Let's Hear It For Tax Relief,
Hartford Courant, 2007
Gov. M. Jodi
Rell's plan to cap property-tax
increases in Connecticut to three
percent annually is the most important
proposal yet made by this governor. It
demands the support of our readers...
Gov. M. Jodi Rell has issued the Democratic majority in the state
legislature a challenge: Stop talking about increased state aid for
education and property tax relief and do something about it. Join our effort
to support municipal cap on property taxes.
Business New Haven,
Editorial
Massachusetts has lived with Proposition
21/2, which similarly limits municipal
budget growth, for more than 20 years
since taxpayers demanded the plan by
referendum - a constitutional process
not allowed in Connecticut. Today it is
Connecticut that is more heavily taxed
than the Commonwealth then derisively
known as Taxachusetts.
Rell
Offers Infusion of Democracy,
Chris Powell
/ Rep-Am, Dec. 26, 2007
Connecticut’s system of
municipal finance is simple and
convenient for politicians.
Employee compensation has been
removed from the ordinary
democratic process by the
state’s binding-arbitration law,
under which municipal employees
every year get raises and
benefit increases for which
no elected official
ever has to take responsibility.
Rell's Budget Tops Dems',
Norwich Bulletin, Apr 2007
Rell's education proposal is
projected out for five years. Rell
also wants to implement something 43
other states have managed: a cap on
property taxes at 3 percent. She
creates options for busting the cap
that communities can opt for and
real accountability for the school
districts.
Rell also wants to legislate that
arbitration decisions must take into
account the tax cap when communities
are negotiating with unions. This
proposal alone could save
municipalities significant dollars.
Don't Kill The Golden Goose,
Hartford Courant
Editorial, April 22, 2007
Connecticut
taxpayers might one day look back on
2007 as a watershed. Will it be
known as the year the state started
to shed its dubious distinction as
one of the highest property-tax
states in the nation? Or will it
become the year Connecticut starts
its slide from No.1 in per-capita
income in the nation?
It could accomplish the former
without the latter. Lawmakers must
take care not to lose some of the
state's biggest income-tax payers
while lowering property taxes.
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