Towns urge CT officials to not cut aid

By ConnPolitics.tv Staff on Jun 14, 2009 | In News, Gov. Jodi Rell | 6 feedbacks »

Hartford (AP) – A group that represents cities and and towns in Connecticut is urging Gov. M. Jodi Rell and state lawmakers to not cut aid to municipalities as they try to work out a budget deal.

The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities is planning to run radio ads starting Monday warning about increased local property taxes, reduced services and town employee layoffs that would result from decreased municipal aid.

This year’s legislative session ended June 3 without an approved budget for the next two fiscal years, which being July 1. Lawmakers are in special session this month to try to get a budget in place amid a multibillion-dollar deficit.

The CCM is also urging lawmakers and the governor to provide relief from unfunded mandates.

Comment from: Get Real [Visitor] Email
Like the state cares about the cities and towns...... Just because the state is made up of cities and towns does not mean the state officials have to care.. at least not until November.
06/15/09 @ 00:11
Comment from: Hosed by the system [Visitor] Email
This state as in MOST states ( there are few out there that ACTUALLY have a DOABLE plan...) are all in a "catch 22"..........but it is thier own damn fault......

Just as states that depend on money from Washington......



Decades ago, towns & city's were able to "sustain" themselves FAR better than they do today.........the % of help from the state wasnt as pronounced as it is now...we NEED to get back to that...............


These city's in this state are "financial cancers" to this state now........ these mayors have to be held more accountable for thier city's........
06/15/09 @ 07:43
Comment from: Visitor2 [Visitor] Email
Cut the cities funding and let them fail.

They need to buckle down like the rest of us and spend only what they can afford.
06/15/09 @ 10:56
Comment from: Hosed by the system [Visitor] Email
$300,000 "heated" bus stops in SANCTUARY CITY ( New Haven...).....tell me THAT is money WELL spent.........there were 5 of them built...not ONE damn dime paid for BY the dirtbag city, it came from "grants" from the FED's & the state......so next time you decide to stand in fornt of your house, valued at lets say $325,000.picture a f''cking "heated" bus stop...........


LOL

06/15/09 @ 12:10
Comment from: Get Real [Visitor] Email
1. $300,000 - that's about 2 of my house!
2. The state has been playing Robin Hood for a long time and the cities have been loving it. Now Robin Hood has financial trouble, so Robin Hood is taking care of his favorite poor!
06/15/09 @ 13:19
Comment from: Joe [Visitor] Email
All most everyone has had to make deep cuts in their home budgets to make ends meet. It is about time the State,Cities and Towns do the same. We cannot afford it. The answer is not increasing taxes its cutting and reducing the size of all governments.
06/15/09 @ 13:34

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