About a year ago, give or take a month, The Advocate ran a couple of stories focusing on legislative travel.
It is not unusual for Connecticut lawmakers to head out of state to attend various professional conferences. But with gas prices soaring and the state budget gushing red ink last summer, it was a good time to examine which legislators continued to hit the road on the taxpayers’ dime.
Gas is cheaper, but the state is worse off financially, so I figured it was worth requesting the most recent travel expense info from the Office of Legislative Management just to see if anyone dared cross the border and ask the state to pick-up the tab.
But according to an OLM spokesmen, no travel expenses have been accrued in the current fiscal year, which began July 1. Only two lawmakers – House Speaker Christopher Donovan, D-Meriden and Sen. Joseph Crisco, D-Woodbridge – did any traveling at all this calendar year.
Check out the full list.
