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tundraeagle t1_jb6s51e wrote

Can't happen without a method for county taxation which would require an amendment to the state constitution. 169 mayors/first selectmen would no longer be the big fish in little ponds. They'll fight it tooth and nail. 8 superintendents of schools? You think all but the 8 want to lose their jobs? County sheriffs instead of local police chief's?

It may be a great idea. It may not be. But you can be sure of one thing. It'll never happen. Too many people have too much to lose.

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roo-ster t1_jb6wkxt wrote

> Can't happen without a method for county taxation which would require an amendment to the state constitution.

Why? To pick just one example, East Haven, West Haven, and New Haven could merge into a single city without county-level government.

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[deleted] t1_jb6xsq3 wrote

That's what my group generally discusses.

The bigger issue, though, is you would absolutely never see WeHa agree to merge with Hartford. There's just too much for them to lose.

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johnsonutah t1_jb7pvs7 wrote

Agree it would make sense in the case of some towns, not make sense in others, and be politically infeasible in many cases

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Whaddaulookinat t1_jb85itz wrote

CT really needs to give municipalities an option for independent revenue stream that doesn't rely solely on property tax. Just spitballing but if the state knocks the sales tax back to 6% and redistribute the other .35% back to the towns directly based on gross receipts (services would be where the business is domiciled) that'd relieve the utter pressure in a big way for towns to not give up all the services they provide in house.

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DaddyWarBucks26 t1_jbav3xm wrote

CT should be tolling out of state drivers honestly. We pay NY tolls. State should be doing something to make money.

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