Fritz / Abbate: slush funds & turf

When asked if -- in an effort to balance the budget -- she would defund the turf grant, Mary Fritz explains that we just don't understand... the $525,000 isn't really in the budget! It's really just a debt service line item in a future budget... NBD!

Thanks Mary for letting us know just how stupid we are!

Kinda reminds me of the September 2005 LTTE from Steve Carroll explaining the difference between the operating costs of the school budget and the capital costs of the linear trail... a letter which was soon followed by a resident chastising Steve for his letter. And in the audience tonight I already had one unaffiliated voter tell me "spending is spending... what doesn't she understand?"

Thank you Mary for putting the 90th district in play! She's so arrogant and she doesn't even know it.



And here's Richard Abbate's response... which I think may have been his best comments of the night...



I thank you Richard for standing up to Mary.

UPDATE: Here's the question I posed... The August 3, 2008 Waterbury Republican American editorial described the “discretionary funds” in Hartford as “slush funds.” Cheshire’s $525,000 turf originated from these “discretionary funds.” Since this money has not yet been spent, do you support or oppose defunding the turf project in an effort to balance the state budget?

Tim White