Dear Editors:
Ms. Khanna and the other Democrats who currently represent Greenwich in Hartford say they should be re-elected because of the state funding they claim to have obtained for Greenwich. What they do not talk about is how much in the way of taxes Greenwich residents pay to the State and how little of those tax dollars our Greenwich Democrats have actually gotten back for our town.
Greenwich already contributes over $1 billion per year in income tax payments alone. When sales, real estate conveyance, gift and estate, and pass through / corporate taxes, paid by Greenwich residents are included, the data imply that Greenwich residents pay over $1.5 billion per year in total taxes to the state.
In the fiscal year 2024 state budget that Ms. Khanna says she “helped craft”, Greenwich was allocated slightly less than $2.8 million of over $3 BILLION in total “statutory formula” municipal aid distributed or budgeted by the state to towns and cities. And for the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2025, Greenwich is slated to receive slightly more than $2.8 million out of a state municipal aid budget of almost $3.1 billion. Greenwich thus receives less than 1/10th of 1 percent of the municipal assistance money dispensed by the state – which represents only 2% of the taxes Greenwich pays to Hartford!
The numbers tell the truth – Greenwich sends vast sums to Hartford each year, yet Ms. Khanna and her fellow Democrats bring back a tiny fraction of it.
I am voting for Republicans Tina Courpas (149th District Rep) and Ryan Fazio (36th District Senator) and encourage all Greenwich and North Stamford residents to do the same.
Regards,
Jane Sprung, voter in the 149th District
