Box # | Folder ID | Folder Title | Folder Dates | Content |
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256 | 0143CL-001 | Mags--AFDC | November 5 - December 7, | Mayors, shelter employees, AFDC recipients, business people, and social workers urge the Governor to support rental assistance to AFDC families living in unsubsidized housing. Governor responds that |
256 | 0143CL-002 | Mags--AFDC | December 8, 1987-January | Mayors, shelter employees, AFDC recipients, business people, and social workers urge the Governor to support rental assistance to AFDC families living in unsubsidized housing. |
256 | 0143CL-003 | Mags--Bingo Laws | 1987 | Constituents oppose the tax on bingo games because it makes the games more expensive for seniors. Governor replies that any change must be done legislatively. |
256 | 0143CL-004 | Mags--[Lyme Disease] | September-November 1987 | Constituents petition the Governor to include in his budget increased funding to study Lyme Disease. |
256 | 0143CL-005 | Mags--CHHC 1/88 | January 1988 | Constituents and health care workers criticize the Commission on Hospitals and Health Care for reducing hospital rates so they cannot meet increases in nurses salaries. The Governor defends the Commi |
256 | 0143CL-006 | Mags--CT Interstate Banking Law (Northeast Bancorp) | January- March 1988 | Correspondents urge the Governor to support a law change that would allow Connecticut banks to merge with larger ones in New York State. No response from the Governor is in the file. |
256 | 0143CL-007 | Mags--Converse Communications Center | August-October 1988 | Deaf individuals and their advocates petition and write urging the Governor to restore an $80,000 cut in the 1989 budget for Converse Communication Center. The Center provided TDD message relay servi |
256 | 0143CL-008 | Mags--Elderly Nutrition | October-December 1988 | Senior citizens and their advocates ask Governor to not cut the elderly nutrition program. Governor responds that no cuts were made in the current year, and the proposed cut is just a proposal. |
256 | 0143CL-009 | Mags--Farmington Canal Corridor | December 1987- September | Constituents request that Governor support efforts to use the abandoned rail corridor along the Farmington Canal as a multi-use trail. Some of the letters were bucked to the Department of Transportat |
256 | 0143CL-010 | Mags--FCC Cellular Telephone Tower | June-July 1988 | Residents of Greenwich and towns nearby in New York object to plans to erect a cellular telephone tower in Greenwich. The Governor sends these letters to the Siting Council for direct response and th |
256 | 0143CL-011 | Mags--Fingerprint Identification (AFIS) | December 1987-March 1988 | Law enforcement professionals write in support of Dr. Henry Lee's request for an Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) for the Forensic Science Laboratory. They urge the Governor to supp |
256 | 0143CL-012 | Mags--Fleet Banking Financial Letters | December 1987-March 1988 | Constituents oppose proposed legislation allowing the Fleet Group of Rhode Island to merge with a New York bank without divesting itself of its Connecticut holdings. Many feel that Connecticut banks s |
257 | 0143CL-013 | Mags--House Bill 5545 | March-April 1988 | Certified Public Accountants and businessmen ask Governor to support the portion of H.B. 5545 that exempts their business or their financial analysts, respectively, from taxation. The bill clarifies |
257 | 0143CL-014 | Mags--Jai Alai Strike | April-May 1988 | Individuals who frequented Jai Alai frontons urge the Governor to support the players who want a union, and to keep the frontons, which were closed due to violence, closed until an agreement is reache |
257 | 0143CL-015 | Mags--Massport | December 1987-February 19 | Private pilots and businessmen object to Massport's proposal to increase landing fees at Logan Airport. The Governor responds that he is monitoring the situation. |
257 | 0143CL-016 | Mags--MTA Smoking Ban Mags--MTA Smoking Ban | March-April 1988 | Primarily opposition to the smoking ban imposed by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority on commuter trains. The main accusation was that the decision had been made without public input. They al |
257 | 0143CL-017 | Mags--Municipal Liability Trust Fund Mags--MTA Smoking Ban | February, April 1988 | Municipal leaders urge the Governor to continue funding the trust fund so towns and cities can reduce their liability risks. The Governor replies that he cannot include the money in his 1988-1989 bud |
257 | 0143CL-018 | Mags--Nursing [Shortage] | October 1987-April 1988 | Three topics concerning nursing were included in this file. Nurses and health care administrators volunteer to serve on the Task Force on Nursing, ask that a working nurse be appointed, or suggest th |
257 | 0143CL-019 | Mags--Private Health Care Providers | October 1987-January 1988 | Employees request fair wages for private health care workers under contract to the Department of Mental Health. Parents and providers add their support for increased salaries. The Governor confirms |
257 | 0143CL-020 | Mags--Property Tax | February-April 1988 | Businessmen oppose tax classification which could raise their property taxes, and the ask the Governor to continue supporting the business service tax exemption. O'Neill responds that he is personall |
257 | 0143CL-021 | Mags--Racial Integration | December 1987-January 198 | Constituents oppose Education Commissioner Tirozzi's school desegregation plan, in part because it includes busing children from the suburbs to the city. Some correspondents call for Tirozzi's resign |
257 | 0143CL-022 | Mags--State Library Budget | October 1988-January 1989 | Library associations, genealogists, librarians, town selectmen and library patrons were among the constituents who urged the Governor to support full funding for the State Library so it could maintain |
257 | 0143CL-023 | Mags--State Library Budget, copies | October-December 1988 | Copies of letters sent by library associations, genealogists, librarians, town selectmen and library patrons to their state representatives and senators urging them to support full funding for the Sta |
257 | 0143CL-024 | Mags--United Fleet Bank | December 1987-January 198 | Customers of United Bank and Trust oppose the divestiture of their bank because of Fleet National Bank's pending merger with a New York State bank. No response from the Governor is in the file. |
258 | 0143CL-025 | Mags--Adult Day Care | February-March 1989 | Health care providers and relatives of the elderly protest the elimination of funding for adult day care programs from the 1989-1990 state budget. The Governor's response does not seem to address thi |
258 | 0143CL-026 | Mags--AFDC | January-February 1989 | Ministers, Yale students, AFDC recipients, business people, legal assistance organizations, and social workers urge the Governor to support rental assistance to families receiving Aid to Families with |
258 | 0143CL-027 | Mags--Andover Lake Dam | July 1989 | Residents near Andover Lake have protested the existence of a house built without permits and within the flood plain of the dam. Now they are angry at the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) |
258 | 0143CL-028 | Mags--Automated Library Technology | June 1989 | Librarians and one patron ask the Governor to include the State Library's request for funds on the Bon Commission's agenda. The money was earmarked for two computerized library catalog systems, reQue |
258 | 0143CL-029 | Mags--B.A.T. Industries | August-September 1989 | Employees plead with the Governor to intervene in the hostile takeover of their employer, B.A.T. Industries, the parent of Saks Fifth Avenue. The Governor responds that he has no authority to stop th |
258 | 0143CL-030 | Mags--Bill 7224 | March 1989 | Parents, service providers, and advocates urge the Governor to restore three million dollars to the Department of Mental Retardation's sheltered workshops. The Governor responds that the cuts only lim |
258 | 0143CL-031 | Mags--Breakthrough for [to] the Aging Program | February-March 1989 | The elderly and their caretakers protest cuts and urge the Governor's support of the Department of Aging budget, particularly the program that sends volunteers to visit the house-bound elderly. The G |
258 | 0143CL-032 | Mags--Business-to-Business [Sales Tax] #3 | February-April 1989 | Businessmen and others oppose a new tax imposed on some business-to-business and professional services. The Governor thanks writers for voicing their concerns but he presented a balanced in February a |
258 | 0143CL-033 | Mags--Capital Gains #4 | February-May 1989 | Retirees, individuals starting businesses, and others object to a proposed increase of the capital gains tax. The Governor thanks writers for voicing their concerns but he presented a balanced in Feb |
258 | 0143CL-034 | Mags--Community Placement | November 1988-January 198 | Parents, relatives, friends and supporters of the Shoreline Association for the Retarded and Handicapped oppose the cut proposed for the Department of Mental Retardation budget. Their counter proposa |
258 | 0143CL-035 | Mags--[Cromwell Trash-to-Energy Plant] | April 1989 | Residents of Cromwell and of neighboring towns object to the construction of a trash-to-energy plant in Cromwell. Governor O'Neill describes the need to find a solution to the state's solid waste pro |
258 | 0143CL-036 | Mags--DEP Increased Funding | July-September 1989 | Constituents urge the Governor to increase funding for the state Department of Environmental Protection. Correspondents mention staffing needs and the restoration of Long Island Sound most often. O' |
258 | 0143CL-037 | Mags--Doyle, Robert | August-September 1989 | Friends and customers of a Litchfield pharmacist ask Governor O'Neill to intervene in his case. Robert Doyle was arrested for providing drugs without a prescription. The Governor states that he has |
258 | 0143CL-038 | Mags--Drugs | September-October 1989 | Constituents urge O'Neill to pass laws stipulating mandatory convictions for drug dealers and users, providing more jail cells, and allocating money to cities for fighting drugs. They made their view |
258 | 0143CL-039 | Mags--Fair Wage, DMR | November-December 1989 | Administrators and board members of associations for retarded citizens and service providers request funding to the Department of Mental Retardation that would assure fair wages for private sector emp |
259 | 0143CL-040 | Mags--Flag Burning | September-November 1989 | Letters, an advertisement in a newspaper, and pre-printed postal cards from constituents urge the Governor and legislature to ratify the flag burning amendment. Also includes two petitions from VFW p |
259 | 0143CL-041 | Mags--Fort Hill Park (BWG) | February 1989 | Form letters urge the Governor to support construction of affordable housing in Waterbury. He assures correspondents that the project is on the Bond Commission's agenda. |
259 | 0143CL-042 | Mags--Hazardous Waste Sites | April-May 1989 | Form letters from constituents entreat the Governor to support H.B. 7302 which set goals for cleaning up sites and increased hazardous waste assessments to make industries liable for more of the costs |
259 | 0143CL-043 | Mags--Health and Welfare Services for Non-Public Schools | March-May 1989 | Parents of school children, school administrators, teachers, and social workers send form letters opposing budget cuts to health and welfare services (psychologists, nurses, social workers, etc.) prov |
259 | 0143CL-044 | Mags--Higher Education's Budget Reductions | April-May 1989 | College students ask the Governor to restore funds to the State College budgets. The Governor essentially says, sorry, but the deficit made the cuts necessary. |
259 | 0143CL-045 | Mags--Homeless (Millie) | January-April 1989 | Constituents, mostly Yale students, oppose elimination of rental subsidies for homeless families in emergency situations. Some families face eviction April 10 unless emergency housing or funding is f |
259 | 0143CL-046 | Mags--Homosexual [Wesleyan University Students] | February-April 1989 | Students at Wesleyan University undertake a letter-writing campaign to support a gay rights bill, H.B. 7115, that would add sexual orientation to anti-discrimination legislation. Two massive mailings |
259 | 0143CL-047 | Mags--Homosexual | February 12-26, 1989 | Letters for and against the proposed gay rights legislation, H.B. 7115, that would add sexual orientation to anti-discrimination legislation. Several churches sent petitions against the bill. The Go |
259 | 0143CL-048 | Mags--Homosexual | February 26-March 9, 1989 | Letters for and against the proposed gay rights legislation, H.B. 7115, that would add sexual orientation to anti-discrimination legislation. The Governor assures letter writers that he will keep thei |
259 | 0143CL-049 | Mags--Homosexual [no response] | 1989 | Letters for and against the proposed gay rights legislation, H.B. 7115, that would add sexual orientation to anti-discrimination legislation. Letter writers did not include a complete name or address, |
259 | 0143CL-050 | Mags--Hospitals--Conn. Hospital Association (Norris) | November 7-21, 1989 | Complaints from hospital administrators and board members complaining about the slow budget process at the Commission on Hospitals and Health Care. The delay impacts when and how hospitals set their |
260 | 0143CL-051 | Mags--Hospitals--Conn. Hospital Association (Norris) | November 22-27, 1989 | Complaints from hospital administrators and board members complaining about the slow budget process at the Commission on Hospitals and Health Care. The delay impacts when and how hospitals set their |
260 | 0143CL-052 | Mags--Hospitals--Conn. Hospital Association (Norris) | November 28, 1989-January | Complaints from hospital administrators and board members complaining about the slow budget process at the Commission on Hospitals and Health Care. The delay impacts when and how hospitals set their |
260 | 0143CL-053 | Mags--Housing Eviction 89 (BG) | January 1989 | Residents of a Berlin mobile home park appeal to the Governor for assistance when they learn they are to be evicted. O'Neill lists the individuals who are working to find a solution. |
260 | 0143CL-054 | Mags--Housing--Homeless | March-April 1989 | Constituents oppose elimination of rental subsidies for homeless families in emergency situations. Some families face eviction April 10 unless emergency housing or funding is found. Governor O'Neill |
260 | 0143CL-055 | Mags--Iroquois Gas Transmission (Bob Grant) | January-May 1989 | Groups, individuals and businesses, many from Shelton, oppose the construction of multiple gas lines through Connecticut. The Governor's response is not in the file. |
260 | 0143CL-056 | Mags--Lottery | July 1989 | Constituents write in support of Lottery Chief Blaine Lewis and protest his dismissal. |
260 | 0143CL-057 | Mags--Medicaid (Long Term Care) (Jane) | July-August 1989 | Certified Nursing Assistants and their administrators object to a new provision requiring them to be re-certified. The Governor states that it is a federal, not a state, issue. |
260 | 0143CL-058 | Mags--Medicaid--Pharmaceutical (DIM) Millie | July 15-23, 1989 | Pharmacists, supported by a few customers, protest the eight percent cut in the average wholesale price reimbursements for Medicaid and ConnPACE prescriptions. They claim the increased costs will eit |
260 | 0143CL-059 | Mags--Medicaid--Pharmaceutical (DIM) Millie | July 24-August 29, 1989 | Pharmacists, supported by a few customers, protest the eight percent cut in the average wholesale price reimbursements for Medicaid and ConnPACE prescriptions. They claim the increased costs will eit |
260 | 0143CL-060 | Mags--Mental Retardation Budget (Norris) | June 1989 | Staff at Mansfield Training School send a form letter criticizing the accelerated community placement of clients and the threatened lay-offs of staff to help balance the state budget. A parent of a D |
260 | 0143CL-061 | Mags--MetaMetrics, Div. of Rehabilitation Services (Norris) | March-April 1989 | MetaMetrics conducted a performance audit of the Department of Rehabilitation Services and made recommendations for improving the administration by either keeping it within the Department of Education |
260 | 0143CL-062 | Mags--Miscellaneous Taxes #5 (Charley) | January 29-February 10, 1 | Constituents tell the Governor not to raise taxes and criticize the Governor for wasteful spending. Some writers enclose a tea bag with their letters. Constituents particularly object to a state inco |
260 | 0143CL-063 | Mags--Miscellaneous Taxes #5 (Charley) | February 11-15, 1989 | Constituents tell the Governor not to raise taxes and criticize the Governor for wasteful spending. Some writers enclose a tea bag with their letters. Constituents particularly object to a state inco |
261 | 0143CL-064 | Mags--Miscellaneous Taxes #5 (Charley) | February 16-March 4, 1989 | Constituents tell the Governor not to raise taxes and criticize the Governor for wasteful spending. Some writers enclose a tea bag with their letters. Constituents particularly object to a state inco |
261 | 0143CL-065 | Mags--Miscellaneous Taxes #5 (Charley) | March 6-12, 1989 | Constituents tell the Governor not to raise taxes and criticize the Governor for wasteful spending. Some writers enclose a tea bag with their letters. Constituents particularly object to a state inco |
261 | 0143CL-066 | Mags--Miscellaneous Taxes #5 (Charley) | March 13-30, 1989 | Constituents tell the Governor not to raise taxes and criticize the Governor for wasteful spending. Some writers enclose a tea bag with their letters. Constituents particularly object to a state inco |
261 | 0143CL-067 | Mags--Miscellaneous Taxes #5 (Charley) | April 1989 | Constituents tell the Governor not to raise taxes and criticize the Governor for wasteful spending. Some writers enclose a tea bag with their letters. Constituents particularly object to a state inco |
261 | 0143CL-068 | Mags--Miscellaneous Taxes #5 (Charley) | May 1989 | Constituents tell the Governor not to raise taxes and criticize the Governor for wasteful spending. Some writers enclose a tea bag with their letters. Constituents particularly object to a state inco |
261 | 0143CL-069 | Mags--Miscellaneous Taxes #5 (Charley) | July-November 1989 | Constituents tell the Governor not to raise taxes and criticize the Governor for wasteful spending. Some writers enclose a tea bag with their letters. Constituents particularly object to a state inco |
261 | 0143CL-070 | Mags--Miscellaneous Taxes #5 (Charley) [no response] | 1989 | Constituents tell the Governor not to raise taxes and criticize the Governor for wasteful spending. Some writers enclose a tea bag with their letters. Constituents particularly object to a state inco |
261 | 0143CL-071 | Mags--Museum | March-April 1989 | Individuals appeal to the Governor to change his decision to eliminate funding for the Connecticut Museum of Natural History and for the State Archaeologist. O'Neill cites the deficit and the need to |
261 | 0143CL-072 | Mags--New Seasons (DMR) (Norris) | May 1989 | New Seasons ran group homes for the mentally retarded. Family and friends of clients ask the Governor for additional funding for staff salary increases. They assert that without additional funding, |
262 | 0143CL-073 | Mags--New York Commuter | March 17-June 14, 1989 | Connecticut residents who work in New York seek a remedy from that state's new tax on both incomes of a couple even when only one works in New York. The Governor replies that he is doing all he can t |
262 | 0143CL-074 | Mags--Nursing Homes [Board Members] | March 27-May 9, 2989 | Nursing home administrators and board members strongly oppose cuts in Medicaid reimbursement rates, which would mean not being able to provide competitive wages for qualified nurses and reducing servi |
262 | 0143CL-075 | Mags--Nursing Homes (Dear Friend) | February-March 1989 | Nursing home staff and residents' families strongly oppose cuts in Medicaid reimbursement rates. Also included are petitions opposing H.B. 7227 (which never made it out of committee). No response fr |
262 | 0143CL-076 | Mags--Nursing Homes (Dear Friend [version 1]) | February 15-March 5, 1989 | Nursing home staff, administrators, residents and their' families strongly oppose cuts in Medicaid reimbursement rates. The Governor describes the financial costs of long term care and explains that |
262 | 0143CL-077 | Mags--Nursing Homes (State Budget) Friend version 2] (Jane) | February 8-March 3, 1989 | Nursing home staff and residents' families strongly oppose H.B. 7227 and budget cuts that will decrease Medicaid reimbursement rates. H.B. 7227 never made it out of committee. The Governor describes |
262 | 0143CL-078 | Mags--Nursing Homes (State Budget) Friend version 2] (Jane) | March 4-9, 1989 | Nursing home staff and residents' families strongly oppose H.B. 7227 and budget cuts that will decrease Medicaid reimbursement rates. H.B. 7227 never made it out of committee. The Governor describes |
262 | 0143CL-079 | Mags--Nursing Homes (State Budget) Friend version 2] (Jane) | March 10-August 28, 1989 | Nursing home staff and residents' families strongly oppose H.B. 7227 and budget cuts that will decrease Medicaid reimbursement rates. H.B. 7227 never made it out of committee. The Governor describes |
262 | 0143CL-080 | Mags--Nursing Homes (State Budget) Friend version 2] (Jane) | [1989] | Nursing home staff and residents' families strongly oppose H.B. 7227 and budget cuts that will decrease Medicaid reimbursement rates. H.B. 7227 never made it out of committee. The Governor describes |
263 | 0143CL-081 | Mags--Nursing Homes (State Budget) Friend version 2] (Jane) | 1989 | Nursing home staff and residents' families strongly oppose H.B. 7227 and budget cuts that will decrease Medicaid reimbursement rates. H.B. 7227 never made it out of committee. The Governor does not |
263 | 0143CL-082 | Mags--Oak Hill School (NH/VL) | February-May 1989 | Families, friends and staff of Oak Hill School ask the Governor to allocate funds to support programs operated by Connecticut Institute for the Blind, including Oak Hill School. Current funding will |
263 | 0143CL-083 | Mags--Park Closings | April 1989 | Residents object to plans curtailing access to thirteen state parks. The Governor informs writers that the decision was rescinded. |
263 | 0143CL-084 | Mags--[Pending Legislation] | March-April 1989 | Constituents ask the Governor to support or veto various bills in the House and Senate. Some of the bills addressed related to dairy income enhancement, the sale of farm land, regional schools, and a |
263 | 0143CL-085 | Mags--Penfield Reef (MCA/VL) | March-May 1989 | Hunters and fishermen write to support the state purchase of land to be used for parking at the Penfield Reef area in Fairfield. The Governor refers them to the Department of Environmental Protection |
263 | 0143CL-086 | Mags--Portland Trash-to-Energy Plant | March-April 1989 | Portland and Cromwell residents oppose the construction of a plant in their neighborhood. The Governor assures them that there will be public hearings before a decision is reached selecting one of th |
263 | 0143CL-087 | Mags--Preston Trash-to-Energy Plant | March 1989 | One letter from a constituent opposed to the proposed site in Preston because of its proximity to schools. The Governor assures the individual that there will be public hearings before a decision is r |
263 | 0143CL-088 | Mags--Proposed Deep River Construction | March-May 1989 | Residents object to a proposal to cut trees and widen Route 154 in Deep River, the town's Main Street. No response from the Governor is in the file. |
263 | 0143CL-089 | Mags--1989-90 Proposed State Budget | December 1988-February 15 | Constituents express their concerns and frustrations about the proposed state budget. Some request that the Governor not cut funding for residential facilities for the mentally ill or for other state |
263 | 0143CL-090 | Mags--1989-90 Proposed State Budget | February 16-April 1989 | Constituents express their concerns and frustrations about the proposed state budget. Some request that the Governor not cut funding for residential facilities for the mentally ill or for other state |
263 | 0143CL-091 | Mags--Proposed Utility Tax #1 | February 6-10, 1989 | Businesses, senior citizens on fixed incomes, and others oppose O'Neill's suggestion to extend the sales tax to utility bills. Some individuals propose a state income tax instead, and others threaten |
263 | 0143CL-092 | Mags--Proposed Utility Tax #1 | February 11-March 13, 198 | Businesses, senior citizens on fixed incomes, and others oppose O'Neill's suggestion to extend the sales tax to utility bills. Some individuals propose a state income tax instead, and others threaten |
264 | 0143CL-093 | Mags--Rea Estate Conveyance Tax | April 1989 | The New Canaan Board of Realtors encouraged individuals to use the advertisement they placed in the newspaper to send a message to Hartford. The message was, kill the proposed increases in real estat |
264 | 0143CL-094 | Mags--Route 6 | September-October 1989 | Residents of eastern Connecticut express their anger toward O'Neill for trying to bypass the Army Corps of Engineers' denial of approval for the Route 6 expressway. The Corps denied approval in order |
264 | 0143CL-095 | Mags--Route 7 | March 1989 | One individual's letter opposing the construction of a Super Route 7. The Governor defends the state's plans. More letters concerning Route 7 can be found in the Sub-series Transportation. |
264 | 0143CL-096 | Mags--Route 25 (Marilyn) | February 1989 | Residents of Northbrook Condominiums do not want their neighborhood destroyed to accommodate a new Route 25 highway. They advocate widening the current road instead. The Governor defends the Departme |
264 | 0143CL-097 | Mags--Route 72 Expressway | November 1988-March 1989 | Residents of Bristol and neighboring towns oppose the extension of Route 72 based on economics (state budget) and practicality. The Governor defends the project on both points. |
264 | 0143CL-098 | Mags--State Income Tax #2 | February-May 1989 | Some constituents ask the Governor to continue opposing a state income tax, while a majority ask him to give it serious consideration. O'Neill reaffirms his opposition to the income tax. |
264 | 0143CL-099 | Mags--[State] Income Tax #2 with changes | April-June 1989 | Some constituents ask the Governor to continue opposing a state income tax, while a majority ask him to give it serious consideration. O'Neill reaffirms his opposition to the income tax in a letter d |
264 | 0143CL-100 | Mags--State Income Tax #2 with Monagan Changes | May-June 1989 | Constituents express their opposition to an increased sales tax, preferring a state income tax. O'Neill reaffirms his opposition to the income tax in a letter different from the ones sent previously. |
264 | 0143CL-101 | Mags--UConn Health Center Paramedic Program | April-May 1989 | Constituents oppose the UConn Health Center budget plan that will eliminate the Paramedic Program and lay off four fire fighters. After the Governor's office contacts UConn Health Center officials, t |
264 | 0143CL-102 | Mags--WIC (Women, Infants and Children) Program | October 1989 | Individuals ask O'Neill to provide state funding to the WIC Program's supplemental nutrition project. The Governor will consider the request, but says he must be cognizant of all social service progr |
265 | 0143CL-103 | Mags--An Act Concerning Chlorofluorocarbons | January-February 1990 | Memoranda from the Governor to all state agencies concerning P.A. 89-227, An Act Concerning Chlorofluorocarbons, and a provision that prohibits any state agency or institution from purchasing any new |
265 | 0143CL-104 | Mags--An Act Concerning . . . Medical Care | March-June 1990 | A family member opposes cuts in funding for nursing homes which is where her mother resides. Several drafts of the Governor's letter inform constituents that the bill was not passed and explains the |
265 | 0143CL-105 | Mags--An Act Concerning the Repeal of Certain Statutes | April-May 1990 | Constituents urge the Governor to either sign or veto H.B. 5447, An Act Concerning the Repeal of Certain Statutes, which would repeal criminal statures against abortion. The Governor explains why he |
265 | 0143CL-106 | Mags--APRN [Advanced Practice Registered Nurse] | February 1990 | A Nurse Practitioner asks the Governor to allocate funds to the Department of Health Services to implement a licensing program for APRNs allowing them to write prescriptions. Only one incoming letter |
265 | 0143CL-107 | Mags--Affordable Housing | February 1990 | The Governor invites individuals to help create a new Connecticut Housing Finance and Development Authority. |
265 | 0143CL-108 | Mags--AIDS | November 1989-January 199 | A minister and a social service administrator ask the Governor to fund agencies that help AIDS victims. He assures them the housing for AIDS victims is a high priority of the Human Services Cabinet. |
265 | 0143CL-109 | Mags--Boot Camp | January-February 1990 | Municipal leaders oppose the development of a boot camp on the grounds of the Cheshire Correctional Institution. O'Neill reminds them of the prison overcrowding crisis. This is part of the solution |
265 | 0143CL-110 | Mags--Bradley Airport - Amsterdam | March 1990 | Drafts of the Governor's letter and a copy of Transportation Commissioner Burns' letter to Senators and Congressmen in Washington requesting their support for international service from Bradley Airpo |
265 | 0143CL-111 | Mags--Budget | January-August 1990 | Various drafts of letters sent from the Governor to constituents and state legislators putting Connecticut's budget into context with other New England states. The Governor includes a statement about |
265 | 0143CL-112 | Mags--Bulkeley High School | March 1990 | Students complain about the polluted air in Hartford's Bulkeley High School. The Governor's response is not in the file. |
265 | 0143CL-113 | Mags--Burlington Fish Hatchery | February-March 1990 | Individuals express concern about the impact of a multifamily development on the Burlington Fish Hatchery. Governor refers concerns to Commissioner Carothers of the Department of Environmental Protec |
265 | 0143CL-114 | Mags--Care and Share | March 1990 | Drafts of the Governor's letter to volunteers and committee chairmen thanking them for making the fund drive successful. |
265 | 0143CL-115 | Mags--DCYS [Budget] | January 1990 | Constituents plead with the Governor to not cut the Department of Children and Youth Services budget. The Governor assures them he will take their concerns into consideration. |
265 | 0143CL-116 | Mags--College Funding | February 1990 | A teacher and a student express their concerns about proposed cuts to the budget for higher education. The Governor responds with a description of his commitment to higher education. |
265 | 0143CL-117 | Mags--CHHC | May-June 1990 | Constituents write in support of the Facilities Renewal Project proposed for Yale-New Haven Hospital and which is undergoing review by the Commission on Hospitals and Health Care. No response from th |
265 | 0143CL-118 | Mags--CONNSACS | January 1990 | Drafts of O'Neill's letter promising to take concerns into consideration sent to individuals objecting to budget cuts to the sexual assault service. |
265 | 0143CL-119 | Mags--Educational Cuts | December 1989-March 1990 | Faculty and students protest cuts to the community college and state university systems. Several drafts of the Governor's response affirm his commitment to higher education but admits priorities chan |
265 | 0143CL-120 | Mags--Education--Rehab[ilitation] Services | December 1989-January 199 | Three learning disable individuals express concern about a projected budget shortfall that could reduce access to rehabilitative services. The Governor reports that funding has been found and the sho |
265 | 0143CL-121 | Mags--Elderly Nutrition | January 1990 | Drafts of the Governor's response to constituents urging him to continue funding elderly nutrition programs. He said he would take their suggestions into consideration. |
265 | 0143CL-122 | Mags--Energy Prices | January 1990 | Copies of the Governor's response to complaints about rising energy costs. He informs constituents that he ordered a statewide investigation and requested a Congressional investigation. |
265 | 0143CL-123 | Mags--Fair Wage | December 1989-March 1990 | Employees of private health care providers under contract to the Department of Mental Health demand a fair wage, comparable to their peers working for the state government. The Governor outlines his a |
265 | 0143CL-124 | Mags--Gifted Students | December 1989-January 199 | Constituents demand that programs for gifted students be included in the next budget. The Governor does not hold out much hope that funding will be restored. |
265 | 0143CL-125 | Mags--Gov[ernment] Management and Efficiency | January-February 1990 | Individuals send their resumes and ask for a position with the Governor's Special Counsel for Government Management and Efficiency. Counsel Timothy Bannon replies that there are not plans to create o |
265 | 0143CL-126 | Mags--Gregan, Richard | March-April 1990 | Individuals both defend and strongly criticize the actions of Canine Control Officer Richard Gregan in handling a animal abuse case. The Governor bucks the letters to Agriculture Commissioner Kenneth |
265 | 0143CL-127 | Mags--Hate Bill | May 1990 | Letters in favor of and against the so-called Hate Crime Bill which would impose stronger sentences on individuals who assault people because of their race, religion, sexual preference, etc. The Gove |
265 | 0143CL-128 | Mags--Hazardous Waste Program | 1989 (found with 1990) | One letter expressing the opinion that residents and industries should reduce and prevent hazardous waste problems instead of managing it afterward. The Governor explains the generation of hazardous |
265 | 0143CL-129 | Mags--Iroquois Nat[ural] Gas Pipeline | February 1990 | Connecticut residents oppose the construction of a natural gas pipeline across the state. The Governor states his opposition and the conditions under which the pipeline could be built. |
265 | 0143CL-130 | Mags--Library Assoc[iation] | December 1989-January 199 | Librarians and patrons appeal to the Governor for his support of the budget items identified as critical by the Connecticut Library Association. The Governor promises to take these concerns into cons |
265 | 0143CL-131 | Mags--Lifestar [sic] Helicopter | December 1989-January 199 | Constituents ask the Governor to support Hartford Hospital's request for a second Life Star helicopter. He informs these individuals that the application will be reconsidered. |
265 | 0143CL-132 | Mags--Maneuver Prog[ram] | April-May 1990 | Naugatuck Valley residents express their displeasure that a charity event, the Griffin Hospital Cow Maneuver, was cancelled because of a state regulation supervising charitable gaming. The Governor s |
265 | 0143CL-133 | Mags--Metro North | December 1989-January 199 | Commuters on the New Haven Line write about their support or opposition to fare increases proposed by Metro North. The Governor states his opposition to the increase. |
265 | 0143CL-134 | Mags--MVD [Department of Motor Vehicles] Branch Closing | February 1990 | Constituents object to proposed plans to close certain Department of Motor Vehicle branch offices, part of the study of the Management of State Government. The Governor suggests individuals write to |
265 | 0143CL-135 | Mags--Order of Selection | January-March 1990 | Primarily drafts of Governor's response to constituents concerned about the possibility of an Order of Selection by the Division of Rehabilitative Services. One sample incoming letter is included. O |
265 | 0143CL-136 | Mags--Power Plant, Killingly | 1989-1990 | The Governor explains the process by which a permit was issues for a wood-fueled power plant in Killingly and includes the Siting Council's Findings of Fact, Opinion, and Decision and Order in the cas |
265 | 0143CL-137 | Mags--Pre-cast cells in prison | December 1989-January 199 | Drafts of the Governor's reply to opponents of using pre-cast cement cells in building prisons. He explains the dire need for prison expansion in the state. |
265 | 0143CL-138 | Mags--Prison Overcrowding | January 1990 | Drafts of Governor's response to Cheshire residents who object to the development of a boot camp on the grounds of the Cheshire Correctional Center. |
265 | 0143CL-139 | Mags--Puppetry Program, UConn | March-April 1990 | Constituents protest freezing the faculty position in puppetry at UConn's Theater Department. O'Neill explains how tight the budget is. |
265 | 0143CL-140 | Mags--Quinebaug Park | April 1990 | Drafts of the Governor's response to residents of Quinebaug Park, an adult mobile home community concerning an increase in their rent. He bucks the letters to Consumer Protection. No constituent let |
265 | 0143CL-141 | Mags--Rental Ass[istance] Program | February-March 1990 | Individuals propose that one solution to homelessness and lack of affordable housing is to increase the appropriation for the Rental Assistance Program. The Governor states the fiscal situation precl |
265 | 0143CL-142 | Mags--Resource Recover, Haddam | February 1990 | Drafts of the Governor's letter to Haddam residents that the Connecticut Resource Recovery Authority has addressed their concerns about the location of a resource recovery facility in their town. No |
265 | 0143CL-143 | Mags--Response Time [on] Correspondence | March 1990 | Memorandum from Executive Aide David McQuade advising all Commissioners that requests from the Governor's office for a draft response should be completed in five working days. |
265 | 0143CL-144 | Mags--Rifle and Shotgun Waiting Period | May 1990 | One individual sends a copy of the same letter on three consecutive days to the Governor urging him to veto S.B. 305 that imposes a statewide waiting period on shotgun and rifle sales. No response fr |
265 | 0143CL-145 | Mags--Roe v Wade | April-May 1990 | Constituents express their opposition to abortion. The Governor responds that his religious views are against the practice but as a government leader he must uphold the law. |
265 | 0143CL-146 | Mags--Senior Citizens--Medicare | March 1990 | A draft of the Governor's reply to individuals concerned about Medicare rate increases and benefit changes. He reports that he has asked Insurance Commission Peter F. Kelly to hold a public hearing. N |
265 | 0143CL-147 | Mags--Shaw (Gates) Property | March 1990 | Constituents urge the Governor to support the state purchase of the Shaw property along the Farmington River. The Governor states he hopes to expedite the process. |
265 | 0143CL-148 | Mags--State Telecommunications Tower, Wilton | January-March 1990 | Wilton residents oppose a planned modification to the State Police telecommunications tower in their community. In reply, the Governor describes the hearing and decision-making processes of the Sitin |
265 | 0143CL-149 | Mags--Swans | January-February 1990 | One constituent letter opposes killing swans to control their population. Several drafts of the Governor's reply defends the Department of Environmental Protection's actions. |
265 | 0143CL-150 | Mags--UConn--Budget | November 1989-March 1990 | Students, parents and others oppose budget cuts proposed by the legislature. The Governor replies by describing all he has done for higher education. |
265 | 0143CL-151 | Mags--UConn--Food Service | March-April 1990 | Food service employees are concerned about changes in their contract with UConn. The Governor states the contract is the responsibility of UConn's administration and then describes what he has done f |
265 | 0143CL-152 | Mags--UNC Naval Products | April 1990 | One constituent expresses concern about the economic and personal impact of the closing of a major employer like UNC. The Governor reports that the Departments of Economic Development and Labor are w |
265 | 0143CL-153 | Mags--Women, Infants and Children Food Program | October 1989-January 1990 | Recipients and others oppose pending cuts to the WIC program. O'Neill states that he has no choice due to fiscal constraints although he understands the importance of the program. |