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Public Safety/Crime
1.) Should repeat violent offenders be subject to mandatory life sentences for such crimes as arson, rape, murder or home invasion?
Immigration
2.) Federal laws prohibit a person who enters and lives in the U.S. illegally from receiving federal social services resources. Should that person be eligible for state subsidies including fuel assistance, in-state tuition or public housing?
Education
3.) The state's largest cities receive nearly one-third of all school funding yet educate just 12 percent of all students. Should state resources be re-allocated to other suburban and rural school districts more evenly?
Property Taxes
4.) Should local property tax increases be capped at 3 percent per year?
State Taxes
5.) Would you support raising the state income tax in the event of a state budget deficit?
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Environment
6.) Do you support expanding bottle deposits to include water bottles?
Budget
7.) Should the legislature continue to focus on developing 'no tax increase' budgets?
Death Penalty
8.) Connecticut's death penalty can be applied in only the most serious capital felony and murder cases. Do you support abolishing the death penalty?
Seniors
9.) Should the threshold to qualify for state benefits such as ConnPACE be lowered?
Energy
10.) Should the state take a more active role in facilitating more environmentally friendly alternate energy sources, including streamlining the permitting process and tax incentives?
Please list any other issues of concern to you below:
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