“Crisis Intervention”: CT Senate GOP Statement on CT Farmland Tax Hike Changes

CT Senate Republicans, including Sen. Stephen Harding, Sen. Heather Somers, Sen. Ryan Fazio, and Sen. Jeff Gordon, issued the following statement regarding the changes made to Public Act 490 today ahead of the Jan. 20 public forum with farmers.

“This happened thanks to our hard-working Connecticut farmers who have spoken out and the 20,000 people who signed the SaveCTLand.org petition in less than a week.

But it’s really just crisis intervention.

It’s critical we hold our forum to hear directly from farmers.

We must learn the methodology that was used by state government to bring about those outrageous and unjustified increases.

We thank the governor for listening, but clearly there is more legislative work to be done.

We and our Republican colleagues have listened – and we have acted – to start fixing this huge farmland tax spike problem.”

*The Farmers’ Forum with lawmakers will take place at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 20 in Room 1 E of the Legislative Office Building. Farmers from across Connecticut will be in attendance. The forum will be streamed live on www.CT-N.Com.