Southington’s Town Council has received a budget from the Board of Finance which seems eminently adoptable and quite frugal. All the council really needs to do is to test the public waters and see how much objection surfaces to what has been trimmed.
One of Connecticut Gov. Malloy’s proposals to close the budget gap is a 3 percent luxury tax on boats worth over $100,000. Boating interests are naturally upset and talking about moving to Rhode Island, but Connecticut residents should take a look at the reality that almost every state is looking at multiple ways of raising revenues and that no matter where one goes, there will be taxes.
Librarians Karen Roesler and Leslie Scherer of Meriden and Wallingford are concerned that Gov. Malloy’s budget would seriously reduce the inter-connectivity of Connecticut libraries by reducing funding for the means by which books and other materials travel from one place to another. It’s an ill-advised cut.
If local school systems are impacted by Connecticut budget woes and lose a lot of state funding, the effects will be felt clearly. It’s time to start lobbying for higher taxes, which is the only way to avoid this situation.
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