HARTFORD, Conn. – Republican lawmakers wrote their Democratic colleagues again Friday and asked them to take a stand against Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s recent emergency budget cuts and to hold a special session to enact their own.
“It’s obvious now that the governor purposefully negotiated a failing budget with you so he could unilaterally implement his own plans when shortfalls began to emerge,” Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano, R-North Haven, and House Minority Leader Themis Klarides, R-Derby, wrote in a letter to Democratic leaders. “He was well aware problems would arise down the road, and he was ready to act on his own when the time came.”
Fasano and Klarides were referring to the proposed hospital cuts the Democrats restored during negotiations with the Malloy administration over the two-year budget approved in June. Democrats were also successful in restoring some of the money for the Department of Development Services and the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, both agencies saw their budget reduced about $6.3 million and $5.9 million, respectively.
See the complete story at CT News Junkie.
Leave a Reply
You must Register or Login to post a comment.