Colleagues, Please send this update to other library listservs. The list provided below is of the key decision makers that should be contacted.   Thanks, Carl Antonucci – CLA Legislative Committee

Message from CLA Lobbyist Bobby Shea:

GO LIBRARIES!!

I just ran into a Senate Budget staffer at Whole Foods. She tells me that no final decisions about Budget cuts have yet been made, so we still  have to fight hard to SUPPORT the Appropriations Committee’s  reinstatement of funding for our programs.

During the next couple of weeks, these are the folks who will be in the room making the final decisions on taxes and spending.  It will be great if everyone in the room says:  “WOW!!!! WE ARE HEARING FROM LIBRARY SUPPORTERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE!!  WE REALLY NEED TO SUPPORT LIBRARY FUNDING  !! “

The following key decision-makers should be contacted as frequently as possible by as many different people as possible during the next 2-3 weeks.  We don’t have to be overly sensitive about where folks live; although ideally, it would be really cool if Jeff Berger hears mostly from Waterbury residents and Beth Bye hears mostly from West Hartford residents, etc.

AGAIN, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE CAN GET THE STUDENTS/YOUNG PEOPLE WHO VISIT OUR LIBRARIES TO CONTACT THE KEY DECISION-MAKERS AS WELL.  GO TEAM!!

Governor Malloy:  Governor.Malloy@ct.gov<mailto:Governor.Malloy@ct.gov>;  860-566-4840

Senator Martin Looney (New Haven, Hamden) – Senate President;  looney@senatedems.ct.gov<mailto:looney@senatedems.ct.gov>; 860-240-8600

Senator Bob Duff (Norwalk) – Senate Majority Leader; duff@senatedems.ct.gov<mailto:duff@senatedems.ct.gov>; 860-240-8600

Senator Beth Bye (West Hartford, Bloomfield, Farmington, Burlington) – Senate Chair of the Appropriations Committee;  bye@senatedems.ct.gov<mailto:bye@senatedems.ct.gov>; 860-240-8600

Senator John Fonfara (Hartford, Wethersfield) – Senate Chair of the Finance, Revenue & Bonding Committee;  fonfara@senatedems.ct.gov<mailto:fonfara@senatedems.ct.gov>; 860-240-8600

Rep. Brendan Sharkey (Hamden) – House Speaker; brendan.sharkey@cga.ct.gov<mailto:brendan.sharkey@cga.ct.gov>; 860-240-8500

Rep. Joe Aresimowicz (Berlin, Southington) – House Majority Leader; joe.aresimowicz@cga.ct.gov<mailto:joe.aresimowicz@cga.ct.gov>; 860-240-8500

Rep. Toni Walker (New Haven) – House Chair of the Appropriations Committee; toni.walker@cga.ct.gov<mailto:toni.walker@cga.ct.gov>; 860-240-8500

Rep. Jeffrey Berger (Waterbury) – House Chair of the Finance, Revenue & Bonding Committee; jeffrey.berger@cga.ct.gov<mailto:jeffrey.berger@cga.ct.gov>; 860-240-8500

LET’S KEEP FIGHTING FOR LIBRARIES !  I WILL KEEP TALKING WITH THESE KEY DECISION-MAKERS AND KEEP YOU ALL INFORMED OF DEVELOPMENTS.!!

Shea

This message is privileged & confidential.  Thank You.

Carl A. Antonucci, Jr., MS, Ph.D.

Director of Library Services

Elihu Burritt Library

Central Connecticut State University

1615 Stanley Street - P.O. Box 4010

New Britain, Connecticut 06050-4010

P: (860) 832-2097

F: (860) 832-2118

antonucci@ccsu.edu