tax increases - a position Republican state legislators have been advocating for months, Deputy House Republican Leader at Large John A. Harkins said today.
By a whopping 67 percent margin, citizens responding to the poll [...]
No New Taxes, No Cuts In Education Aid To Stratford
Senator Dan Debicella (R-21), Representative, John Harkins (R-120), and Representative Lawrence Miller (R-122) praised Governor M. Jodi Rell’s proposed $38 billion, two-year state budget as a responsible plan for preserving necessary government programs and services without burdening state residents with new sales and income taxes.
“The Governor’s [...]
Says House Republican Initiatives Could Provide Needed Relief to Towns and Cities
Cash-strapped municipalities like Stratford need relief from the state as they prepare municipal budgets at a time when revenues are declining and more people are seeking critical services towns provide, chief elected officials from around the state said at a budget roundtable at the [...]
Legislative Republicans Propose Deeper Spending Cuts; Reducing legislators’ Salaries by Five Percent
The refusal by the majority Democrats who control the state legislature to consider more than token cuts in state spending in the face of a mounting budget deficit is setting the stage for major tax increases that could devastate middle class families in Stratford, [...]
