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Little by little, drip by drip, radical Democrats and the unelected bureaucratic establishment in back offices of government buildings will erode important local decision making. This would usher in the largest state takeover of municipal control over land use and public education that Connecticut has ever seen.
My opponent and the other Democrat members of Greenwich’s State House delegation all voted in favor of HB5390, the latest installment of controversial transit-oriented development proposals passed by the State House in May 2024. Click here for the official record. Parading their support for the sweeping housing legislation my opponent celebrates that the new provisions will be “opt-in” for municipalities, so towns like Greenwich can ‘opt out to no penalty’.
This is not protecting Greenwich from anything. In reality, opting out of such a program will severely “de-prioritize” a town for discretionary state funding.
So Greenwich can either opt in, or lose out.
Greenwich is the preferred feed bag for big government ideologues in the State Capitol who love to build the state budget on the backs of hard-working taxpayers in our community. While in Hartford, my opponent has idly watched as Greenwich residents fund another list of bloated state programs, the vast majority of which will never send one cent to our schools, parks, roads, or facilities.
In 2024, Greenwich alone provided over $1.1 billion in revenue to the State of Connecticut. In return? Three (3) million dollars in state aid.
Your local concerns are being drowned out at the state level by constant calls for regionalization. I experienced this firsthand as Greenwich Tax Collector, when the state tried to co-op the municipal tax collecting effort, attempting to appoint six regional collectors and then take a cut off the top for themselves. Alongside other local leaders, we stopped their push and kept this important function of local government here at home.
But without a strong voice in the legislature, the wall around the southwest corner of Connecticut will grow taller and stronger to protect the bureaucracy that will strip Greenwich of its most crucial functions of local control.
Make a plan to vote early, beginning October 21st, so that families like yours in communities like ours will have a voice that echoes inside the gold dome of the State Capitol.
Tod Laudonia is the Republican Candidate for Connecticut State House in the 151st District. You can learn more and donate to his campaign at VoteForTod.com and follow him on X at voteforTod24 and on Facebook.
