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Title: Connecticut: GOP leader urges nonpartisan analysts to weigh in on budget controversy
Post by: Free Vulcan on October 12, 2016, 05:58:05 pm

The top Republican in the state Senate urged nonpartisan fiscal analysts Tuesday to complete their own assessment of the current state budget as soon as possible.

Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano’s request came on the heels of a Connecticut Mirror article Tuesday that showed Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s administration warned dozens of agency heads last month about a significant revenue shortfall — but continues to report officially that state finances remain in balance.

“Now, more than ever, our state needs an unbiased, nonpartisan voice to shed light on the status of Connecticut’s finances in detail,” Fasano, R-North Haven, wrote to Neil Ayers, director of the legislature’s nonpartisan Office of Fiscal Analysis. “It’s vital that lawmakers and the public receive accurate and truthful budget forecasts, something I believe we can only get from your office given what we’ve seen from the governor’s administration hiding known problems in the numbers shared with the comptroller.”

Read more at: http://ctmirror.org/2016/10/11/gop-leader-urges-nonpartisan-analysts-to-weigh-in-on-ct-budget-controversy/

Title: Re: Connecticut: GOP leader urges nonpartisan analysts to weigh in on budget controversy
Post by: dfwgator on October 12, 2016, 06:02:31 pm

Good luck with all that.