February 8, 2019

Trumbull Legislators Finish ‘New Year’ Listening Tour

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TRUMBULL- Trumbull State Reps. David Rutigliano (R-123), Laura Devlin (R-134) and Ben McGorty (R-122) spent the month of January going around Trumbull on a town-wide ‘Legislative Listening tour, in order to hear from Trumbull residents on state issues.

The three state representatives, who together represent the town of Trumbull in the CT House of Representatives, sat and answered questions from interested constituents on the major state issues to be debated this session, the state budget, state pension debt, possible sales tax increases, a plan for a statewide property tax, new tolls, and a proposal to permit early voting in the state.

“We heard a lot of great ideas and heard the concerns of many residents about proposals to implement tolls and a grocery tax. It also concerns me that we are even talking about tolls and a grocery tax when we can easily reform and reshape the size of government. I will be fighting for working families this session to make sure our state doesn’t waste or tax more of your hard earned money,” said Rep. McGorty.

“I want to thank everyone who came out to our events. Our state is at an economic crossroads, conditions seem have to have improves over the past couple of years, many people I talk are fearful with new taxes and fees that CT will again head in the wrong direction,” said Rep. Rutigliano. “The Trumbull legislators stand united against any proposal which will reduce or eliminate our local education dollars we receive from the state, with two malls and many businesses in town we are opposed to new taxes that will hurt our largest taxpayers in town.”

“I appreciate hearing from Trumbull residents. One issue on many people’s minds is the plan to bring tolls back to our highways. Many constituents believe we will have only a few tolls around the state, but most plans I’ve seen have anywhere from 70-120 toll gantries across the state, on every major highway including the Merritt Parkway. The fares for each toll are still under discussion, but remember the state would need to collect enough revenue to make the move to tolls feasible. At this point, the target is at least $700 million from cars with 60-70% of that coming from CT residents,” said Rep. Devlin.

The 2019 Legislative Session began on January 9th and ends on June 5th.

Reps. Rutigliano, Devlin and McGorty noted that they always have an open door policy and if you were unable to attend any of the four Legislative Listening Sessions, you can reach them by calling 1-800-842-1423 or email their offices’ at Laura.Devlin@housegop.ct.gov, Dave.Rutigliano@housegop.ct.gov, Ben.McGorty@housegop.ct.gov.

For updates on future coffees or legislative information please visit their legislative websites at www.repdevlin.com, www.reprutigliano.com, www.repmcgorty.com and sign-up for their newsletters.