New Britain, CT – New Britain Mayor Tim Stewart joined State Senator
Jason Welch (R-31), State Representative Whit Betts (R-78), Bristol
Mayor Art Ward and several other municipal leaders from Central
Connecticut Thursday to call on Governor Dannel P. Malloy to give
municipalities relief from unfunded and underfunded state mandates -
laws the State of Connecticut impose on its municipalities without
providing the funding necessary to implement them. In a letter to the
governor, the bipartisan group of legislators, municipal leaders and
school superintendents asked that existing state mandates be
permanently erased or at least temporarily eased to provide cities and
towns with more flexibility as they work to balance local budgets.
“As mayor I have watched unfunded mandates drive up local government
expenses to the point where many cities and towns have had to raise
taxes or cut important government services in order to balance local
budgets. I am proud to join this bi-partisan effort and lend my voice
to the cause of reducing current unfunded mandates and stopping new
mandates from being passed on to our already cash-strapped
municipalities,” said Stewart.
Stewart, who is also a candidate for the 6th District senatorial seat
that represents Berlin, Farmington and New Britain, has served for the
past several years on the state Advisory Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations (ACIR), a group of state and local leaders
seeking to identify these unfunded mandates and advocate the
collaboration of different levels of government to minimize their
negative impact.
“The ACIR has made great progress by bringing critical attention to
these hidden taxpayer burdens," said Stewart. "It is now up to the
state legislature to work to not only eliminate existing mandates, but
be cognizant of their impact when proposing and enacting new
legislation. I look forward to making that effort a priority if
elected to the State Senate on February 22nd.”
Mandates passed down from the State of Connecticut have a major impact
on both municipal and local school budgets. Towns already facing
possible deficits from reductions in federal and state aid will still
have the same mandates to fulfill without action from the governor and
legislature.
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14 comments:
Nice pic of old white out of touch
republicans led by a midget trashmouth
Lenni, why do you hate Republicans so much?
If we Republicans didn't work so hard running our businesses and paying all the taxes we are forced to pay, where would you Democrats get all the money you love to give away?
Certainly not from a bunch of Democrats who do nothing but feed at the public trough.
Without us Republicans to pay for everything, that public trough would be rather empty!
Am I the only one who sees Lenni's statement as being racist?
GOP guy couldn't have said it any better.
And you know Lenni, when you piss off the working people who pay for everything, we will hoard and bare down. We need nothing, ask for nothing and ultimately will give, nothing.
Hey lenni -
If your local Democratic party is so "in touch" - why did little mac (a close friend of yours I hear - like your almost sharing a brain) hand pick a rich white woman who hasn't had a job outside of political hack in 30 years!
And let's not fall for throwing the Polish maiden name in there - the only kapusta she knows is the cabbage she's spending on her pool house. The money her husband grabbed from the City doing "no-bid" workers comp work.
So lenni - ya got nuthin' and you know it. So go back to Moscow and cry in your beer.
Hey Lenni:
If communism is so good, then why did it fail in your home country?
To -"lenni said..."
Is lenni an alias for the fat-ass that lives on West St. ? Or is it for "Lenin?"
I guess an extremist like Lenni is unhappy with the fact that Tim Stewart is going to be his next Senator. Apparently even Lenni understands that the Democratic candidate has a snowball's chance in hell.
In Connecticut, if I am not mistaken, municipalities are created by the State. As such, the state is allowed considerable latitude in imposing things - unfunded or underfunded state mandates - on the municipalities.
That being said, to me it doesn't mean that the State should impose mandates that have the potential of bankrupting the city and its taxpayers by, de facto, causing a municipality to raise taxes to fund such things "unfunded or underfunded mandates."
I believe further that the State should fund public school, K - !2 education totally.
I think it's time that towns like New Britain take a page from Governor Christie's - New Jersey - book and tell the state, " Our city will no longer foot the bill for unfunded or underfunded state mandates, especially those for education."
Also, the State should give the City total PILOT money reimbursement for all State properties within our city based on what the City Assessor sees as the value of the properties.
Hey Frank, do you know who the idiot lenni is that posted here? Let your readers know so they can attack him the way he constantly attacks the mayor. He must have an axe to grind ya think? Get some new material Marzi you fat lazy pig! Or is it Guinness the drug induced washed up journalist?
Did you all know that Marzi is a petitioning candidate for the 25th? Just another sham by Sherwood and his liberal loons to try and help poor Terry win on the 22nd. Too bad I saw the debate and she was horrific! Best of luck Tim you'll make a great senator!
I never saw someone as clueless about life as nutjob Terry was at the debate!
What a loser!
Lenni clearly is a liberal who is coming unglued at the fact that the overwhelming majority of Americans are rejecting liberalism, socialism and Democrats because of their disastrous failed policies.
The definition of insanity is doing the same over and over and expecting a different result.
Democrats have destroyed this country, this state, and this city pushing their socialism, so insanity is to keep electing socialist Democrats.
Lot's of angry White Republicans
on this blog,trash mouths.Do you kiss your wifes with that mouth?
and a midget shall lead them
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