Battle Over Tolls Begins

HARTFORD, CT — Wednesday was a day for pomp and circumstance as the new General Assembly, Governor, and Lieutenant Governor were sworn in, but a few people showed up at the state Capitol to remind everyone that the issue of tolls is going to be a big — if not THE issue — this session.

A small contingent of anti-toll demonstrators paraded around the outside of the state Capitol as the General Assembly and Gov. Ned Lamont were sworn in. Several of them carried anti-toll signs.

“Instead of talking about adding tolls the governor and legislature should take a close look backward [at what] is already on the books to see what spending can be cut,” Cyndy Kozczensky, of Montville, said.

“Putting in tolls will impact everything we do, everything we buy,” she said. “We already have one of the highest gas taxes. Tolls are the last thing we need.”

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