Please send an e-mail as soon as possible asking for the proposed budget cuts to be restored.  Two sample letters are provided below.   Feel free to cut and paste.

Sample Letter Regarding Cuts to Museum, Aquarium and Zoo

Dear Governor Rell:

I am writing to urge you to please reconsider your budget cuts which zero out all state funding to the Beardsley Zoo, The Discovery Museum and Planetarium and the Maritime Aquarium.

These non-profit institutions are significant science education resources for our children and contribute to 110,000 tourism related jobs and millions of dollars in tourism income.  For both reasons, they are critical to our state’s future economic recovery.

These entities are put at great risk by the budget cuts.  If sacrificed, they can never be replaced.

I urge you to fully restore the funding for these tourist and educational resources to your budget.

Sincerely,

Print name Print Address

Sample Letter Regarding Library Program Cuts

Dear Governor Rell:

I am writing to urge you to restore your significant budget cuts to library programs In these challenging economic times, we cannot afford to cut our library services which are tremendous educational resources for our children and are also in heavy demand by residents, who are searching for jobs and can’t afford their own internet services or computers.

These drastic cuts to library programs interfere with our access to valuable educational resources.  For all of these reasons, I strongly oppose these new budget cuts and ask you to restore the funding to our libraries.

Print name Print Address

Contact List:

Governor M. Jodi Rell 1-800-406-1527 Governor.Rell@ct.gov  

Ms. M. Lisa Moody Chief of Staff Office of the Governor 1-800-406-1527 Lisa.Moody@ct.gov  

Mr. Robert L. Genuario, Secretary 1-860-418-6200 Robert.Genuario@ct.gov 

Senator John McKinney, (R, Southport) Senate Minority Leader 1-860-240-8805 John.McKinney@cga.ct.gov  

Senator Donald E. Williams, Jr., President Pro Tempore 1-860-240-8614 Williams@senatedems.ct.gov  

State Representative Larry Cafero Minority Leader 1-860-240-8700 Lawrence.Cafero@housegop.state.ct.us  

Thank you to:

State Representative John Gerogosian Co-Chair Appropriations Committee 1-800-842-8267 John.Geragosian@cga.ct.gov  

State Senator Toni Harp Co-Chair Appropriations Committee 1-800-842-1420 Toni.Harp@cga.ct.gov  

Bookmark/Search this post with: