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    Friday, May 10, 2024

    New website highlights Connecticut candidate stances on local government

    HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut's largest organization of cities and towns is providing voters with a breakdown of where gubernatorial and legislative candidates stand on issues such as property tax reform and local education.

    The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities has launched its new "2018 Election Central" website, where voters can find the candidates' answers to a host of questions about key state-local issues affecting Connecticut's 169 municipalities.

    CCM Executive Director Joe DeLong says he hopes voters use the website to "press their candidates on being accountable on the issues that will be critical to local governments and property taxpayers" when the new governor and General Assembly take office next year.

    Questions range from how to address municipalities' over-reliance on the property tax to how to fund maintenance and improvements of state and local roads.

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