| Hartford, CT – For the third
time this session, Democratic lawmakers have introduced legislation
aimed at changing state law to remove the Governor’s
executive authority over the State Bond Commission. Raised
Bill 1410, introduced in the Finance, Revenue and Bonding
Committee, would create a “Municipal Capital Investment
Commission” with exclusive authority to award up to
$100 million in Urban Act and Small Town Economic Assistance
Program (STEAP) grants each year – a power currently
delegated to the Bond Commission. Senate
Republican Leader Louis C. DeLuca (R-Woodbury) released
the following statement today in reaction to the proposal:
“As I said in January, these Democratic
power grabs are dangerous because they threaten to weaken
Connecticut’s system of checks and balances. What’s
worse is that the Democratic leadership has wasted the first
three months of this legislative session on these reckless
attempts to usurp the Governor’s executive power.
Meanwhile, they have not spent a single day in the House
or Senate chambers working on energy reform, health care,
eminent domain or any other issues important to the people
of Connecticut. So far, in this Democratic-controlled legislature,
politics and power have gotten in the way of public service.”
Link to Proposed Bill 1450: http://cgalites/2007/TOB/S/2007SB-01450-R00-SB.htm
Link to Senate Republican Leadership’s
statements condemning Democrat bill proposals H.B. No. 5030
and H.B. No. 5205 which seek to change state law by taking
away the Governor’s exclusive authority to set the
State Bond Commission agenda: http://www.senaterepublicans.ct.gov/press/leadership/2007/011107.html
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