The Connecticut State Legislature in my opinion wishes to eliminate
personal freedom and at the same time tax its taxpayers on anything and
everything. Two new bills (one I briefly mentioned in a prior column)
are up for hearings this week that will tax you more and eliminate local
zoning rules and regulations and place them in the hands of state
bureaucrats.
Senate Bill #171 is a statewide property tax.
Connecticut Taxpayers already pay one of the highest property taxes in
the country. However it is not high enough for the Connecticut Democrat
Party. This one mill tax will go directly to the state and be spent
where? Here is the bill, it is only one page and it does not state
where this tax monies go:
“That the general statutes be
amended to establish a one mill state wide tax on commercial and
residential real property, provided the first three hundred thousand
dollars of the assessed value of a residential property shall be exempt
from such tax.”
“Statement of Purpose: To establish a state-wide tax on commercial and residential real property.”
Does
this new tax money go to more no bid state consulting contracts? Does
this new tax money go to more salaries, benefits and pensions for state
union and management workers? Does this new tax money go to more
political patronage jobs in Hartford? There is no mention in this bill
to state where this new tax money is going to. Why is that? It is just
another example of the Connecticut Democrat Party’s total disrespect
for the Connecticut Taxpayer.
An even worse
bill being introduced is Senate Bill #1024. A summary of the bill can
be on the Greenwich Free Press website (greenwichfreepress.com). As stated from their
website: “Founded by Sara Bronin, an architect, professor, and former
P&Z commissioner in Hartford who is married to Hartford Mayor Luke
Bronin, DeSegregate CT submits that Connecticut’s land use laws need to
be updated to be more equitable. However, the goal of SB 1024 is not to
directly increase affordable housing.” They also stated: “A key part of
DeSegregate CT’s proposal calls for “Main Street Zoning,” which would
call for towns to fast track two- to four-family housing, making them
“as of right.” There would be no minimum parking requirements, within a
1/4 mile of a “main street” in towns with over 7,500 people or with
“concentrated development” as defined by the Census. The proposed
legislation would require towns designate 50% of an area within 1/4 mile
of a main street for 2-4 unit housing, and require 10% of any
development with more than 10 units be designated affordable.”
Who in their right mind will build these units and at what cost? How
does one define equitable? By stripping local land use laws and
regulations and turning that power over to state bureaucrats? This 27
page bill in essence strips that power over town and city land from
local governing boards such as the Planning and Zoning Commissions and
Inland Wetland Commissions and in essence turns it over to Sara Bronin
and her DeSegregate CT group. Why this bill was even introduced in the
state? Political payback? Why is it wrong for local towns and cities
to govern their own land? Because Sara Bronin said so? What piece of
garbage this bill is. More loss of local power and more power given to
failed liberal/socialistic policies being pushed through by the
Connecticut Democrat Party.
Connecticut continues to have
inept elected officials who clearly are lost as to what the pressing
issues are in the state. Connecticut still has $150 billion dollars in
short and long term debt along with unfunded liabilities that have not
been mentioned by anyone in state government. But they insist on more
taxes and more losses of personal freedoms to achieve what? Or is that
achievement in reality Connecticut becoming a socialist paradise for those who can
game the system for their personal economic gain and power? Free
Connecticut from this horrible excuse called state government. Connecticut Taxpayers are sick of it.
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