Archive for April, 2009

Klarides to Sponsor Drinking & Driving Forum

by: Michael Downes April 16, 2009

State Representative Themis Klarides will be sponsoring a forum on Drinking and Driving laws with the Derby Bureau of Youth Services.   The forum will focus on new laws concerning teen driving and underage drinking.
The forum will be at 7:00 p.m. at Derby High School on Monday, April 20th.  The event is open to the public.

Paul Newman Inducted into CT Hall of Fame

by: Michael Downes April 16, 2009

During a special induction ceremony, the co-chairs of the Connecticut hall of Fame Committee, Senators Joseph Crisco (D-Woodbridge), Sam Caligiuri (R-Waterbury) and Representatives Elizabeth “Betty” Boukus (D-Plainville), Themis Klarides (R-Derby) announced that the late award winning actor and humanitarian Paul Newman was the newest inductee into the Hall of Fame, which is located on the [...]

Klarides Votes to Allow U.S. Flags at Veterans’ Graves

by: Michael Downes April 14, 2009

Deputy House Republican Leader Themis Klarides (R-114) today voted in favor of a measure before the House of Representatives which would prohibit towns, cemetery associations or ecclesiastical societies that care for cemeteries from restricting the placement of United States flags on veterans’ graves from the Saturday before Memorial Day until the Monday after July 4 [...]

Klarides Reacts to Massive Democratic Tax Increases

by: Michael Downes April 3, 2009

The massive Democratic tax increases – $3.3 billion in property, income, business and sales taxes – will destroy jobs, drive more residents from Connecticut and worsen the state’s recession, said Deputy House Republican Leader Themis Klarides (R-114).The proposed Democratic tax and spending plan crafted in secret behind closed doors hits taxpayers the hardest and makes [...]