I hear many people speak out against collecting tolls on Connecticut highways, but I hear few people say they want tolls.
Does anyone want tolls? If there were tolls on highways, would you look for an alternative route? Would out-of-state people not come to Connecticut if they have to pay to drive down I-95? That's a prime tourist spot. Would places like Mystic suffer?
Moving on....
This whole budget descrepancy is getting old.
Democrats say Rell's numbers are not right and that her budget proposal is not balanced, but they have not formally offered any solutions. They are apparently working on it.
The Appropriations Committee has been told to shave $2.8 billion off of Rell's proposal without raising taxes. Democratic leaders call it a needed exercise that will show Connecticut lawmakers and residents alike just how bad things really are under the governor's plan. They admitted they may not actually use many of the ideas the exercise generates.
Maybe that's why the governor's deputy budget director calls it a waste of time?
But the finger pointing does not stop there. Rell and her budget wizards are criticizing Democrats, saying that the majority party has not offered any deficit mitigation plans for this fiscal year. The governor is the only one making the hard decisions.
So much for putting party politics behind us.
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Does anyone remember why we got rid of tolls a few decades back? Public safety! Now some idiots in our state legislators think that our lives are worth the risk of a few tax dollars. All the Dems can do is criticize Gov. Rell for her bold proposals. I go for closing the Meriden Court House as well. Let Liberty Lagana make it their new showroom - it's the only place downtown that's doing any business. I guess we could move the Solomon-Goffe House and the Andrews Homestead close by, too. They could probably draw as many people as the former Silver Museum and Barbershop Museum, too.
Why not try this,keep Court House where it is. Down the street knock off few more buildings,move the little village of Silver Museum,Barbershop Museum,Andrews Homestead,and Goffe House there.Have our city Fathers put out bids to build a Stockade [like the old days]for Court Losers,construction for toll booths on all roads that lead to Meriden.Since the Court is such a draw of classy clientle,a added bonus of quaint settings may be appropiate.Leisure dining at city flood plain,overlooking tracks,exposed sewage line of Harbor Brook.Boy we have come a long way in the 55 yrs. of growth I have seen.
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