Congressman John Larson just secured $3.8 million in federal funding for the East Hartford School system. If I understand the situation in New Britain correctly, our school board is short about $2 million in funding for this year's budget. Where was Congressman Murphy to get similar funding for New Britain? With the differences in population, Congressman Murphy should have been able to secure at least $7 million for New Britain's school system. Instead, like usual, we get nothing and have to raise your taxes to find the needed funding.
Click below to see the East Hartford Gazette-----story about Congressman Larson:
East Hartford schools to get $3.8 million in federal funds, Congressman Larson announces
Murphy's List of Appropriations Requests is very long and lucrative for some towns particularly Waterbury, Torrington, Danbury and surprisingly Farmington. However New Britain seems to have been left out of loop. See below!
ReplyDeleteThe 9/11 Living Memorial --New Canaan, CT
The Barney Library--Farmington, CT
Bethel Library Construction Project --Bethel, CT
Bleachery Dam Renovation Project--New Milford, CT6
Bridge No. 04456 over the Pomperaug River--Southbury, CT
Brownfield and Blight Redevelopment Project in the City of Waterbury
Capital Workforce Partners--Hartford, CT 06103
Connecticut River Watershed Study--fourteen dams in the Connecticut River Basin
Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Education and Outreach—Avon, CT
Corporate Edge Skills Training Program—Danbury, CT
Danbury Flood Planning Management Study—Danbury, CT
University of Connecticut Health Center,--Farmington, CT
Eastern Long Island Sound Environmental Impact Study
Expanded "Building a Bridge to Improve Student Success" At-Risk Youth Project--Danbury CT
Farmington Technology Incubation Center,--Farmington, CT
Farmington Valley Regional Dispatch Center Planning Project—Avon, CT
Harwinton Naugatuck River Greenway Project--Harwinton, CT
Healthy Heart Risk Reduction and Screening Program , Danbury Hospital--Danbury, CT
Improving Soldier Recovery from Catastrophic Bone Injuries --Farmington, CT
In Car Camera Technology Upgrade—Middletown, CT
Incident Management Plans for Routes 7, 8, and I-84-- Waterbury, CT
Long Island Sound Dredged Material Management Plan
Long Island Sound Stewardship Act
MidState Medical Center, 435 Lewis Avenue, Meriden, CT 06451
Family Services of Greater Waterbury-- Waterbury, CT
Connecticut Army National Guard, William A. O'Neill Armory,--Hartford,CT
Residency Training Demonstration Program for Nurse Practitioners/Primary Care Providers-- Middletown, CT
Sanitary Sewer Inflow and Infiltration Improvements-- Cheshire, CT
Silvio Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge-- Concord, NH
St. Mary's Hospital O'Brien Building Renovation & Reconstruction-- Waterbury, CT
CNAF BEDDOWN - UPGRADE FACILITIES-- East Granby, CT
Torrington's Main Street Realignment Project
Center for Robotics Innovation and Education—ccsu
Urban Youth Workforce Transition Program—ccsu
Torrington Downtown Redevelopment Project
Torrington Emergency Operations Center and Regional Dispatch Project
Town of Watertown Emergency Communications System
UCONN Health Center Live Cell Molecular Imaging Suite
Voluntary Acquisition of Homes within the Runway Protection Zone (PRZ) at Waterbury-Oxford Airport
Waterbury Hospital Multi-Story On-Campus Parking GaragePolice Activity League of Waterbury
Waterbury Intermodal Transportation Center Project
Waterbury Naugatuck River Greenway Project
Wellspring Foundation-- Bethlehem, CT
Wheeler-Young VFW Post 201-- Waterbury, CT
Women's Business Development Center-- Stamford, CT
Complete Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell Demonstrator-- Danbury, CT
Atlantic Inertial Systems-- Cheshire, CT
Man Portable GC-TMS for Chemical Threat Detection and Identification --Danbury, CT
Sustainable Water System Using Renewable Energy—Hartford CT
CNAF BEDDOWN - UPGRADE FACILITIES-- East Granby, CT
Terahertz Spectrometer Technology-- Danbury, CT
That is Approximately $210,000,000in appropriation requests. What Did Rep Murphy request for the city of New Britain besides the $2,500,000 for two projects at CCSU that are listed above????
A whopping $900.000 for the sewer Lining Construction Project, $100,000 For Greater New Britain Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Inc., 100 Arch Street and $400,000 for the Marian Heights Project at the old MIA Convent, Osgood Avenue. Yes New Britain Citizens That’s only $1,400,000 out of over $210,000,000.
Mr Murphy Did you forget about us here in New Britain?
Billions in stimulus money for Connecticut and not a thin dime for New Britain. Wasn't it $130 million for Waterbury, another one of Murphy's cities? Nice job for New Britain Mr. Murphy. See you on election day when New Britain can repay the favor.
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ReplyDeleteIf Murphy did such a good job for New Britain why did he forget the city's school system?
Yes: we will see him of Election Day but not the way you liberals want to re-elect him for but to get rid of him-------Remember New Britain is a major city in his district and he forgot the school system’s needs !!!!!!!!
Anonymous said: Mr Murphy Did you forget about us here in New Britain?
ReplyDeleteIn November 2010, it will be time for New Britain to forget about Mr. Murphy, the Waterbury and Danbury champion of federal funding.
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ReplyDeleteFrank: You should make sure this message about East Hartford gets to Murphy's good friends, John Geragosian and Tim O'Brien. I'm sure Geragosian ("I never met a wisecrack I didn't like") and O'Brien (aka, "press the flesh"), both of whom have never had a real job will have no answers. Perhaps Doris Kurtz may also be interested. What a couple of hapless and hopeless fakers. Can you imagine what would happen to New Britain if those guys were in charge.
How many years does Geragosian have left before he qualifies for a pension (public service type)?
Remember that when you are paying your property taxes on June 1st:
ReplyDeleteCongressman Murphy saw fit to give millions in federal money to Waterbury and Danbury and to taxpayers in New Britain, a giant goose egg!
Perhaps Mr. Murphy is not even aware that New Britain is in his district?
ReplyDeleteWhy would anyone need to pay taxes anymore? Isn't that the new America under the Obama regime, that the government provides everything for free? Or is that only for the people who refuse to work or pay taxes?
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