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, [...]

During the past three weeks, I joined Senate and House Republican leadership to meet with small business owners. They told us that the 30% surcharge on business profits that majority Democrats propose to stretch over two years would devastate their bottom lines.
Kris Lorch, President of Alloy Manufacturing in Bridgeport, said she has already had to [...]

By State Senator Toni Boucher
In a rare moment outside the halls of the Capitol building, I was provided an opportunity to experience a relatively new light rail system during a recent business trip to Charlotte, North Carolina.
For those of you who have not experienced this type of transportation, light rail is a continuously running electric [...]

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 [...]

Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Joe Biden, like King George before the Boston Tea Party, proclaims paying more taxes is the “patriotic” thing to do.
In 2006, Federal, State and Local governments controlled 36.1% of the economy. This number increased from 33.4% in 2000.  Ridgefielders spend Monday and Tuesday working to pay for this government spending.  That’s [...]

This is both a sad and a happy time for Ridgefield Republicans.  Sadly, our long time Republican State Senator, Judi Freedman, announced her retirement last month.  Judi served us for 22 years and accomplished many things for Ridgefield, the most important being the prevention of the devastation to our town that would have occurred if [...]