BRISTOL SENATOR HENRI MARTIN THE RANKING MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE'S TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. Stamford officials adopt anti-toll resolution. On pace to become Connecticut’s second largest city, Stamford wants Gov. Ned Lamont to hit the brakes on highway tolls. Tolling foes are gearing up for today’s public hearing of the Transportation Committee, with Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano, R-North Haven, reminding attendees to wear red to show their opposition. The group No Tolls CT is organizing the effort. He spoke to Brad and Paul about this

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Gary talked to former CT State Senator and Republican Nominee for LG in 2018, Joe Markley, who discussed what the CT GOP needs to do to close the gap. What are the RTC's doing? In 39 House and three Senate races, there is one unopposed candidate. That means no major party candidate in 28% of the 151 House Districts. Gary also talked about this with Amy Bourdon, who calls this unacceptable and believes RTC's need to do a better job of vetting candidates.

There are over 500,000 Eversource customers without power because of the Tropical Storm, and Eversource Spokesperson Mitch Gross joined the show to talk about what they're doing to restore power and bring things back to normal.