Cafero: Act on Budget Deficit Now
If you know a hurricane barreling toward your community it’s perfectly fine to hope and pray that it veers in a different direction, but wouldn’t you take steps to protect your house just in case? That’s where we stand these days in Connecticut, where lawmakers have yet another budget deficit to deal with. So far, there are two schools of thought on how to address the problem: Sit on your hands and blame the governor’s office, as super-majority Democrats have done, or go back to the table and make government spending reductions as residents have demanded repeatedly. House and Senate Republicans advocated for the latter of the options today during a Capitol news co

Growing Budget Concerns
Rep. Larry Cafero, leader of the legislature’s House Republicans, objected to Democrats wrapping up the longest budget season in Connecticut’s history. Watch the video below, or check out this story.

Rep. Jan Giegler Talks H1N1 at Danbury High School

Merrill Cages Her Rat…
According to a Stamford Advocate report, House Majority Leader Denise Merrill has abandoned an effort that would see her hometown, Mansfield, receive a windfall of cash from the state at a time when every other community in Connecticut is slated to lose money from the Pequot Fund grant. A rat, as folks around the Capitol know, is legislation secreted-away inside a bill at the last minute to favor someone. Under the false premise that other

In the Red Already?
We hate to say “we told you so,” but we told you so. State comptroller Nancy Wyman this week painted a bleak picture of the state’s finances, announcing that Connecticut could already have a deficit of more than $500 million. Check out this story from the Courant.