While the state fiscal crisis may offer some opportunity for reforming the budget process, political differences on key issues at the state capitol make it highly unlikely major change will occur anytime soon, state Representative Arthur J. O’Neill said today.
Representative O’Neill, R-69th District, and state Representative Tom Reynolds, D-42nd District, discussed the budget crisis and [...]
Package Addresses Concerns of Municipal Elected Officials, Property Taxpayers, Group Leaders Say
The Federation of Connecticut Taxpayer Organizations and the Connecticut Municipal Consortium for Fiscal Responsibility today endorsed Governor M. Jodi Rell’s two-year budget proposal, saying it addresses the concerns of taxpayers and local elected officials from throughout Connecticut.
Susan Kniep, President of the Federation of Connecticut [...]
The state legislature’s Appropriations Committee Thursday abdicated its responsibility to the people of Connecticut when the Democrat-dominated panel declined to vote on a $9 million state employee union contract, state Representative Arthur J. O’Neill, an Appropriations Committee member, said today.”Although the Appropriations Committee is not obligated to vote on proposed contracts with state employee unions, [...]
