Friday, March 22, 2013

Letter to the Editor: We have Serious Budget Deficit

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Below is a submission from Middletown Republican Town Committee Chair Ken McClellan that he also sent to local media and local representatives of Middletown Paul Doyle (D), Dante Bartolomeo (D), Matt Lesser (D) and Joe Serra (D). 
 joe.serra@cga.ct.gov
 Matthew.Lesser@cga.ct.gov
 Paul.Doyle@cga.ct.gov
 Dante.Bartolomeo@cga.ct.gov

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We have a serious deficit in the state budget.  I would like the state assembly and state senate, before they start looking for ‘new revenue’ to make up the deficit, to start looking at what the state is spending, and ask “WHY?”
In that vein, I have some questions about the state budget:  the state web-site, Connecticut Transparency (http://transparency.ct.gov) has a very nice, searchable database of the state budget.  In exploring this site, I’ve found some expenditures that really don’t make sense to me.  I’d like my senators and representatives to check out and get some justification for these expenditures.
1.       Teachers’ Retirement Board has a line item for $26 million for Clothing and Footwear.  There is no explanation or detail.  Why is the Teachers’ Retirement Board buying clothing and shoes?
2.      State Comptroller has a line item for Other Statewide Payments, Gross Proceeds for $3 million, with no detail.  Where is this money going?

Ken McClellan,
Middletown, CT

UPDATE:   "I received a reply from State Rep Matt Lesser: He stated that this line description was a coding or data artifact, and it was unlikely that the money was spent on clothes and shoes. He did not offer to get it corrected, or offer an alternative." Ken McClellan

4 comments:

  1. Mr. McClellen good points. Look at the web site you note CT Transparency. The former Mayor of Middletown and current member of the common council draws 164K in a pension from the state of Connecticut. The system will implode of its own weight.

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  2. Good catch---I'd like to know if you hear from any of OUR representatives.---clothing and footwear????

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  3. The system is broken when Mark Masselli makes 600K a year and the former mayor of Middletown makes 164K from a state pension.

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  4. I received a reply from State Rep Matt Lesser: He stated that this line description was a coding or data artifact, and it was unlikely that the money was spent on clothes and shoes. He did not offer to get it corrected, or offer an alternative.

    Ken McClellan

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