Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell is doing something a little unusual Monday night. She is asking the state’s television networks to broadcast a live, five minute address just after 6 p.m.
The state is facing a deficit in the billions and Rell is scheduled next Wednesday to deliver what she promises to be a sobering two year budget containing deep cuts in every program and department.
She wants to speak directly to the people Monday night and make her case before the legislature’s Democrats, unions and various special interest groups start putting their own spin on her proposal.
Asked this afternoon for his thoughts on Rell’s perhaps sharing details of her budget two days before she addresses the General Assembly, House Speaker Christopher Donovan said: “It’s unusual times. Certainly the Governor should try and get her message out. It’s going to be tough news. We know that.”
Democrats are considering asking for some air time of their own Monday.
