Erases $736 Million 2011 Deficit – No Taxes, Smaller Gov’t -$74 Million to Create Jobs
HARTFORD – Today being Tax Day, April 15th, the last day Connecticut residents have to mail in their tax bills, State Rep. John Hetherington (New Canaan and Wilton) along with the rest of the House Republican caucus unveiled their 2011 budget [...]
In this season of Santa, the news from Hartford is as welcome as coal in the stocking. But, nevertheless, here is an overview of Connecticut’s fiscal crisis, down to the Governor’s recent deficit mitigation plan.
It is difficult for a Connecticut legislator to come to this point in the calendar without a feeling of simple embarrassment over the work of the General Assembly. The central purpose of the 2009 regular session was to create a budget for the biennium beginning July 1, 2009 and ending June 30, 2011. But the [...]
Connecticut’s budget crisis presents a decision that will significantly impact us and those of our children who will live here someday. By way of update, we are still short at least half a billion for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, and it looks likes more than 8 billion for the 2010-2011 biennial. We [...]
State Rep. John Hetherington, Sen. Toni Boucher and Sen. L. Scott Frantz ,all who represent New Canaan, give a State Budget presentation with audience Questions and Answers for New Canaan residents at the New Canaan Library on Monday March 23rd. Click to see video.
