The House of Representatives is presently approving a plan to address the deficit in the current year's state budget. It is a plan that closes $1.2 billion of deficit in the state budget.
With the budget problems we face in our state, there are a lot of things in this plan that I wish were not occurring. On the other hand, this plan protects many things that would have been cut under the Governor's plans, like ConnPACE benefits for seniors and people with disabilities and important clean energy and conservation programs. It also prevents cuts in education funding that were being considered.
And this plan is being approved with both Democratic and Republican support - a great achievement for Speaker of the House Chris Donovan and New Britain's own John Geragosian, Chair of the Appropriations Committee.
With the budget problems we face in our state, there are a lot of things in this plan that I wish were not occurring. On the other hand, this plan protects many things that would have been cut under the Governor's plans, like ConnPACE benefits for seniors and people with disabilities and important clean energy and conservation programs. It also prevents cuts in education funding that were being considered.
And this plan is being approved with both Democratic and Republican support - a great achievement for Speaker of the House Chris Donovan and New Britain's own John Geragosian, Chair of the Appropriations Committee.
