League of Women Voters of Greenwich Educational Fund VOTER S GUIDE. For additional information on voting, visit LWVG.org

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1 League of Women Voters of Educational Fund P. O. Box 604, CT VOTER S GUIDE INSIDE: Election Day Information Polling Places by District How to apply for a Provisional Ballot Constitutional Amendment Information Cidates for Governor/Lieutenant Governor other State Executive Offices Cidates for U.S. Senate U.S. House Cidates for State Senator, State Representative, Judge of Probate Registrar of Voters VOTE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6 POLLS OPEN 6 A.M. TO 8 P.M. For additional information on voting, visit LWVG.org YOU M AY TA K E THIS GUID E INTO THE PR IVACY BOOTH

2 ELECTION DAY INFORMATION Late Voter Registration After October 30, 2018, only those who have become new residents, new citizens or turn age 18 may register in person at the Registrars Office. However, if you are unable to register to vote by the normal deadlines, a new election law passed in Connecticut in 2012 provides for Election Day Registration (EDR) in general elections as your last chance. If you choose to register on Election Day, you must appear in person at Town Hall provide proof of your identity residence. A current valid Connecticut driver s license with your address will satisfy both requirements. Other options for proof of identity include a birth certificate, social security card or current student photo ID from an institute of higher education. Proof of residence must include your current address. You will be asked to fill out a voter registration application affirm in writing that you have not already voted in this election. If you have been registered to vote in another Connecticut town, the election officials must contact your former town to verify your voting status. When this is completed, you will be able to cast your ballot right there. As there is only one location, the lines might be long. Finding Your Polling Place The chart on this page shows the voting districts in, including the exact address of the polling locations for each district. You can look up your registration information by visiting greenwichct.org/1191/find-my-polling-place. You may also call Town Hall ( or ). Checking In Bring an ID A sample ballot will be posted at each polling place, the Moderator will be available to answer questions you may have. Prior to voting you will be required to show identification to the Identification Clerk. This can be any preprinted form showing your name plus one of these three: address, signature or photograph. If you do not have suitable identification with you, you will be asked to print your name address on a preprinted statement sign the form. You then will begin the check-in process providing your street name your legal name to the Official Checker. First-time voters who registered by mail are required to provide identification; they are not permitted to sign an affidavit. Getting Your Ballot After check-in, the Ballot Clerk will provide you with a paper ballot privacy sleeve answer any questions you may have. You may use any available privacy booth to complete your ballot. All booths are equipped with pen magnifying sheet. Use the pen to completely fill in the oval next to the cidate of your choice. Using the Optical Scanner Place your ballot in the privacy sleeve proceed to the tabulator (optical scanner). Remove the ballot from the privacy sleeve, cover the ballot with the sleeve, insert the ballot into the scanner either right side up or down. The machine immediately scans the ballot, counts your vote stores the ballot in a locked compartment. Checking for Mistakes Should you make a mistake in marking your ballot, the Optical Scanner will reject it immediately return it to you. Errors include selecting too many cidates or circling an oval rather than filling it in; or there may simply be stray marks on the ballot. The Machine Tender will assist you by reading the error message in the optical scan display window. You will be directed to the Ballot Clerk who will provide you with another ballot. The Ballot Clerk will mark the previous ballot spoiled will place the spoiled ballot in a receptacle for this purpose. You then can start over. Writing in a Vote You may write in the name of a cidate that does not appear 2 VOTER S GUIDE 2018 on the ballot. If you write in a name, it counts as part of the total tally of votes permitted for that office. If only one vote is permitted, you will not be able to vote for another cidate for that office. Depending on the position, in order to be valid, a write-in cidate must be registered with the Town Clerk or Secretary of the State prior to Election Day. If you write in a name, you must also fill in the appropriate bubble so that the Optical Scanner knows there is a write-in vote can sort your ballot for manual counting at the end of the night. Asking for Assistance If you are in the privacy booth unsure about how to mark your ballot, two election officials of different political parties will be able to assist you from outside the privacy booth. If you are visually impaired or otherwise hicapped, you may choose another voter to be with you, with the permission of the Moderator, but this person cannot be your employer or a member of your union leadership. Or you may ask the Moderator to allow you to vote on the IVS hicap equipment provided at each polling location. Voting at Curbside If a voter can drive or is driven to the polling place but is unable to leave the car, poll workers can bring a ballot a privacy sleeve to the car. Voting by Absentee Ballot If you are a registered voter, you may vote by absentee ballot if you are: Ill or physically disabled; Going to be out of town during voting hours; In the armed forces out of town during the voting hours; A member of a religious group not permitted to vote on Election Day; An election official. You may obtain an application for an absentee ballot by calling, writing, or going into the office of the Town Clerk at Town Hall, 101 Field Point Road,, CT ( ). When your application is returned to the Town Clerk s office, you will be issued an absentee ballot two enclosure envelopes. The sealed marked ballot signed outer envelope must reach the Town Clerk s office before the close of the polls on Election Day, November 4. If you have gone to the Clerk s office for your application, you may receive complete your ballot at the same time. Accessible Voting The Town of offers several options for those who have difficulty casting a traditional ballot. 1. An interactive-voting system on a touch screen computer can work with a small keypad to assist voters with difficulty with fine-motor skills. This device is also useful for those with a visual impairment. It produces a computer-generated ballot which is counted using the same tabulator as a traditional ballot. 2. Absentee ballots are always available for the temporary or permanently disabled. Please apply for them in advance. More information can be found above. 3. For those with a permanent disability, an application a note from a health care provider can place you on a permanent absentee ballot list. This will ensure you are automatically sent an absentee ballot in advance of every election, without the need to send in repeated applications. See greenwichct.gov/608/permanent-absentee-ballots for more information. More information on accessible voting can be found on the Registrars of Voters website at greenwichct.gov/vote. Click on I m registered. How do I vote. For Your Information No one is permitted to electioneer or solicit votes for a political party or cidate within 75 feet of a polling place or inside a polling place. Polling Places by District DISTRICT 1, 1A Julian Curtiss School 180 East Elm Street DISTRICT 2 Town Hall, first-floor Meeting Room 101 Field Point Road DISTRICT 3 Western Middle School 1 Western Junior Highway DISTRICT 4, 4A New Lebanon School 25 Mead Avenue Byram DISTRICT 5, 5A Riverside School 90 Hendrie Avenue Riverside DISTRICT 6, 6A Old School 285 Sound Beach Avenue Old DISTRICT 7, 7A High School 10 Hillside Road DISTRICT 8 Central Middle School 9 Indian Rock Lane at Stanwich Road DISTRICT 9 Bendheim Western Civic Center 449 Pemberwick Road DISTRICT 10, 10A Glenville School 33 Riversville Road DISTRICT 11, 11A North Street School 381 North Street DISTRICT 12 North Mianus School 309 Palmer Hill Road Riverside

3 STATE EXECUTIVE OFFICES Information for State Executive Offices Cidates was requested by the League of Women Voters of Connecticut. Responses can be found on votect.net. Ned Lamont Susan Bysiewicz Website: nedlamont.com Governor Lieutenant Governor Bob Stefanowski Joe Markley Website: bobforgovernor.com Rodney Hanscomb Jeffrey Thibeault Website: rodforctgov.com Mark Stewart Greenstein John Demitrus Amigo Constitution Liberty Party Website: stewartforliberty.com Oz Griebel Monte E Frank Griebel Frank for CT Party Website: ozforgovct.com Denise W Merrill Website: denisemerrill.net Secretary of the State Susan Chapman Website: chapmanforct.com Heather Lynn Sylvestre Gwynn Website: no website S Michael DeRosa Website: mikederosa.org Treasurer Shawn Wooden Website: shawnwooden.com Thad Gray Website: thadforct.com Jesse Brohinsky Website: no website Comptroller Kevin Lembo Website: lemboforct.com Kurt Miller Website: kurtforct.com Paul Passarelli Website: no website Edward G Heflin Website: facebook.com/vote.heflin Attorney General William Tong Website: williamtong.com Sue Hatfield Website: hatfield2018.com Peter D Goselin Website: goselin4ag.org VOTER S GUIDE

4 6-year term U.S. Senate Information for the U.S. Senate was requested by the League of Women Voters of Connecticut. Responses can be found on Christopher S Murphy Democratic Party, Working Families Party Website: chrismurphy.com Matthew Corey Website: coreyforsenate.com Richard Lion Website: lpct.org Jeff Russell Website: ctgreenparty.org 2-year term U.S. House 4th Congressional District Cidates responded to three questions in no more than 100 words each. Replies are printed as they were received. Jim Himes Democratic Party, Working Families Party 197 Valley Road Cos Cob Website: himesforcongress.com Biography: Jim was a businessman non-profit executive, provides thoughtful, independent representation to Connecticut s 4th District. He fights for economic opportunity for all, focusing on transportation infrastructure improving our schools. He serves on the Financial Services Intelligence Committees is a father to two remarkable women. Q: Immigration legislation has been stalled in Congress. Which initiatives would you support to deal with this issue? A: Our nation s immigration system is in dire need of reform. Immigrants strengthen our nation our economy I will fight the inhumane politics of bigotry family separation coming from the Trump White House. I will support comprehensive reform that secures our border, stops the illegal employment of the undocumented, offers a rigorous path to citizenship for those undocumented immigrants who are here who have followed our laws, remained employed paid their taxes. I support have fought for legislation to normalize the status of Dreamers. Q: Do you think the current gun control laws are adequate to ensure citizen safely? Please explain your position. A: Nearly 40,000 Americans die every year from suicides, accidents brutal crime at the point of a gun. No other nation has a similar problem. I support commonsense gun safety measures like universal background checks, limits on magazines assault weapons the pursuit of safe gun safe storage technologies, all of which are consistent with the 2nd Amendment. We also need to do a better job of providing mental health interventions to the addicted, the depressed others who might consider suicide. Q: The US has withdrawn from several multi member international agreements. Do you favor renegotiations of these agreements what conditions would you support? A: The Trump administration has removed the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement, the Iran Nuclear Deal is threatening to pull back from the alliances that have been the bedrock of global stability in the post-world War Two era such as NATO. These withdrawals are not signals of strength. True strength comes through full engagement with leadership of the international community. Our alliances agreements give us leverage when dealing with allies rivals alike we should reenter into negotiations to strengthen our position restore some of our international sting make the world safer. Harry Arora, Independent Party 80 Avenue Website: harryforct.com Biography: Harry Arora is a successful entrepreneur a first-generation immigrant American. Harry is running on a platform to promote policies which will reverse Connecticut s economic decline. Harry has an MPA from Harvard University, MBA from UT-Austin, an electrical engineering degree from India. Harry lives in with his family. Q: Immigration legislation has been stalled in Congress. Which initiatives would you support to deal with this issue? A: We truly need immigration reform one that respects our values allows us to attract the best brightest as well as give refuge to those fleeing oppression. We need to have immigration laws which can be implemented fairly without making a mockery of the rule of law as is the case now hard working immigrants with graduate degrees from US schools are being sent back while those who break laws are being advocated for. I would support an initiative for reforming immigration which balances between merit, work, refuge family reunification. Q: Do you think the current gun control laws are adequate to ensure citizen safely? Please explain your position. A: Our objective for gun laws should be to ensure reduction or elimination of gun violence acts of terrorism. The implementation of an effective universal background check is required currently the implementation of the system is patchy inadequate. We need to make sure that guns do not get into the wrong hs of criminals those with mental health issues. More needs to be done there. We also need to work immediately to improve school security. Q: The US has withdrawn from several multi member international agreements. Do you favor renegotiations of these agreements what conditions would you support? A: The US has withdrawn from international agreements which have served neither the US interest nor the larger public interest. The Paris Agreement with variable unverifiable commitments, NAFTA with its loopholes imbalance JCPOA with its lack of longer term solution to Iran s nuclear weaponization all have one thing in common - these agreements were all done without respect for the US strength or US commitment to peace, climate trade. Yes, I support renegotiation to reflect real progress real solutions which serve the American people truly serve the global purpose. How to Apply for a Provisional Ballot You may apply for cast a Provisional Ballot upon execution of a written affirmation at the polling place that you are qualified to vote in the election or primary for federal office in the polling place that you have neither offered yourself to vote nor voted in person or by absentee ballot at said election or primary for federal office at the polling place. For additional information, please call the Registrars of Voters at or If you are a first time voter voting by absentee ballot you are unable to provide identification, your absentee ballot will be counted as a provisional ballot. 4 VOTER S GUIDE 2018

5 2-year term State Senator 36th District Cidates responded to three questions in no more than 100 words each. Replies are printed as they were received. Alexra Alex Bergstein Democratic Party 541 Lake Avenue Website: alex4statesenate.com Biography: Alex Bergstein is an attorney, community leader advocate for women, children the environment. She s earning her Ph.D. in environmental law at Yale, was Chairman of the Mount Sinai Children s Environmental Health Center, a world-renowned research center, Director of Greening our Children. Bergstein practiced law at Skadden Arps. Q: Connecticut has a serious deficit problem. What measures would you support to A: We must tackle the $36 billion in unfunded liabilities of the public pension system immediately. I proposed the only real permanent solution to the pension crisis a shared risk model - that could reduce this unfunded liability by up to 30%. A shared risk plan would be a game-changer for the state create true fiscal discipline stability. Restructuring the pension system would deliver fair predictable payments to retirees (payments they can count on), remove politics from the process so the decades of mismanagement that created this problem cannot be repeated. Read my article in Bloomberg. Q: What specific ideas do you have to address the everincreasing congestion problem on A: Connecticut has fallen behind because we re the last state in the region to install electronic tolls. The opportunity cost of not having tolls is billions of dollars of new revenue (NOT our tax dollars) being left on the table. Businesses monetize their assets to generate funds for capital improvements. With tolls, we could generate $1B/year mostly from non-ct drivers leverage that with private financing to yield $8-10 Billion for major transformative projects. I would reduce train travel between Stamford NYC to 30 minutes, which would take thouss of cars off the highways bring companies flocking to Connecticut. Q: Connecticut has ranked consistently near the bottom of the CNBC s America s Top States for Business. Do you agree with this assessment? If no, why not? If yes, what positive steps do you think should be taken to restore confidence in our state? A: This is not a matter of opinion, but a question of fact. According to the Business Council of Fairfield County, companies will avoid Connecticut until we deal with our fiscal crisis failing infrastructure. I ve developed concrete plans to tackle both (see my answers above). I would also reform the corporate tax system to lower the corporate tax rate apply it more transparently fairly to all businesses. This would be a boon to small medium-sized businesses, which rarely benefit from the tax holidays that legislators generally grant to larger companies. Fiscal discipline will restore market confidence. L Scott Frantz 123 Meadow Road Riverside Website: frantzforstatesenate.com Biography: Scott Frantz is an energetic passionate State Senator serving on the following committees: Finance (Co-Chairman); Commerce (Co-Chairman); GAE Transportation. Scott previously served as Chairman, Connecticut Development Authority, Chairman, Bradley Airport, Chairman, Connecticut Brownfields Redevelopment Authority. Scott is tireless in representing you, is incredibly responsive genuinely cares. Q: Connecticut has a serious deficit problem. What measures would you support to A: I propose immediately halting all borrowing temporarily to reassess the major damage that has been done to the state s balance sheet as a result of over-borrowing to prioritize going forward only essential borrowing. The majority party Governor have allowed our bonded indebtedness to rise from $18 billion in 2011 to about $25 billion presently. With interest rates rising, we can t afford this kind of extravagant borrowing any more. I would order every agency division head to immediately identify implement a 10% reduction in their operating budget. Good administrators can do this without sacrificing quality of service. Q: What specific ideas do you have to address the everincreasing congestion problem on A: We need to start using more public transportation utilize web based carpooling optimization right now. Our train system is decent but lacks adequate parking, affordability, speed, in some cases, frequency of service. This needs attention right now. Additionally, DOT should be thinking much more creatively in terms of streamlining exits entries to the major highways during peak hours. Limit entry to maximize departure from our highways during rush hour periods. Cleaning up exit ramps assuring that end-of-ramp traffic lights remain green allow for straight or right turn only exits would increase traffic flow significantly. Q: Connecticut has ranked consistently near the bottom of the CNBC s America s Top States for Business. Do you agree with this assessment? If no, why not? If yes, what positive steps do you think should be taken to restore confidence in our state? A: I agree with the assessment after working for 25 years in the field of economic development in Connecticut having spoken with hundreds of business leaders. The tax burden on businesses individuals must be reduced. Onerous regulations must be softened to create a much more competitive business environment. Connecticut used to be a most favored place to start a business, raise a family retire. Due to poor policy choices, the state has fallen to the bottom five in rankings nationally in each of these categories. Additionally, the attitude of state government must become more welcoming to business. Megan E Cassano 18 Bridge Street Website: green36.us Biography: I am a lifelong resident. I earned my Master s degree from Fordham University in 2003 (also obtaining a Specialization in Substance Abuse). I have been licensed as a Clinical Social Worker in the State of Connecticut since 2006 have received advanced certifications in Trauma. Q: Connecticut has a serious deficit problem. What measures would you support to A: One way to address this, is to create a state public bank. North Dakota has had one for over 100 years, they were the only state to stay in the black during the 2008 collapse. I support legalization, which will not only bring in revenue, but will enable those who are incarcerated for small nonviolent crimes to be released become working consumers. Finally, I would reexamine programs like First Five, where the state gives incentives to companies corporations to stay in Connecticut as any benefits from this are short-lived hurts residents in the long run. Q: What specific ideas do you have to address the everincreasing congestion problem on A: Although we have taken strides to improve mass transit, more can be done. We need an adequate light rail system, more city buses, more room for passengers to take bikes on board. For years, our Green cidates have proposed using our waterways. This would not only ease congestion, but would create more jobs. Q: Connecticut has ranked consistently near the bottom of the CNBC s America s Top States for Business. Do you agree with this assessment? If no, why not? If yes, what positive steps do you think should be taken to restore confidence in our state? A: CT is not doing enough to support a local economy. Businesses are coming from out of state. The economy needs to be reciprocal, if we have more small businesses, we will thrive. I personally feel that our state s business presence does not benefit its residents, rather, we are focusing on keeping up appearances to those who don t contribute to our livelihood. If we support small business in the state, business confidence will take care of itself. VOTER S GUIDE

6 2-year term Livvy Floren 210 Round Hill Road, Website: oliviafloren.com Biography: Incumbent. Assistant Leader. Ranking Member Bonding. Member Finance/Revenue/Bonding Insurance/Real Estate. Served RTM BET. MBA Adelphi; AB Vassar. Resident 46 years. Married 51 years; 4 children; 8 grchildren. Civic volunteer; recipient of inaugural David N. Theis Outsting Service to Community Award. 6 VOTER S GUIDE 2018 State House of Representatives Cidates responded to three questions in no more than 100 words each. Replies are printed as they were received. Steve Meskers Democratic Party 18 Lockwood Avenue, Old Website: stevemeskers4greenwich.com Biography: 22 year resident of, retired from 35 years in international finance on Wall Street with a B.A. in Economics an MBA in Finance. Married for 31 years, father of three public school educated children. I am currently serving my 14th year on the RTM as vice-chair of education. A: Economic growth job creation are keys to reducing our deficit. State GDP has been flat for 10 years. Let s reduce marginal tax rates for new hires companies looking to relocate to Connecticut resulting in new business, shrinking deficits rising tax revenues. Working smarter/smaller to eliminate waste, shrinking the state payroll. Unfunded pension costs are high. Negotiate to stretch out payments to pension funds, renegotiate the benefit package /or delay full benefits paralleling social security. Pension costs are largely healthcare costs. Let s join states appealing to the FDA to allow import of medicines from Canada (50% cheaper). A: We need to upgrade Connecticut s rails roads that takes money. We are constrained by our budget so tolls may be the answer. 35% of our traffic is from out of state 25% is commercial. They are travelling our roads for free. We need to use congestion pricing to get trucks off the roads at peak hours. We are running a multi-state charity on I-95. We are the only state in the northeast that gives away our roads for free worse, makes Connecticut s residents pay the full cost. A: Connecticut is ranked 47th in infrastructure so fixing our transportation gridlock is key. Connecticut is 46th in business costs so reducing taxes for new hires for companies relocating here sends a powerful message that we are focused on growth. Implementing probusiness strategies including streamlining new business permits will get the message out that Connecticut is open for business. We have a solid education ranking. I would support more workforce training at our technical high schools targeted internships at our community colleges universities. Let s capitalize on our strengths bring a can-do vision to Hartford. 149th DISTRICT 150th DISTRICT Judge of Probate Court David W Hopper 10 Verona Drive, Riverside A: Solving both a long-term short-term budget deficit will depend on our making common sense reductions in spending, eliminating waste creating efficiencies through better use of technology. We need to change the way government taxes, borrows spends. Obligations like pensions health care benefits must be revisited revamped to comply with the new economic reality. The bi-partisan budget adopted in October 2017 enacted many substantive structural reforms should serve as a fiscal blueprint for the future. continued on next page... Mike Bocchino, Independent Party 7 Tingue Street, Website: electbocchino.com Biography: Mike Bocchino is a life long, dedicated resident of CT. Mike proudly serves as the current State Representative for the 150th district representing portions of. Mike is married to his lovely wife Shannon they have 2 wonderful boys Michael (13) Sean (10). A: It is imperative that we make fundamental changes to the way we budget stop spending what we don t have. We must look to eliminate the estate tax revaluate the corporate income tax. Most importantly we must hold accountable all Government Departments for mismanagement, inefficiencies wasteful spending, then restructure / or eliminate departments positions that are unnecessary no longer cost efficient. A: Tolls will not solve our congestion problems on our highways. It is just another tax on the hard working people of the state of CT. To decrease congestion we must look at initiatives outside the box. The possible closing of some exit entrance ramps in key locations could add to creating a smoother flow of traffic. As many of the vehicles on our highways are shuttling residents to from the major NY airports, we should look into increasing the flight expansions from our smaller airports to create shuttles to larger airport destinations. A: Yes, unfortunately I agree with this assessment. CT lags behind on so many levels. What we need is a positive business approach. We need to eliminate the corporate tax surcharge reduce the corporate business tax rate to make CT competitive once again. At the same time we need to retain attract the workforce to accommodate these businesses part of that would be to repeal the estate gift tax that is pushing our residents business owners out of state.

7 2-year term State House of Representatives Cidates responded to three questions in no more than 100 words. Replies are printed as they were received. A: Connecticut needs to repair replace many of its bridges, roads rails to make our infrastructure workable. Getting more trucks off the roads by improving freight rail services making mass transportation rail bus service more convenient, connected, clean comfortable for people are two first steps. We have a documented, viable, long-term, State-wide transportation plan it needs to be implemented. I support a Lockbox which would assure that all monies collected specifically for transportation must be used for that purpose not raided for any other use. Laura Kostin Democratic Party 344 Cognewaugh Road, Cos Cob Website: lauraforct.com Biography: My husb I have lived in for 14 years. We have four children. I ve been a journalist all my professional life have worked at CNBC, CNN Financial News MSNBC. I am in my first term on the RTM DTC representing district 8. A: I believe measures that promote economic growth are key to solving our deficit problem. While fiscal discipline is critical going forward, that will only go so far. Connecticut desperately needs more taxpayers. Reversing the trend of out-migration growing our tax base is the most viable way to solve our fiscal problems. I think reducing corporate income taxes would give companies an incentive to come here /or stay in-state. The instate workers they employ would be part of a revenue growth-oriented solution, as personal income taxes sales use taxes are the biggest portions of our budget. A. I think it would make sense to start tolling trucks on I-95. They cause 90% of the wear tear on our roads. Once they are in place, we could hopefully use congestion pricing to free up our roads during peak commuting hours. It is unfortunate that Connecticut has underinvested in freight rail for years. A more robust freight rail system would reduce emissions significantly cut commercial traffic on our highways. Commuter rail service could also be improved to include more frequent trains the ability to get to New York City faster more efficiently. A: I do agree that we re not terribly competitive, but there are solutions. Reducing the tax burden on corporations is vital as is improving our infrastructure the ability to move people goods more efficiently in Connecticut. Revitalizing our urban cores making them more interconnected attractive to young people is another way to boost our competitive edge. Investing in our universities community colleges would also help solidify Connecticut as a destination for companies seeking access to top talent. These are solutions well within our grasp. 149th DISTRICT 151st DISTRICT A: Disagree. Connecticut is a wonderful place to live, work raise a family. We just need to capitalize on improve our strength. Some positive initiatives include: lower more predictable taxes; increased job creation through public-private partnerships for educational options that include technical training apprenticeships/internships in various occupations; reductions in onerous regulations paperwork for businesses; maintenance of environmental safeguards that preserve protect open space, clean air pure water. Add to these better mass transportation reliable, affordable energy, the rankings would reflect reality. Fred Camillo, Independent Party 35 MacArthur Drive, Old Website: no website Biography: A native, former small business owner, banker, teacher, coach as well as civic volunteer since my early 20s, I have served five terms in the House, am Asst. Republican leader. I have written laws dealing with public safety, public health, consumer protection, commerce, animal welfare. A: Pension reform, look to non-profits to take over much of the delivery of social services, establish significant public-private partnerships, including for transportation, zero based budgeting. If enacted, all would bring in outside revenue, allow for downsizing of public sector employees, save millions in compensation benefits. We need to reform the way we compensate public employees. We can t afford pension padding going forward, need to go to a defined contribution system, thus ending the defined benefit system for new hires. A. Corporate sponsorships of railcars other modes of transportation, which would enable fees to be lowered thus entice people to use more mass transit has worked in other venues should be encouraged here. Staggered work shifts should also be an option as they have been shown to help decrease traffic at peak travel times. Lastly, working remotely from home would help, should be an option, when if possible. A: Absolutely. Every state faced the same economic situation since the 2008 recession, almost all have recovered. Connecticut, unfortunately, has recovered only 78% of the jobs lost. By contrast, Massachusetts, cut taxes has recovered 340% of the jobs lost in the recession. Connecticut tried to tax its way back to prosperity. That failed. Debt a pension crisis are two other reasons many companies are wary of relocating to this state. Once an economic leader, Connecticut needs new direction new leadership. Lower taxes, privatepublic partnerships, pension reform will restore confidence. 2-year term Registrar of Voters Both will be elected Mary Hegarty Democratic Party 14 West End Avenue, Unit A, Old Fred DeCaro III 3 Sweet Briar Lane, Cos Cob VOTER S GUIDE

8 Constitutional Amendment Question Information Vote on the Question(s) Yes No Question 1. Shall the Constitution of the State be amended to ensure (1) that all moneys contained in the Special Transportation Fund be used solely for transportation purposes, including the payment of debts of the state incurred for transportation purposes, (2) that sources of funds deposited in the Special Transportation Fund be deposited in said fund so long as such sources are authorized by statute to be collected or received by the state? CONTENT AND PURPOSE OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT* If this amendment is approved, it would impose constitutional protections on state transportation funding. These protections, commonly referred to as the transportation lockbox, are currently established only in the Connecticut General Statutes. Specifically, this constitutional amendment, like the statutory lockbox, would do the following: 1. preserve the state s Special Transportation Fund (STF) as a permanent fund; 2. require that the fund be used exclusively for transportation purposes, which include paying transportation-related debt; 3. require that any funding sources directed to the STF by law continue to be directed there, as long as the law authorizes the state to collect or receive them. Question 2. Shall the Constitution of the State be amended to require (1) a public hearing the enactment of legislation limited in subject matter to the transfer, sale or disposition of state-owned or state-controlled real property or interests in real property in order for the General Assembly to require a state agency to sell, transfer or dispose of any real property or interest in real property that is under the custody or control of the agency, (2) if such property is under the custody or control of the Department of Agriculture or the Department of Energy Environmental Protection, that such enactment of legislation be passed by a two-thirds vote of the total membership of each house of the General Assembly? CONTENT AND PURPOSE OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT* If this amendment is approved, it would limit the General Assembly s ability to pass legislation that requires a state agency to transfer (sell or otherwise convey) any state real property (l or buildings) or property interest to non-state entities. It does this by imposing the following conditions: 1. a legislative committee must first hold a public hearing to allow for public comment on the property transfer; 2. the legislation must address only the property under consideration. In addition, for property that belongs to the state Department of Agriculture or the Department of Energy Environmental Protection, the legislation must pass by at least two-thirds of the membership of the state House of Representatives of the state Senate. *Excerpted from CT Secretary of State s Explanatory Text for the Constitutional Amendment. The Full text is posted on lwvg.org Voter s Guide This Voter s Guide was prepared by the League of Women Voters of Educational Fund, Inc. The League is a nonpartisan, volunteer political organization that encourages the informed active participation of citizens in government influences public policy through education advocacy. The Educational Fund is the arm of the League of Women Voters that conducts citizen information activities. The Voter s Guide is made possible by donations. If you appreciate this information, please support the Guide with a tax-deductible contribution to the League of Women Voters of Educational Fund, PO Box 604,, CT or via PayPal at lwvg.org. Jara Burnett President; Joanne Stavrou Vice President, Voter Services; Kathy Burgweger Editor, Voter s Guide; Marla Laney Graphic Design For additional election information, you may call the Registrars at or or the Town Clerk at Information current as of October 10, 2018