A bill making its way through the Legislature could lead to the permanent protection of about 800 acres of farmland at the Southbury Training School and smaller parcels in several other towns.
Like most of my Southbury, Bridgewater, Roxbury and Washington constituents, I was appalled by a bill that would have forced the Catholic Church in Connecticut to submit to a radical reorganization of the legal, financial and administrative structure of our local parishes and strongly opposed it.
With only about 70 days left in the 2009 legislative session, the state legislature’s majority Democrats have done little or nothing to address urgent problems facing Connecticut – such as identifying $220 million in cuts to help balance the budget for the current fiscal year, state Representative Arthur J. O’Neill said today.
Representative O’Neill, the House Republican Leader on the state legislature’s Judiciary Committee, fields a question from the audience at a recent forum on the Judicial Selection and Appointment Process in Connecticut. Also participating in the forum was state Senator John A. Kissel, R-7th District, left, the committee’s Senate Republican Leader. The event was sponsored by [...]
Like most of my Southbury, Bridgewater, Roxbury and Washington constituents, I was appalled by a bill that would have forced the Catholic Church in Connecticut to submit to a radical reorganization of the legal, financial and administrative structure of our local parishes and strongly opposed it.
The Connecticut General Assembly must act decisively to change state laws cited by insurance giant AIG to justify $165 million in outrageous bonuses approved for employees who were largely responsible for decisions that led to the company’s financial implosion, state Representative Arthur J. O’Neill said today.
State House and Senate Republican Leaders, and Republican members of the state legislature’s Judiciary Committee will hold a public hearing Wednesday to give Catholic clergy, religious leaders from other denominations and the general public an opportunity to testify on a measure that would strip Catholic parishes of control over their own finances, state Representative Arthur [...]
