The Day printed a story, "Faced with layoffs, Ledyard teachers accept two-day furlough," (Dec. 5). Towns across the state have found it convenient year after year to forward budgets to town citizens to vote on based on proposed state funding. This practice of proposed funding has finally broken the bank. Remember how the state income tax was supposed to bring in enough money to more than pay for everything under the sun? Uncontrolled spending, and saying yes to state unions for votes, point the way towards the debt that sunk the state.

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy had little choice but to make choices depending on needs of towns with low taxable income. Proposed state funding is the same as placing the fox in the hen coupe. Ledyard is to be commended for choosing a way to cope with cuts in the education budget rather than resorting to piggy back tax bills being sent to citizens in other towns.

Harold T. Moreash

Ledyard