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Tuesday, 01 July 2008 19:20 |
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ON NOV 4, 2008, CONNECTICUT VOTERS CAN VOTE FOR A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION! |
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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 18 June 2008 18:10 |
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On June 3, 2008, at the Capitol in Hartford, the Federalist Society sponsored a panel discussion on the question which will appear on the ballot on Nov 4, 2008 throughout Connecticut. The question will read: SHALL THERE BE A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION TO AMEND OR REVISE THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE? If the question passes, FCTO and others will work to give Connecticut voters the right of Statewide Initiative and Referendum.
June 3rd Panelists included: Hon. Robert Satter, Connecticut Superior Court, Former State Representative; Susan Kniep, President, Federation of Connecticut Taxpayer Organizations, Former Mayor of East Hartford; and Atty. John Woodcock III, Adjunct Professor, Political Science Central Connecticut State Univ., Former State Representative, Former Member, State Ethics Commission.
The following is Susan Kniep’s presentation. The program in its entirety can be viewed by clicking on the following web link... The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies Debate on the Right of Initiative and Referendum. |
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Update from Bill Generous on state budget votes. June 16, 2008 |
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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 18 June 2008 03:10 |
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A record number of towns had or will have a town budget referendum this budget season. A little over half of Connecticut towns, or 85 towns, are referendum towns this year. Spending increases are lower this year. The median approved spending increase for a referendum town to date is 3.8%. It was 5% last year and 5.3% the year before that. The economy is causing citizens to put more pressure on town budgets. Additionally, revaluations have shifted more of the tax burden onto homeowners and this usually results in a town tightening their belts further. 50 towns are either having a revaluation or phasing in a prior revaluation this year. Although spending increases are lower this year, the median effective tax rate increase is about two-thirds of a percent higher this year compared to last year. That is because the towns received a huge increase in funding from the state last year and that helped lower last year's tax increases. Among the towns having a referendum this week are Watertown and West Hartford on Tuesday. Both towns are proposing close to a 7% spending increase. The proposed Watertown budget carries a 9.4% tax rate increase, down from 11.6% in the first referendum. Bill Generous Windsor, CT |
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WHEN WILL PUBLIC LABOR COSTS EXCEED TAXPAYERS’ ABILITY TO PAY? |
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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 18 June 2008 03:13 |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, (Hartford, CT), The Yankee Institute for Public Policy is releasing, The Coming Showdown with Public Labor . Authored by Yankee’s executive director Lewis M. Andrews, the paper examines how the costs at all levels of government are soaring outrageously out of control. Andrews says, “Politicians will soon be forced to take the only action that can guarantee continued delivery of public services at a reasonable cost: create laws to make the public sector more efficient and effective.”
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