‘Crazy bills’ drafted by lawmakers

Dear editor,

Elections have consequences and we are seeing them in full effect this legislative session. The Democrat majority party proposes their bills in hopes of becoming law, while most people in the state wake up rush to work, shuffle the kids around and then rush back home to whip up a dinner. Most have no idea what sausage is being made in the Capital.

That's right, there is a process to get a bill passed into law. Many bills never see the light of day or make it to a vote, so many Connecticut voters never get to see what their lawmaker might be pushing for during the session.

During election season they brag of all the great work they have done, yet most of us never see what crazy bills may have been drafted by their own supposed representatives. Some die on the vine, but some do become law and that's what is so scary about the bills floating around this session.

Here are just a few that may become law if people don't speak out and contact their state representatives and state senators as soon as possible:

• An act concerning emission standards for gas-powered home appliances.

• To allow undocumented individuals to be eligible for unemployment.

• An amendment allowing undocumented immigrants the right to vote in state and local elections.

• Lowering the voting age to 16.

• An act encouraging local schools districts to regionalize.

• An act to increase the assessment rate for property to 75 percent.

• An act to study a mileage-based user fee for vehicles.

• A state-wide property tax.

Want to know what your legislator is really pushing for this session? Ask them to show you what bills have their name on it. This may help inform your decision on who to vote for in the next election.

Like I said, elections have consequences.