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Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Forum — Saturday, March 13, 2010
Location: Veterans Park Elementary School auditorium
8 Governor Street
Ridgefield, CT
Time: 2:00 to 4:00pm
Candidates will be available to greet public at 1:30pm and after event.
Format: [...]

Apocalyptic.  Most people are there right now. What are we hearing?
“Deficits are out of control everywhere — $12.5 billion and growing in Connecticut alone.”
“States will have to start declaring bankruptcy.”
“One out of every three dollars in the U.S. belongs to the Chinese government.”
I’m not apocalyptic – although things are not good. Americans have [...]

Rarely has Connecticut’s legislature convened as many times as it has this year just to discuss the state budget. Here’s what happened at our eighth budget session: The legislators who control 70 percent of the vote, the budget process, and the legislative agenda walked into the State Capitol, opened the session, banged the gavel, [...]

We are experiencing unprecedented and precarious financial times, and not just because of the current crisis in the financial markets.  Our state’s executive and legislative branches’ budget offices are projecting a $300 million dollar deficit for this year and a staggering $2 billion20deficit for the 2010-2011 budget.
As a candidate to represent Ridgefield in the State [...]