Creating Jobs

Return People and Jobs to Connecticut

October 30, 2010

Bold Leadership to Return People and Jobs to CT

Waking Up from Our Fiscal Nightmare

October 12, 2010

This election may be one of the most significant state elections in a generation. At stake is the very survival of Connecticut’s private sector jobs, town budgets and our households. While families and businesses have tightened their belts, state government has: spent more than ever; borrowed against the future for current expenses; dangerously under funded [...]

How to Keep and Grow Jobs in Connecticut

October 11, 2010

There is one thing businesses tell me they want from their state, policymakers working together to solve the state’s fiscal and long term liabilities crisis in a responsible manner without burdening them further. They want Hartford to cut back just as they have done. This includes consolidating agencies and reducing high wages, benefits and pensions. [...]

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Cost of Doing Business in Connecticut – Myth versus Reality

October 4, 2010

A recent statement by my opponent touted the low cost of doing business in Connecticut and how little of our tax increases were shared by our businesses. But he references a section of a UCONN publication regarding only 10% of Connecticuts 1.6 million jobs, most of which are in a few highly specialized manufacturers that [...]

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Make Connecticut a Gateway, Not a Cul-de-Sac

October 1, 2010

Commute time is one of the top considerations that people look at when they decide where to relocate jobs, yet the Hartford Courant correctly notes that ours is “the most heavily congested corridor in the country.” For years I have been delivering the message to the Capitol that transportation policy should make Fairfield County a [...]

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