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Penalizing small districts that ‘choose’ not to ‘re-district’ or ‘regionalize’ is a false choice and this kind of heavy handed approach to forcing a quick and dramatic change to municipal organization reminds me of Governor Lamont’s predecessor, not the collaborative persona I have come to expect from the Governor.
This is not a carrot, it is a burdensome financial hammer!
And forcing 25% of teachers’ pensions, a state obligation, onto towns overnight? How does Gov. Lamont expect our municipalities to budget and organize for all these changes and new costs over one budget cycle? Our towns constantly struggle with the state’s unpredictable budget. And in the midst of all this uncertainty he is asking for more money from them as well, just as I warned he would in my letters to the leadership of towns
in my district earlier this year and my recent letter to Governor Lamont
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I hope he starts to feel the pressure that I am hearing about, because our municipalities, our schools, and our constituents are saying loud and clear that this is unacceptable.
If you want to speak out about proposals about either ‘forced regionalization’ and/or ‘teacher pension redistribution’ please share your thoughts with my office at (860) 240-8805 and tony.hwang@cga.ct.gov or submit written testimony to the Education Committee at edtestimony@cga.ct.gov. |
