Klarides Opposes Cuts to Towns; Calls for Aid Restoration

by: bsundie December 4, 2009

HARTFORD — Rep. Themis Klarides today joined Republican lawmakers in rejecting plans to cut town and city aid and instead proposed closing the projected budget deficit by cutting state spending by $466 million. Klarides and her House and Senate Republican colleagues called for immediate action from super-majority Democrats whose budget was unbalanced as soon they [...]

Klarides, Candelora Host Budget Forum in Woodbridge

by: bsundie October 27, 2009

WOODBRIDGE — There’s a reason why young people leave the state. That was one of the subjects here tonight as Rep. Themis Klarides talked to residents about Connecticut’s budget and economy. This state is just too expensive for too many students entering the workforce, said Klarides, talking about taxes, home prices and the legislative policies [...]

Klarides Attends Opening of Orange Medical Center

by: bsundie September 21, 2009

ORANGE — State Representative Themis Klarides and Orange First Selectman James Zeoli led a contingent of Orange municipal officials and representatives from the Orange Chamber of Commerce in welcoming Dr. Sanjay Aggarwal’s staff from the Urgent Care Center at their Grand Opening Ribbon Cutting Ceremony held today.
In her remarks, Klarides touched upon the difficult economic [...]

Majority Party Refuses to Compromise and Cut State Spending: Klarides Votes Against Massive Tax Hikes, Borrowing

by: bsundie August 31, 2009

HARTFORD — Rep. Themis Klarides tonight voted against a huge tax-hike budget that held virtually no spending cuts while demonstrating the legislature’s majority party is unwilling to compromise to settle the state’s multi-billion dollar budget crisis. Klarides, who represents Woodbridge, Orange and Derby said the plan from Democrat leaders put a sales tax cut — [...]

Klarides: Employers Have Sacrificed Enough

by: bsundie August 25, 2009

WALLINGFORD — One by one, a half-dozen or so employers sitting around a table here today looked toward a bank of television news cameras and delivered a sobering message that liberal legislators in Hartford just don’t seem to get: More taxes on businesses will bring more job losses. For Republican legislators here, it was yet [...]

Connecticut Businesses Can’t Afford More Taxes…

by: bsundie August 5, 2009

WOODBRIDGE — Conducting business in the state of Connecticut is difficult, and one executive here has a message for lawmakers: don’t make it any harder. Rep. Themis Klarides today toured Air Handling Systems, founded and owned by the Scott family. Check out the video above to learn a little more why massive tax increases proposed [...]

There’s a Better Way: Klarides Against New Tax Increase Plan

by: bsundie July 30, 2009

HARTFORD — The legislature’s majority party today rolled out its latest spending plan, a proposal that would increase taxes by more than $1.8 billion. Rep. Themis Klarides, who represents Woodbridge, Orange and Derby, told fellow lawmakers about the negative impact tax increases have on businesses and, more important, job growth.

Klarides Votes Against Plan for Plan to Raise Taxes

by: bsundie June 29, 2009

HARTFORD—Rep. Themis Klarides voted against tax increases Friday passed through the state legislature by lawmakers who failed in their promise to reinvent government. Connecticut faces a two-year budget shortfall upward of $9 million, but instead of changing the way government spends taxpayer money the legislature’s majority punished businesses and residents by raising $2.25 billion in [...]

Legislature Sending Mixed Messages to Businesses?

by: bsundie May 12, 2009

Klarides and Republicans Offer No Tax Increase Budget

by: Michael Downes May 6, 2009

Deputy House Republican Leader Themis Klarides (R-114) joined House and Senate Republicans today as they proposed an alternative balanced budget that eliminates massive Democratic taxes, preserves vital programs and services at 2007 levels, and greatly reduces government costs through cuts, agency mergers, retirements and salary and benefit concessions. The proposal requires no reduction to municipal [...]