The head man of investigative reporting at NBC Connecticut, Len Besthoff joined Gary Byron to talk about a very important problem in the state...people registering their cars in different states to avoid paying Connecticut Taxes!
Doctor J. Craig Allen, Hartford Healthcare addiction medicine doctor will talk about South Windsor joins towns in looking to change minimum age of tobacco purchases and states that More and more Connecticut towns are looking into making it illegal for teens to buy cigarettes and other nicotine products. Hartford Healthcare addiction medicine Doctor J. Craig Allen believes it's a positive trend. “One of the things raising the smoking age is it takes the cigarettes and it takes the nicotine products out of the hands of high school seniors,” said Allen. Hartford leaders recently raised the minimum age to buy nicotine products from 18 to 21. Now communities like Bloomfield, Wallingford, and East Hartford are exploring similar moves. He spoke to Brad and Paul about this
House Minority Themis Klarides joined Gary Byron on the air to cover a WIDE range of topics, including candidates, ballots, and who will throw their hat in the ring for the 2d District.
PHIL KERPEN, PRESIDENT OF AMERICAN COMMITMENT, American Commitment engages in critical public policy fights over the size and intrusiveness of government through direct advocacy, strategic policy analysis, and grassroots mobilization. Working with key partners, American Commitment delivers timely, effective public policy research to the broader free-market movement, Phil will talk about: Why foreign price controls force Americans to pay the highest prescription drug prices in the world, and why we need to break these price controls in trade negotiations. He spoke to Brad and Paul
