Lt. Governor Mike Fedele became the first Republican candidate to declare his candidacy for Governor yesterday at events in Cromwell and Stamford.
His speeches made clear that the focus of his effort will be jobs and taxes:
“Taxes will not make Connecticut prosperous,” he said. “Taxes do not create jobs. Taxes cost jobs by taking money out of the pockets of businesses and workers. Taxes are the wrong solution. Taxes are the wrong direction for the state of Connecticut.”
The Fedele campaign launched their website for the 2010 effort yesterday. The site solicits contributions in the amount of $100 or less, a clear signal that the Lt. Governor intends to participate in the Citizens’ Election Program, the state’s publicly funded campaign system.
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See an interesting discussion of Fedele’s qualifications and experience here:
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Has Fedele made any specific proposals about how he plans to do either (lower taxes + attract jobs). If you read Brian Lockhart’s blog, it doesn’t appear like he’s necessarily willing to cut social programs (ie Charter Oak). I somehow doubt he plans to do any big public works projects (they would cost taxes… and investing in businesses with state dollars also takes tax dollars), so does he believe that lowering taxes alone will bring jobs to the state?
Also, what does anyone know about his company, the Pinnacle Group? He touts this as a huge bona fide, but what do they do exactly? All I’ve heard is vague stuff about “IT solutions.” Is running a 100 man IT company really similar to governing a state with thousands of employees in departments and agencies with an huge variety of roles?
Also, what are his legislative and executive accomplishments? He claims to VIEW JODI RELL AS A ROLE MODEL, but what has the Rell administration done for job creation? Where was Fedele during the budget negotiations? Did he think it was wise of the governor to sign a disaster of a budget under the false pretense that she would be able to nix items line by line? Does he plan to take the same laissez faire approach to governing that she did, appearing on friendly morning radio shows and acting like being governor a part time job?
He seems to think he’s the heir apparent (see “I will be the republican nominee.”) I think many republicans will disagree.
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