CGA Finance Revenue and Bonding Committee
March 7, 2011
Comments submitted by Cheryl Dunson, Drinking Water Specialist
The League of Women Voters of Connecticut, a statewide organization with nearly 2000 members, urges your support for sections 9 and 10 of SB 1006 that authorize general obligation and revenue bonds over two years to fund the Clean Water Fund.
The League has long supported programs and policies to improve Connecticut’s waterways and Long Island Sound. Through a combination of grants and low interest loans, the Clean Water Fund has enabled the state and municipalities to work in partnership to correct problems caused by inadequate sewage treatment, combined sanitary and storm sewer overflows, and contaminated runoff.
As a result of approximately 20 years of well-planned Clean Water Fund investments, Connecticut has vastly improved the quality of our water resources and Long Island Sound. This capital investment will continue to improve Connecticut’s environment and maintain its attractiveness as a place to live and work. It will also boost our struggling economy – it will create jobs throughout the state and bolster our water-based recreational and commercial uses, e.g., boating, sport fishing, swimming, and tourism.
We urge you to vote in support of bond funding for the Clean Water Fund, an investment that reaps positive returns for Connecticut’s citizens, communities, and economy.
League of Women Voters of Connecticut · 1890 Dixwell Avenue #203·Hamden, CT 06514 · 203/288-7996
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The Clean Water Fund bond bill hearing (for FY 2012 & FY 2013) will be 10:30 Monday, March 7th in 2E; details are included below the signature line. We are putting together testimony and are happy to facilitate the movement of testimony from any of you to the committee.
If you are willing and able, it would be super helpful if you could do one of these three things: 1) attend the hearing on Monday and testify in support of sections 9&10 of SB 1006 (attached); 2) send written testimony to us by COB today and we will get a copy to the committee (feel free to build on any of the messages in the updated Clean Water Fund Factsheet (attached)); or 3) sign on to our testimony by tomorrow Friday, March 4th 10 a.m. (can get those interested a copy later today).
Also, we have a sample action alert that we can send to you for circulation to your members or colleagues.
Thanks so much,
-The Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee will hold a public hearing on Monday, March 7, 2011 at 10:30 A.M. in Room 2E of the LOB. All persons planning to testify shall submit 25 copies of written testimony to Committee staff in Room 3700 of the LOB one hour prior to the start of the hearing. Please submit a PDF or Word version of written testimony to finance@cga. ct.gov by noon on Friday, March 4 2011. If submitting electronically, you must also provide the 25 hard copies. Hearing sign-up will begin at 8:30 A.M. in the break-out space next to Room 2E of the LOB. All sign up will be done by a lottery system. Each person wishing to testify should be in line prior to sign up at 8:30 A.M. At the time of sign up you will draw a number and your name will be placed on the list next to the corresponding number on the sign up sheet. The lottery will conclude at 10:00 A.M., and all those wishing to speak who had not signed up by 10:00 A.M. should report to Room 3700 of the LOB, where your name will be placed at the end of the list. The first hour of the hearing is reserved for Ben Barnes, Secretary of OPM. All other speakers will be in the lottery. The public portion will begin at 11:30 A.M. Speakers will be limited to three minutes of testimony. Unofficial sign-up sheets have no standing with the Committee
March 7, 2011
Comments submitted by Cheryl Dunson, Drinking Water Specialist
The League of Women Voters of Connecticut, a statewide organization with nearly 2000 members, urges your support for sections 9 and 10 of SB 1006 that authorize general obligation and revenue bonds over two years to fund the Clean Water Fund.
The League has long supported programs and policies to improve Connecticut’s waterways and Long Island Sound. Through a combination of grants and low interest loans, the Clean Water Fund has enabled the state and municipalities to work in partnership to correct problems caused by inadequate sewage treatment, combined sanitary and storm sewer overflows, and contaminated runoff.
As a result of approximately 20 years of well-planned Clean Water Fund investments, Connecticut has vastly improved the quality of our water resources and Long Island Sound. This capital investment will continue to improve Connecticut’s environment and maintain its attractiveness as a place to live and work. It will also boost our struggling economy – it will create jobs throughout the state and bolster our water-based recreational and commercial uses, e.g., boating, sport fishing, swimming, and tourism.
We urge you to vote in support of bond funding for the Clean Water Fund, an investment that reaps positive returns for Connecticut’s citizens, communities, and economy.
League of Women Voters of Connecticut · 1890 Dixwell Avenue #203·Hamden, CT 06514 · 203/288-7996
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The Clean Water Fund bond bill hearing (for FY 2012 & FY 2013) will be 10:30 Monday, March 7th in 2E; details are included below the signature line. We are putting together testimony and are happy to facilitate the movement of testimony from any of you to the committee.
If you are willing and able, it would be super helpful if you could do one of these three things: 1) attend the hearing on Monday and testify in support of sections 9&10 of SB 1006 (attached); 2) send written testimony to us by COB today and we will get a copy to the committee (feel free to build on any of the messages in the updated Clean Water Fund Factsheet (attached)); or 3) sign on to our testimony by tomorrow Friday, March 4th 10 a.m. (can get those interested a copy later today).
Also, we have a sample action alert that we can send to you for circulation to your members or colleagues.
Thanks so much,
-The Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee will hold a public hearing on Monday, March 7, 2011 at 10:30 A.M. in Room 2E of the LOB. All persons planning to testify shall submit 25 copies of written testimony to Committee staff in Room 3700 of the LOB one hour prior to the start of the hearing. Please submit a PDF or Word version of written testimony to finance@cga. ct.gov by noon on Friday, March 4 2011. If submitting electronically, you must also provide the 25 hard copies. Hearing sign-up will begin at 8:30 A.M. in the break-out space next to Room 2E of the LOB. All sign up will be done by a lottery system. Each person wishing to testify should be in line prior to sign up at 8:30 A.M. At the time of sign up you will draw a number and your name will be placed on the list next to the corresponding number on the sign up sheet. The lottery will conclude at 10:00 A.M., and all those wishing to speak who had not signed up by 10:00 A.M. should report to Room 3700 of the LOB, where your name will be placed at the end of the list. The first hour of the hearing is reserved for Ben Barnes, Secretary of OPM. All other speakers will be in the lottery. The public portion will begin at 11:30 A.M. Speakers will be limited to three minutes of testimony. Unofficial sign-up sheets have no standing with the Committee
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