The Business Council of Fairfield County will host Connecticut’s Legislative Leadership on Wednesday, March 24th at the Stamford Plaza Hotel & Conference Center from 7:45 a.m. until 9:30 a.m. The breakfast will feature Senate President Pro Tempore Don Williams (D - Brooklyn), House Speaker Christopher Donovan (D-Meriden), House Minority Leader Larry Cafero (R-Norwalk) and Senate Minority Leader Pro Tempore John McKinney (F-Fairfield) who will share their priorities and their predictions for the current legislative session.
We are a month into the Connecticut 2010 Legislative session and estimates of the deficit for this year and the subsequent fiscal year keep rising. Rising to the tune of over $4 billion for FY 2011-12.
Last week, Gov. Rell released her deficit mitigation plan prompting a Hartford Courant editorial that declared she's already in retirement. This week, a group of 15 moderate Democrats sent a letter to House Speaker Donovan and Senate President Pro Tem William requesting serious action on the state's ballooning debt without the use of debt to bond operating costs.
And while California’s debt crisis has monopolized the headlines, Connecticut’s debt per capita is well above that of California’s. With 2 months left of the legislative session what serious action, if any, will be taken?
Hear directly from the Democratic and Republican leadership how Connecticut will rise to the challenge and what that rise may cost us and the state.
Reservations for Business Council members are $45 per person, or $450 for a table of ten. YPN members are $35. The non-member rate is $55 per person. Reservations and further information may be obtained by contacting The Business Council at 203-359-3220.
