HARTFORD—On the last day Connecticut residents have to mail in their tax bills, Rep. Sean Williams and his House Republican colleagues unveiled their 2011 budget that erases the $736 million deficit for 2011 without raising taxes by consolidating government agencies and shrinking the public workforce. The balanced plan preserves municipal and school aid, and sets [...]
HARTFORD — Rep. Sean Williams urged members of the state’s business community, both employers and employees, to hold legislators accountable for the proposals they push at the Capitol. Williams participated in a panel discussion during “business day” at the legislative office building. Check out his remarks here:
WATERTOWN — Communities throughout the state are struggling to find money for building blocks such as road repair or new school books for children, but the state’s legislature could ease local budget crunches by rolling back costly municipal mandates it imposes but does not pay for, Rep. Sean Williams said. That was the message from [...]
HARTFORD — Inaction and more handwringing over Connecticut’s budget problems must give way to decisive action and common sense financial principles that will reignite the state’s stagnant economy and job market, Rep. Sean Williams said today. Aimed at focusing his efforts on just that, Williams settled inside the House chamber mid-morning for the start of [...]
A recent Quinnipiac University poll showing Connecticut residents overwhelmingly prefer reducing state spending to increasing taxes to resolve the state’s budget crisis also reflect the views of most 68th District residents who have contacted state Representative Sean Williams about the issue, Representative Williams said today. By a whopping 67 percent margin, citizens responding to the [...]
When Governor M. Jodi Rell Wednesday vowed to oppose tax increases to help eliminate the state’s projected $1.35 billion deficit for the current fiscal year, she had the best interests of Connecticut’s overburdened middle class taxpayers, overtaxed employers and unemployed citizens in mind, state Representative Sean Williams said today. “Governor Rell got it right in [...]
