REP. MINER BACKS DEFICIT REDUCTION PACKAGE

by: admin February 26, 2009

HARTFORD – On Wednesday, February 25, State Rep. Craig Miner, R-66th, voted in favor of legislation to eliminate $1.2 billion of the state’s $1.35 billion deficit. Rep. Miner, who serves as Ranking Member (House Republican Leader) of the Legislature’s Appropriations Committee, said the package retains state funding for the towns of Bethlehem, Litchfield, Morris, Warren [...]

Why I voted ‘no’ to more state bonding

by: admin December 22, 2008

There is an adage about the thousands of proposed laws that surface every year in the state legislature: They are all important to someone.
The same can be said for all the capital projects that end up on our state bond commission agenda. Whether it is purchasing property for a new courthouse, saving farm land from [...]