Archive for June, 2009

As Budget Fight Drags On, Public Is Mad As … Well …

by: jdooley June 23, 2009

Here is the New London Day article:
As Budget Fight Drags On, Public Is Mad As … Well …

FLOREN, GIBBONS HAIL FUNDING OF SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM

by: jdooley June 22, 2009

HARTFORD – State Representatives Livvy Floren (R-149) and Lile Gibbons (R-150) today hailed the passage of legislation appropriating more than $11 million to the state Department of Labor for a summer youth employment program to be funded through the federal stimulus package.

Good Budget Rejected

by: jdooley June 12, 2009

A balanced, no-tax-increase budget offered by House Republicans on the final day of the 2009 legislative session was rejected by the Democrats by the use of an arcane parliamentary procedure. 
The House Republican budget would restore some proposed cuts, and preserve all aid to cities and towns–without raising taxes.
Our towns and cities throughout Connecticut continue in [...]

FLOREN WITH THE GREENWICH DELEGATION HAILS SAFE RIDES PASSAGE

by: jdooley June 4, 2009

Hartford, CT – Today, legislation to save the Connecticut Safe Rides program cleared its last legislative hurdle and now heads to Governor M. Jodi Rell for her signature, according to State Reps. Livvy Floren (R-149), Lile Gibbons (R-150), Fred Camillo (R-151) and State Senator L. Scott Frantz (R-36).