BROOKFIELD — Rep. David Scribner had a busy day here, first attending a fundraiser organized by the Newcomers & Neighbors Club before heading off to a film festival put on by the local arts commission. Scribner, along with his three daughters, was among a few hundred people at the fundraiser from Newcomers, which uses money [...]
HARTFORD — Super-majority Democrats today ignored the massive budget hole they created last September and proposed spending $373 million more while taxing hospitals by $200 million and shifting millions in governmental costs to private companies, Rep. David Scribner said. The Appropriations Committee budget offered today includes no significant cuts and only adds to the long-term [...]
HARTFORD — The legislature’s Transportation Committee today gave its stamp of approval on a bill that would make text messaging while driving illegal, Rep. David Scribner said today. Committee members unanimously approved a proposal crafted by Scribner: S.B. 427, an Act Concerning the Use of Hand-Held Mobile Telephones and Mobile Electronic Devices by Motor Vehicle [...]
HARTFORD — The Connecticut Police Chiefs Association supports Rep. David Scribner’s proposal to prohibit text messaging while driving, one of its members said today. West Hartford Police Chief James Strillacci visited the Capitol to testify before the legislature’s Transportation Committee in favor of S.B. 427, an Act Concerning the Use of Hand-Held Mobile Telephones and [...]
HARTFORD — Rep. David Scribner knows a few things about the good deeds of Girl Scouts — all three of his daughters are scouts. So today Scribner enjoyed meeting with 17-year-old Elizabeth Maloney, a board of directors member for the Girl Scouts of America, as well as Teresa Younger, executive director of the state’s Permanent [...]
