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House approves big municipal aid pledge, tax incentive bills

House approves big municipal aid pledge, tax incentive bills
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State pledge to share sales tax receipts with towns still goes unfulfilled; bait-and-switch?

From left, Connecticut Conference of Municipalities Executive Director Joe DeLong, Council of Small Towns Executive Director Betsy Gara, and former Gov. Dannel P. Malloy. (CTMirror.org) For some municipal leaders, the state legislature’s 2015 promise to send hundreds of millions of dollars in sales tax revenue to cities and towns is one of the worst examples of fiscal bait-and-switch in Connecticut politics. And for the Democratic state legislators who won re-election after making that pledge the promise is something they’d like to forget. That’s because the Municipal Revenue Sharing Account, the mechanism through which municipalities would receive a portion of the state sales tax, also has become a recurring pain in the legislature’s side.

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A pledge to share sales tax receipts with towns still goes unfulfilled Was it a case of fiscal bait-and-switch?

For some municipal leaders, the state legislature’s 2015 promise to send hundreds of millions of dollars in sales tax revenue to cities and towns is one of the worst examples of fiscal bait-and-switch in Connecticut politics. And for the Democratic state legislators who won re-election after making that pledge the promise is something they’d like to forget. That’s because the Municipal Revenue Sharing Account, the mechanism through which municipalities would receive a portion of the state sales tax, also become a recurring pain in the legislature’s side.

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6 years later, pledge to share sales tax receipts with CT towns still unfulfilled

6 years later, the pledge to share sales tax receipts with CT towns is still unfulfilled Keith M. Phaneuf, CTMirror.org FacebookTwitterEmail Joe DeLong, executive director of the Connecticut Conference of Municipalitiesfile photo For some municipal leaders, the state legislature’s 2015 promise to send hundreds of millions of dollars in sales tax revenue to cities and towns is one of the worst examples of fiscal bait-and-switch in Connecticut politics. And for the Democratic state legislators who won re-election after making that pledge the promise is something they’d like to forget. That’s because the Municipal Revenue Sharing Account, the mechanism through which municipalities would receive a portion of the state sales tax, also become a recurring pain in the legislature’s side.

New havenUnited statesThemis klaridesJoe delongNed lamontMartinm looneySean scanlonRudy marconiMatt ritterElizabeth garaSenate republicanOffice of fiscal analysisConnecticut council of small townsMunicipal revenue sharing accountConnecticut conferenceGeneral fund

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For some municipal leaders, the state legislature s 2015 promise to send hundreds of millions of dollars in sales tax revenue to cities and towns is one of

New havenUnited statesThemis klaridesJoe delongNed lamontMartinm looneySean scanlonRudy marconiMatt ritterElizabeth garaSenate republicanOffice of fiscal analysisConnecticut council of small townsMunicipal revenue sharing accountConnecticut conferenceGeneral fund