2010 news archive for State Senator Ed Meyer http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/rss/meyer-news2010.xml http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:58:42 -0500 Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:58:42 -0500 FeedForAll Mac v2.1 (2.1.0.1); http://www.FeedForAll.com/ State Senator Ed Meyer (D-Guilford), the Senate Chairman of the General Assembly’s Environment Committee, today unveiled four environmental priorities for the upcoming legislative session which he believes will re-commit Connecticut to protecting and enhancing its environmental initiatives and will result in an improved quality of life and better business climate. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/meyer-101208.php 9A482422-59A2-474B-B259-F43C72F89E5B-11017-000015C2FC8185F5-FFA Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:57:01 -0500 State Senator Ed Meyer (D-Guilford) was named 2010 “Legislative Champion” today by the Coalition for a Safe and Healthy Connecticut for his work on new laws that reduce children’s exposure to a poisonous chemical commonly found in children’s jewelry, and creating a chemical research institute to find safer alternatives to ordinary toxins. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/meyer-101202a.php 2609D9B0-8A6F-4D93-A1ED-D76EE9D95500-11017-000015B5BFF06D17-FFA Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:56:28 -0500 State Sen. Ed Meyer (D-Guilford) and Governor M. Jodi Rell today announced that a $75,000 state grant to help establish the Stony Creek Museum here is expected to gain approval when the state Bond Commission meets December 10. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/meyer-101202.php B26034AB-AB51-48A5-B6A1-A51FB8103298-11017-000015407EA69D47-FFA Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:47:35 -0500 State Senator Ed Meyer (D-Guilford) today announced that the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism has awarded Branford, Guilford, Madison and North Branford a total of $15,345 in competitive grants for eight different culture and tourism projects. The grants are paid for through a combination of state budget monies and funds received from the National Endowment for the Arts. The approved grants include: http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/meyer-101105.php ACC0A9F0-7D79-4374-AB5B-EF21D2041DB7-11017-00001539104A7929-FFA Fri, 05 Nov 2010 15:47:07 -0400 Governor M. Jodi Rell and the shoreline delegation of state Sen. Ed Meyer (D-Guilford) and state Reps. Deborah W. Heinrich (D-Madison), Lonnie Reed (D-Branford) and Patricia M. Widlitz (D-Guilford) announced today that Branford and Madison have received a combined $1.175 million in state open space acquisition grants in order to purchase a combined 121.4 acres of land. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/meyer-101014.php C9325BA7-ADB0-4B64-9ADE-8AF4785AFEE8-11017-000015304A73F6AA-FFA Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:46:33 -0400 State Sen. Ed Meyer (D-Guilford) announced today that the state has approved nearly three-quarters of a million dollars in small-town grants for projects in five shoreline communities that will result in more jobs and a better quality of life. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/meyer-100930.php 8288EBAD-AC67-4B27-AAE5-A7E7E81382E9-11017-00001528392B23ED-FFA Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:45:55 -0400 State Sen. Ed Meyer (D-Guilford), the Senate Chairman of the Environment Committee, today helped recognize Brandfon Honda owner Jeffrey Brandfon with a plaque acknowledging the energy-efficiency upgrades he undertook through Connecticut’s Small Business Energy Advantage Program—upgrades which will save the dealership more than $1,000 per month in electricity costs while removing carbon from the atmosphere equivalent to 89 automobiles. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/meyer-100826.php 806495F9-69B3-4F77-AE1E-B7FEBD01FC71-11017-000015208CB7F581-FFA Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:45:22 -0400 State Sen. Ed Meyer (D-Guilford), who is a longtime advocate for the non-profit Connecticut Hospice in Branford, announced today that the nation’s oldest facility for the terminally ill will receive a $1 million state grant when the State Bond Commission meets on August 11. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/meyer-100804.php 582BE891-E762-4B89-863A-FE24448FA9B5-11017-0000151B828D507B-FFA Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:44:50 -0400 State Senator Ed Meyer (D-Guilford) announced today that the State Bond Commission will spend $2.3 million to overhaul 14 locomotives on the Shore Line East commuter railroad line, thereby helping to ensure more convenient, uninterrupted rail service for thousands of daily shoreline commuters. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/meyer-100707a.php FEEE256F-5E7F-497C-BD74-9C9734042D6E-11017-0000150CB8B45C23-FFA Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:43:55 -0400 State Senator Ed Meyer (D-Guilford) and Rep. Pat Widlitz (D-Guilford) today welcomed news that the State Bond Commission is poised to approve $50,000 in state bonding for renovations to the Guilford Center for Children daycare facility when the commission meets Tuesday, July 13 in Hartford. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/meyer-100706a.php 9D4C4A1D-6212-4BB2-B5C0-EEE9B35C4E02-11017-00001503F6053621-FFA Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:43:23 -0400 State Sen. Ed Meyer (D-Guilford) today welcomed news that the State Bond Commission is expected to approve the $300,000 in state bonding that he requested for repairs to the Guilford town dock when the commission meets Tuesday, July 13 in Hartford. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/meyer-100706.php 903AAE96-A876-4600-886E-420EC15DDC2D-11017-000014FBB86D310F-FFA Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:42:43 -0400 State Senator Ed Meyer (D-Guilford) spent part of his Wednesday afternoon today serving food to the hungry at The Community Dining Room on Harrison Avenue in Branford, and he urged residents to consider volunteering their time and resources to this 15 year-old non-profit that feeds needy people from East Haven to Old Saybrook. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/meyer-100629a.php 648CE9A3-E5D9-4E33-85E1-58030EA0FE45-11017-000014F0E823F9AA-FFA Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:41:58 -0400 New state laws approved by the General Assembly that assist victims of domestic violence, crackdown on offenders and increase public awareness of the epidemic take effect this week. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/meyer-100629.php F34ED476-8651-4172-ACD2-5DF8DC6AD75B-11017-000014494DAF53CE-FFA Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:41:22 -0400 A bill that makes it easier for disabled veterans and other eligible groups to fish for free was re-passed by the House and Senate today as legislators unanimously overrode Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s recent veto. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/meyer-100622.php C89411AB-CABF-4545-9871-EDEF397ED9E8-11017-00001440A2F358C5-FFA Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:29:23 -0400 The summer 2010 edition of The Connecticut Economy, which graphs public library usage by town, reveals that the residents of Branford, Madison and Durham are particularly heavy users of their local public libraries--libraries which state Sen. Ed Meyer (D-Branford) and other legislative Democrats protected from the severe budget cuts that were proposed this year by Gov. M. Jodi Rell. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/meyer-100615.php 8FC5DE37-2B87-45C6-A023-5402E33D7C97-11017-00001436DDADCF65-FFA Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:28:46 -0400 What does a full time state senator do when the regular annual session of the General Assembly has finished? The General Assembly has frequent special sessions during the remainder of the year, and I am now focused on a special session that will take place later this month. It will deal with significant legislation that we did not complete in the regular session; consideration of overriding the Governor’s vetoes of several bills such as the energy bill which received much support except from the utilities; and an amendment to the clean elections law which a federal court ruled as discriminatory to minor parties. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/meyer-100604.php A8777430-2039-4084-A397-DBF3710C18E1-11017-0000142E56361ACC-FFA Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:28:03 -0400 Just days after federal officials warned residents of the East Coast to brace themselves for “one of the more active” Atlantic hurricane seasons on record—14 to 23 named storms, with 3 to 7 possibly ‘major’ events—state Sen. Ed Meyer (D-Guilford) is reminding Connecticut’s shoreline homeowners about a state law designed to help them deal with possible hurricane-related insurance problems. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/meyer-100602.php 3A18C8CB-1C90-41DF-B198-854432B759C2-11017-00001422CF87DDC6-FFA Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:27:25 -0400 At the State Capitol today, The Connecticut Early Childhood Alliance recognized state Sen. Ed Meyer (D-Guilford) as a ‘2010 Child Champion’ for his commitment to improving the educational, health and emotional well-being of young children in Connecticut. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/meyer-100526.php 88D102C0-743F-4CCB-9A53-721233805284-11017-000014187502007C-FFA Wed, 26 May 2010 16:26:39 -0400 Senate Majority Leader Martin Looney (D-New Haven), Senator Toni Harp (D-New Haven), Senator Ed Meyer (D-Guilford), House Democratic Majority Leader Denise Merrill (D-Mansfield), and Gateway Community College President Dr. Dorsey Kendrick held a news conference today to highlight how the General Assembly’s landmark jobs bill will help train and educate Connecticut’s workforce. Several students from Gateway who may benefit from the provisions in the bill also attended the news conference. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/meyer-100520.php B578B8A8-D4EE-495D-9FB1-7E8B50AD5E9C-11017-00001410E8B4B5C4-FFA Thu, 20 May 2010 16:25:52 -0400 It is a unique experience to be a state legislator in the last two days of a legislative session, and as I write this column, it is the last two days. The Connecticut General Assembly is legally adjourned at midnight on May 5. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/meyer-100504.php B8722F75-5C74-473C-A3F3-7F13AC4834CD-11017-00001408475BDDCE-FFA Tue, 04 May 2010 16:25:13 -0400 A bill that would reduce the amount of harmful sulfur in home-heating oil and replace it with cleaner-burning biofuels while growing state jobs received support today from small business owners and Environment Committee Co-Chairs Sen. Ed Meyer (D-Guilford) and Rep. Dick Roy (D-Milford), who said passage of the bill will result in cleaner home-heating oil, cleaner air emissions and more jobs for Connecticut’s burgeoning biofuels industry. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/meyer-100415.php 275FAF34-0C85-4250-93A1-2FD9400F1F7F-11017-000013FFF83636B2-FFA Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:24:41 -0400 State Senator Ed Meyer (D-Guilford), members of the Environment Committee and the mother of a 6-week-old newborn rallied this morning behind several new pieces of bipartisan legislation designed to significantly reduce the amount of toxic chemicals making their way into children’s toys, children’s jewelry, and Connecticut workplaces. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/meyer-100318.php B13CA699-B9B9-409F-A386-5B1F3990DDD4-11017-000013F5F305AF0F-FFA Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:24:06 -0400 State Senator Ed Meyer (D-Guilford) and state Rep. Matt Lesser (D-Middletown) announced today that they have introduced legislation which, if passed into law, will help to significantly reduce expenses for the annual, historic Durham Fair and other annual agricultural fairs by exempting various licensing, bonding and security fees from ‘mass gathering’ requirements. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/meyer-100315.php E38CAC83-1A83-4A88-B9DB-8A739C64C236-11017-000013EEC0097383-FFA Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:23:24 -0400 State Sen. Ed Meyer (D-Guilford) today welcomed news that the State Bond Commission is prepared to approve a combined $3.1 million in “Fix It First” special tax obligation bonds to repair bridges in Guilford and North Branford when the commission meets this Tuesday, March 16 in Hartford. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/meyer-100312.php F4DBFC52-8D40-42F7-B804-368FB27CCC92-11017-000013E7EFB523AF-FFA Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:22:56 -0500 A bill introduced by state Sen. Ed Meyer (D-Guilford) to give cities and towns more control over if and where cell phone towers are located was unanimously approved by the Environment Committee this morning. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/meyer-100305b.php 3E15F554-6950-4A8C-A1DF-EC47AD89D3F9-11017-000013DE9AC4594D-FFA Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:22:27 -0500 For many years, Connecticut was known as the insurance capitol of the world, and it gained that reputation by the protection of its insurance companies which charged among the highest premiums in the nation. While Connecticut is no longer the insurance capitol, it continues to act that way. With respect to health insurance, both sick people and health providers are being slammed. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/meyer-100305.php 2C627F35-FD64-40E0-837B-CE827A9EF39D-11017-000013D76B37C732-FFA Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:21:46 -0500 The legislative session of the Connecticut General Assembly did not start until early this month and so we had open and free the month of January. My wife and I decided to take our Labrador retriever and visit the intriguing island of Bermuda, which is located only an hour and a half by air from JFK Airport and is situated in the middle of the Gulf Stream. Winter in Bermuda, while not tropical, is moderate and pleasant. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/meyer-100205.php 9738E326-F375-45D6-A61B-CD56C7178223-11017-000013D03F4295D4-FFA Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:21:15 -0500 Our state budget deficit both continues and grows, requiring creative downsizing of state government. I am very challenged by the benefits that such downsizing could bring. I have made the following proposals to my colleagues in the General Assembly: http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/meyer-100113.php C1F3CA16-4D69-421F-8E8D-89BA97F5F257-11017-000013BC24DF2749-FFA Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:20:45 -0500