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This is not the official Weston RTC site - for official Party line, check out the terrific,official site: http://www.westonrtc.org

NEWS FROM ALL G.O.P. LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATION IN HARTFORD

THE REPUBLICAN TOWN COMMITTEE

“Our town is at an historic crossroads. Weston is a small residential community whose taxpayers are faced with the challenges of keeping
Weston educationally, economically, recreationally and socially strong.

“The Weston Republican Town Committee respects the residents and applauds the volunteers, who, over the years, have made our town
such a welcoming and desirable place to live.

"Our mission is to conduct an open process to identify, select, support and advise candidates – both elected and appointed – for town state
and federal office, who honor our community’s traditions and reflect our Republican philosophy of appropriately limited government, fiscal
discipline, and individual freedom.

"We believe that less government – local, state and national – and individual rights must guide us."

The Weston RTC's Objectives (from the official website)

Commitment to educational excellence delivered in a fiscally responsible way, which directly benefits the students
Preservation of the rural character of our town and its environment
Delivery of town services that provides for the public safety and preserves the quality of life for our residents
A town budget process which is open, responsive and disciplined and where services are maintained at a cost appropriate to all taxpayers.

Britta Lerner
Chairman, Weston Republican Town Committee

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ONLINE VERSION OF INVITATION HERE

FROM THE RTC...
"Weston RTC, esteemed Board and Commission Members, and Friends: June 9th marks the date of our 3rd Annual
“Republican Stars”clam bake.

So far, many candidates have agreed to attend, meet, greet and speak including...the online version of the official invitation here

Senatorial Candidates: Chris Shays and Linda McMahon;
Congressional Candidates: Steve Obsitnik, Chris Meek and Richard Wieland;

State Senator Toni Boucher and State Representative John Shaban.

Former Congressional Candidate Dan Debicella will emcee the event."

FOR MORE INFORMATION, email: bherlitz@optonline.net

The CT Legislature: "Bulletins" showing when Committees meet, Public Hearing info...

New short session, beginning February 8, ending May 9, 2012: we note Governor Malloy recognizes that his approach is usually "top down":Redistricting here. official
legislative site; article here. Weston has been in the 4th District recently, but in past years was sometimes in the district to the north.

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A Year in Review...Looking ahead to the 2012 session, the following issues will take center stage:

Education – ECS funding, teacher tenure and evaluations, teacher layoff provisions, charter schools, and universal kindergarten are sure to be debated. There will also be
a renewed focus on vocational schools at the urging of the manufacturing industry.

Transportation – We also spoke about the many aspects of transportation infrastructure that should be addressed in 2012. These areas include rail, roads, bridges, ports,
freight, and airports.

Hot topics that are sure to come up in the next session also include tolls, transportation funding, online gambling, and Sunday sales of alcohol, same day registration
and voting, as well as online voting.

In the Session begining February 8th - looking forward to working with colleagues on these and other priorities. In particular, state leaders must address the reasons
why Connecticut is the subject of national headlines that proclaim:

    Connecticut is the most heavily taxed state.
    Connecticut has the highest debt per capita of any state, and just received a bond downgrade from Moody’s.
    Connecticut is the worst state to retire in due to taxing of income, pensions, cars, inheritance and real estate.

We can no longer afford to delay taking positive action to reverse these negative trends and make Connecticut once again, a great place to live. As always I welcome
your ideas and offer my office to you if you have any questions or concerns.

EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Ranking Member Boucher reports on what the Education Committee has sent out to the floor for consideration so far and what she has done to improve #1160

PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION PLANNING
Will our new representative in the 135th help out our Bicycle-Pedestrian Committee get funds for projects?

TRIAL ON LAWSUIT ON FAA OVER - NO APPEAL HEARD AT SUPREME COURT!
FAA re-routing of flights over CT

Transit Oriented Development (T.O.D.) and other outside funding
"Stimulous Package" focus on transportation - not much for Weston. But wait...Representative Stripp secured maybe the last of its
kind for Weston - a STEAP grant in 2010 to try again to repair Revson! THANK YOU JOHN!

Energy, etc.:
What effect will Gulf oil spill have on these issues? How about Japan's triple disasters?
"Broadwater" issue...a victory handed down by New York
State to opponents, but the fight goes on. Latest news
interesting...Islander East case in Federal Court goes in favor of Connecticut's position re: preserving natural value of L.I.S.

Local Politics:
A GRAND WESTON TRADITION: From the official RTC website, a gracious thanks! Our reports on Campaign 2011 here.