tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post3362579116922833903..comments2023-10-26T08:02:44.948-04:00Comments on Connecticut Commentary: Red Notes from a Blue State: Meskill RIPDon Pescihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11167988001948356357noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-36622440548502538772007-11-03T16:25:00.000-04:002007-11-03T16:25:00.000-04:00I thought the late Governor actually proposed it. ...I thought the late Governor actually proposed it. I was mistaken about that then.<BR/><BR/>Weicker's legacy is also the split up of my family. My Grandmother and her new husband ( they have some money squirreled away) fled CT to more friendly Florida. My sister Sheila moved to New Hampshire many years ago complaining about the high cost of living here. She loves it there.<BR/><BR/>My Mom and Dad left early this year for MO and have not looked back. My aunt and her two adult children are joining them soon. They could not save any money here. You just can’t get ahead. The government eats money like a greedy pac-man eats little dots. They have been waiting to make there move FOR YEARS.<BR/><BR/>It’s just me and my two sister left.<BR/><BR/>There is also this guy from work Jay with a thick southern accent. I want to say he’s from Iowa. Jay moved up here because his wife has family here. After 6 months looking at house prices they packed up the kids and headed back south. They made up their minds they could not afford to live here. <BR/><BR/>Everyone who leaves CT says the same things -- cost of living, high taxes, see ya!mccommashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06527649788851312579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-47280508811999198512007-10-30T23:23:00.000-04:002007-10-30T23:23:00.000-04:00mccommas,Not so dumb after all. Meskill could have...mccommas,<BR/><BR/>Not so dumb after all. Meskill could have vetoed the income tax, but he didn't, and he let it pass into law without his signature. Naturally, there was a disturbing hubbub; the Republican Party was not quite dead yet. So the legislature reconvened and killed the tax. During the Weicker administration, the tax was pushed through. Weicker made Bill Cibes his Office of Policy Management chief, and Cibes -- who had run for governor promising an income and lost -- managed to convince Weicker that the debt was so deep only an income tax could expunge it. Weicker twisted a few arms, and later appointed Cibes as Chancellor of Connecticut's state college system, a new position. Since Weicker's time, the budget has doubled, and so has bonding. And here we are. Weicker, though is moving to Virginia -- and just in time, because the Democrats are poised to institute punishing taxes on millionaires by making the income tax more progressive. This is Weicker's real legacy. But you won't hear about that in the Hartford Courant, Weicker's enabler.Don Pescihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11167988001948356357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-65217267366542664642007-10-30T21:53:00.000-04:002007-10-30T21:53:00.000-04:00Thanks Don.I have read several pieces about the la...Thanks Don.<BR/><BR/>I have read several pieces about the late governor’s passing and my eyebrow rose. Why no mention of the income tax? Wasn't it he who passed it back in the 1970’s? I was beginning to think I was mistaken and it was some other governor. Then I turned to someone unafraid to mention his biggest blunder – you.<BR/><BR/>As a teenager I met Weicker outside Fishers Big Wheel in Brooklyn when he must have been up for re-election. I was un-impressed then. I took his pamphlet back to my parents who to my surprised said they liked him. <BR/><BR/>And to think some say I was a dumb kid.....<BR/><BR/>I miss the Gipper. We shall never see his like again.mccommashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06527649788851312579noreply@blogger.com