As I write this, the Connecticut General Assembly is working out ways to address the budget deficit. Currently, they are considering Bill No. 7601- An Act Concerning Deficit Mitigation..

What are the key points of the bill? Cutting three million dollars from the State-wide Energy Efficiency and Outreach budget. Another two million dollars are being cut from the Clean Diesel Buses program and four hundred and fifty thousand dollars from Biofuels. They are also cutting five million dollars from bus operations. In education, they are cutting two million dollars from school safety.

As our economy falters, it seems particularly foolish to cut funding to efforts to reduce our dependence on foreign oil, through promoting mass transportation and use of alternative fuels.

At least the two million dollars for the Bushnell is safe. Too bad I won’t be able to take a bus there to see a musical rendition of ‘Legally Blonde’. It might be more entertaining than the show at the capitol.