I am getting tired of watching the fantastic claims that candidate Foley keeps running against Lt. Governor Fedele.
He is constantly running ads whereby he claims that Mike Fedele presided over the largest tax increases in history as Lt. Governor. What troubles me the most about these claims is that candidate Foley doesn't seem to understand the office for which he is seeking. Mike Fedele is not now, nor has he ever been governor, except possibly during a short period as acting governor when Governor Rell was undergoing surgery or away on vacation, so how could he have presided over any tax increases whatsoever?
Our Lieutenant Governor has virtually no authority. His main purpose is to sit on the shelf waiting for the need to serve should the sitting governor become incapacitated, or in the event the governor dies in office or is otherwise unable to continue to serve. In such a case, the Lieutenant Governor would become Governor.
The only other authority the Lt. Governor has is to preside over the Senate as President of the Senate, but he only has a vote in the case of a tie. With such a large Democratic majority, there are no ties, and the Democratic Party controls anything the Senate does. As a result, if the Senate passed huge tax increases that candidate Foley is not happy with, it is the Democrats he should be blaming for it, and not the Lieutenant Governor who has dutifully sat on the sidelines maintaining his readiness to serve should that unfortunate need ever arise. The Lt. Governor has done precisely what the people elected him to do under our Constitution--little more than waiting.
Perhaps candidate Foley should consult Article Fourth of the Connecticut Constitution before creating any more advertisements?
Credit where credit is due!
Exactly, lieutenant governor sits on a shelf and does nothing. So why is it that Fidele is campaigning on the accomplishments of his choice for lieutenant governor, instead of presenting what his own accomplishments have been? I have never seen as much money spent on the campaign for the governor's second in charge as we are witnessing this time with ads for Mark Boughton. I heard Mr. Boughton speak at a local RTC meeting and he was quite impressive. But based on the Thorn's information, Boughton won't make a difference in the office for governor.
ReplyDeleteI hope Fidele and Foley do more than just muddy up the waters for the republican ticket. Or we can all be celebrating a democratic win
in November. Just what we need here in CT, more democratic, liberal, leadership.
I ditto everything that the first commenter said about the "Thorn's" article.
ReplyDeleteThis might be the dumbest defense of Fedele I've ever seen. Basically, in your view, his "executive experience" as lieutenant governor is really no experience at all. He was just a handsomely dressed ornament for four years.
ReplyDeleteThe essence of your argument is that Fedele has been a 500,000 million dollar a year (that's the budget for his office) waste of space. Sounds like a reallllll fiscal conservative.
Exactly, lieutenant governor sits on a shelf and does nothing. So why is it that Fidele is campaigning on the accomplishments of his choice for lieutenant governor
ReplyDeleteNothing says that the Governor can't utilize the Lt. Governor for more responsibility if he wants to, does it?
Anonymous said....Fedele has been a 500,000 million dollar a year (that's the budget for his office) waste of space...
ReplyDeleteMust be Democratic math. 500,000 million is actually 500 trillion. Amazing that Fedele would have a 500 trillion budget when the entire state budget is only $13 billion.
I guess that same "PROGRESSINVE" math that O'Brien uses when justifying wasting more of our tax dollars on more socialist programs!
If this gentleman and I use the term loosely is to unhappy with what the duties of the Lt. Guv are, then why doesn't he get his Democratic friends who control the legislature to begin the process for changing the constitution so that they can give the Lt. Guv more power and more duties?
ReplyDeleteTypical liberal, not willing to offer any solutions and just complain and attack without any positive input whatsoever.
And you wonder why our state and our city are going right down the old crapper with these vicious Democrats in power?