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A State Senator Rob Kane (R-32) said he helped to
protect legislation important to local communities during
the General Assembly’s recent veto session.
The legislation, House Bill 6649 (Public Act 09-186)
An Act Concerning The Programs And Activities Of The
Department Of Transportation, includes provisions
for installing a sign at Exit 37, Route 8 southbound,
for the Watertown Business Park, and for installing
signs on I-84 at exits 15 east and west in Southbury
for the Connecticut Antiques Trail. Senator Kane voted
to preserve the legislation during the veto session.
“I respect Governor Rell’s efforts to
control costs during these tough economic times, but
I disagree with her on this bill. Supporting community
efforts to promote local businesses is a way for the
state to help revitalize our economy. These particular
projects, installing highway signs pointing the way
to the Watertown Business Park and to the Connecticut
Antiques Trail, have a great deal of community support.
Providing this type of help to our local businesses,
especially during the recession, is an investment,”
said Senator Kane.
Senator Kane did vote to sustain the Governor’s
vetoes of seven other bills considered Monday, including
legislation that begins the process of establishing
a universal health care system in Connecticut, and that
creates a cumbersome, time-consuming system of forecasting
revenues as part of the budget process. However, the
General Assembly successfully overrode seven of the
eight gubernatorial vetoes acted upon.
“I was disappointed when the General Assembly
overturned the Governor’s veto of the so-called
SustiNet bill that creates a board charged with making
recommendations for a very costly state universal health
care system that might not even work with whatever plan
Congress ultimately adopts. There is just too much we
do not know, and need to know, before the state starts
down this road,” said Senator Kane, adding that
he joined other legislators in successfully helping
to sustain Governor Rell’s veto of another bill
that would have converted the state employee health
care plan to a self-insured plan available to municipal
government workers, non-profit employers and small employers.
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