For Immediate Release
February 14, 2011
CONTACT: Dwight Blint, 860.899.4711dwightblint@gmail.com
Stewart's Top Priority: Jobs
Stewart: "Our next State Senator will have immediate responsibility to promote job growth for Berlin, Farmington, and New Britain."
New Britain, CT – New Britain Mayor Tim Stewart, a candidate for state senate in Connecticut’s 6th Senate District, today outlined a series of legislative proposals to immediately promote job growth for the district and the state of Connecticut.
As state senator, Stewart will focus on job growth as a top priority, advocating proposals to make it more affordable for businesses to succeed in Connecticut. Stewart supports expanding the job creation tax credit to $400 per month and applying the credit to companies when they hire someone who is currently unemployed. Stewart also supports repeal of the 10 percent corporate tax surcharge, repeal of the Business Entity Tax, and consolidation of Connecticut's three economic development entities (the Connecticut Development Authority (CDA), Connecticut Innovations, and the Connecticut Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA)) into a single Economic Development Authority to reduce government bureaucracy and create one-stop shopping for businesses looking to settle or expand in Connecticut.
“For years the cost of doing business in Connecticut has continued to increase, making it hard for municipalities like New Britain, Berlin and Farmington to not only maintain jobs, but also create new jobs. When the legislature addresses the current $3.5 billion budget deficit, they must do so in a way that promotes job growth in Connecticut,” said Stewart. “As mayor, I have a record of growing jobs in the City of New Britain. As a legislator, I will continue my efforts to improve the business climate in our state.”
As mayor since 2003, Stewart has promoted a business friendly administration as a key to attracting and developing new jobs for New Britain. He has lowered taxes in six of seven budget cycles, reduced city spending and created a business development task force to streamline the city’s permitting process. As a result, the city has generated over $100 million in new investments and has helped businesses to create more than 600 new jobs during the past seven years.
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This will be tough enough of a job when you consider creating jobs goes against the new administrations plans for huge tax increases that will destroy jobs--probably in record numbers.
ReplyDeleteThe last thing any of us needs is another rubber stamp Democrat for the new Governor's plans for massive tax increases.
NEW BRITAIN — The NB Democrats are lying to the voters of NB.....
ReplyDelete....Hammering at an issue that Democrats hope will sink Mayor Timothy Stewart's run for state Senate, council president Michael Trueworthy has called for the city to temporarily stop buying products or services from businesses owned by elected officials.
Trueworthy said Monday 02/14/11 that he's basing the proposal on Democratic State Chairwoman Nancy DiNardo's declaration last week that she was asking the chief state's attorney to investigate no-bid contracts during Stewart's administration.
But on Monday afternoon, the chief state's attorney said it had never seen any such request. "We've received no complaint on that matter," spokesman Mark Dupuis said.
"I'm not surprised at all. This whole thing has been a ruse," Republican Town Chairman Dwight Blint said. "The Democrats are lying to the voters."