“We can improve our state’s poor infrastructure by reforming how we spend, but not by doing more of the same.” – Ryan Fazio Continue Reading →
FAZIO: Five Reasons Connecticut Does Not Need Tolls
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FARRICKER: PAYT Is a Tax Increase of Another Color
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“Ironically, very similar arguments for Pay As You Throw have been applied to Gov. Lamont’s drive to toll our roads. ” – Frank Farricker Continue Reading →
Filed under: Letter to the Editor, Frank Farricker, Governor Ned Lamont, PAYT, tolls
Meet Harry Arora, Republican Candidate for State Rep District 151
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Arora talked about coming to the United States from India, his family and his time at Enron, issues with LWV Greenwich and the “error” that has him recorded in the Registrar of Voters as Democrat for a time. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government, Cheryl Trepp Moss, Enron, Harry Arora, tolls
LETTER: Push Poll for Republican Primary for First Selectman of Greenwich is Underhanded
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“Politics today has gotten past the point of nastiness and far away from the cause of the common good of the people. An example of this is evident in a recent poll I received regarding the Republican Primary for First Selectman of Greenwich.” – Michael Hahn, Riverside Continue Reading →
Filed under: Letter to the Editor, Fred Camillo, Greenwich First Selectman, Mike Mason, push poll, Republican, tolls
State Reps Floren and Camillo to Hold Town Hall Info Session on Tolls
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Presenting at the forum will be Transportation Committee Ranking Members State Representative Laura Devlin (R-134) and State Senator Henri Martin (R-31). Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government, Fred Camillo, Laura Devlin, Livvy Floren, State Senator Henri Martin, tolls
LETTER: Beware of Politicians Touting Connecticut Tolls
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“On April 8 and April 10, the Lamont administration drove two fatal daggers into their own pro-tolls arguments. On the first date, state Department of Transportation officials reduced the target for infrastructure spending by billions of dollars, and on the second date Governor Lamont himself announced he expects billions in increased federal subsidies for improvements to our transportation system.” – Len Suzio, Former State Senator (R-District 13) and vice-chair of the Transportation Committee Continue Reading →
Filed under: Letter to the Editor, Governor Lamont, Len Suzio, tolls
Berg: Framing the Question of Tolls
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“When I ask if they are concerned that another bridge failure on the highway or railroad could undermine their property value, when I tell them that congestion tolls reduced childhood asthma by 50% in Stockholm, when I tell them that congestion tolls increase the predictability of deliveries and deliveries per hour for businesses, and when I explain that electronic tolls will provide discounts for highway commuters and bigger discounts for low-income commuters, my neighbors say, ‘No, we don’t oppose Tolls.'” – Peter Berg Continue Reading →
Filed under: Letter to the Editor, NoTollsCT, Peter Berg, sense of the meeting resolution, tolls
Farricker: Bergstein’s Tolling Bill is Unfortunate Example of Governmental Laziness
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“As a lifelong proud Democrat, it saddens me that we are looking to solve a problem stemming from decades of government inaction on the backs of the middle class and small businessperson — people who have always been willing to help when asked fairly.” – Frank Farriker, former chair of Greenwich DTC Continue Reading →
Filed under: Letter to the Editor, Alex Bergstein, Frank Farricker, tolls
Bergstein: Personal Attacks are Full of Malice and Misrepresentation
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“Unfortunately, a few days before our public conversations last week, a small organization called ‘No Tolls CT,’ funded by your former State Senator, Scott Frantz and his wife Icy, seized the opportunity to target me politically.” – State Senator Alex Bergstein Continue Reading →
Filed under: Letter to the Editor, Opinion, Alex Bergstein, Icy Frantz, No Tolls CT, Scott Frantz, tolls
LETTER: Reject State Senator Bergstein’s Bill No. 102 for Tolls for All Vehicles on Major Highways
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“Drivers who choose to avoid tolls will crowd Route 1, for example, all the way through Fairfield County….Senator Bergstein, please focus on your campaign promises to 1) Lower Taxes on ALL Connecticut Families and 2) Fix the Pension Crisis.” – Elisa Esses, District 36 constituent, Stamford, CT Continue Reading →