The Issues

CT has the 2nd highest state/local tax burden in the US and 2nd highest debt burden in the US, largely due to out of control government spending.

The majority party has proposed a statewide property tax, capital gains surcharge, and increased conveyance tax on homes over $1 million. I oppose all of these additional burdens on CT’s taxpayers.

I support elimination of the gift tax (we are the only state with one), estate tax (we are one of 12 states with one), and a $2,000 per child tax credit for the middle class.

I strongly oppose a statewide property tax, which has been proposed by the Democrat majority. This is in addiiton to what we pay to Stamford and Greenwich already.

The 2020 Police Accountability Bill significantly tied the hands of law enforcement, including reducing and in some cases eliminating criminal penalties for car theft by juvenile offenders. I support 1) restoring the consent search to take illegal guns and drugs off the streets and 2) requiring police to fingerprint violent juvenile criminals. My opponent voted agaisnt these common sense measures.

In CT today, police are not permitted to pull someone over who is visibly smoking cannabis behind the wheel of a car. My Opponent voted against the police on this legislation. I strongly support restoring common sense policing practices such as this.

I am proud to be endorsed by the Fraternal Order of Police, Stamford Police, and Police Organization of CT.

Loss of local control of zoning has the potential to render Greenwich and Stamford unrecognizable in the next 10-20 years. Preserving local control is a top priority.  

I support efforts for Towns to build more affordable housing.

I oppose “Work, Live, Ride, HB 5390,” the single biggest Bill of 2024 eroding local control. My Opponent voted for this Bill.

I believe 8-30g should be amended to include all types of affordable housing (Greenwich and Stamford are not currently getting credit for accessory dwelling units and affordable housing from private employment).

I opposed and testified against numerous Bills seeking to expand state control including tp (i) allow housing authorities of other towns to enter Greenwich and Stamford and (ii) impose a rating system promoting dense housing development in towns.

I am pro-choice.

I believe abortion in CT should be legal, safe and rare.

I strongly support efforts to expand access to birth control, including allowing pharmacists to prescribe birth control and expanding access to longer term forms of birth control (eg., IUD) which have been proven to be most effective in reducing unplanned pregnancy.

Connecticut’s K-12 schools are performing above the national standard averages in math, reading, writing and science, a fact the state can be proud of;  but there is a lot of room to improve.  In 2022, only 63% of CT’s 8th graders performed at or above the basic level in Math, and 80% at or above the basic level in Reading 

CT ranks 5th among the 50 states in spending per student ($21,146); Tina supports more effective deployment of state funds to achieve maximum results

Tina opposes one-size-fits all legislation which takes local control away from high achieving schools, in favor of unfunded, unproven state mandates

Tina supports increased funding to charter schools, providing increased school choice and opportunity for all kids to rise up through education

  I will fight to uphold CT’s Fiscal Guardrails, implemented in 2017, which began to get CT’s fiscal house in order. Unfortunately, the Legislature lost its resolve in 2024 and began to overpsend again (including my opponent), and voted YES to pass a budget which set the state up for tax increases next year.

We cannot spend what we do not have.