January 25, 2010 AYALA NAMED CO-CHAIR OF REGIONALISM
SUB-COMMITTEE
State Rep. Andres Ayala (D-Bridgeport) has been named by House Speaker Christopher G. Donovan (D-Meriden) and House Majority Leader Denise Merrill (D-Mansfield) Co-Chair of the Town Functions sub-committee of a new a commission that will seek to identify opportunities for more regional collaborations designed to create efficiencies and save money for municipalities. READ MORE
January 21, 2010 REPRESENTATIVE AYALA TO HOLD CENSUS MEETING
State Representative Andres Ayala (D-Bridgeport), will hold a meeting to discuss efforts concerning the United State’s 2010 Census process which will be underway in March. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, January, 27, 2010 at 651 State Street (YMCA building) in Bridgeport at 5:00 p.m. READ MORE
January 15, 2010 BRIDGEPORT DELEGATION MEMBERS NAMED TO COMMISSION TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES
FOR REGIONALISM, MUNICIPAL COST SAVINGS AND EFFICIENCIES
State Reps.Auden Grogins (D-Bridgeport), Jack Hennessy (D-Bridgeport), Andres Ayala (D-Bridgeport) and Don Clemons (D-Bridgeport) have been named by House Speaker Christopher G. Donovan (D-Meriden) and House Majority Leader Denise Merrill (D-Mansfield) to a new a commission that will seek to identify opportunities for more regional collaborations designed to create efficiencies and save money for municipalities. The Blue Ribbon Commission on Municipal Opportunities and Regional Efficiencies (MORE) will begin its work next Tuesday, January 19th with the goal of recommending legislation during the 2010 session. READ MORE
January 8, 2010 REPS. AYALA, HENNESSY & SANTIAGO: GOVERNOR THROWS TOWNS A CURVE
BY WITHHOLDING STATE ROAD FUNDING
State Representatives Andres Ayala (D-128th District), Jack Hennessy (D-127th District) and Ezequiel Santiago (D-130th District) called on Governor M. Jodi Rell to release millions in state aid that would fund paving projects and road repairs in Bridgeport. READ MORE
December 8, 2009 LATINO LAWMAKERS UPSET OVER GOV’S PROPOSED CUTS
The nurses aren’t the only ones upset about Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s proposed budget cuts. A group of Latino legislators also expressed their disappointment Tuesday over what they say is a 25 percent budget cut to nonprofits that serve the Hispanic community. READ MORE
December 8, 2009 LATINO LAWMAKERS OPPOSE RELL'S PROPOSED FUNDING CUTS Lawmakers fight Rell's plan for cutting deficit Latino lawmakers on Tuesday criticized Gov. M. Jodi Rell for proposing a 25 percent cut to important programs that help the minority group. READ MORE
December 8, 2009 LAWMAKERS & COMMUNITY LEADERS OPPOSE MORE PROPOSED CUTS TO LATINO AGENCIES
Latino Legislators led by State Representative Andres Ayala (D-Bridgeport) together with a group of leaders from Hispanic agencies hosted a press conference today to oppose a plan by Governor M. Jodi Rell to cut funding to Latino community based organizations by 25% under her newest deficit mitigation package. READ MORE
June 17, 2009 BRIDGEPORT TRANSPORTATION
Representatives were joined by transit, environmental and community leaders at the Bridgeport Bus Terminal to protest the Governor’s proposed 40 percent bus fare increase. Dozens of Bridgeport bus riders gathered and joined in vocal opposition to the hikes.
May 27, 2009 REPRESENTATIVES APPLAUD SUPREME
COURT JUSTICE APPOINTMENT
State Representative Kelvin Roldan (D-Hartford), Andres Ayala (D-Bridgeport) and William Tong (D-Stamford) are pleased that President Barack Obama appointed Federal Appeals Judge Sonia Sotomayor to become the nation’s first Hispanic Supreme Court justice. READ MORE
May 6, 2009 REP. AYALA APPOINTED TO NATIONAL COMMITTEE
POST BY HOUSE SPEAKER DONOVAN
State Representative Andres Ayala (D-Bridgeport) has been appointed by House Speaker Christopher G. Donovan (D-Meriden) to serve on the Council of State Government (CSG) Eastern Regional Conference’s Transportation Committee for 2009-2010. READ MORE
May 1, 2009 REP. AYALA HAILS HOUSE PASSAGE
OF INSURANCE BILL
TO BENEFIT STEPCHILDREN
State Representative Andres Ayala (D-Bridgeport) announced that legislation to require individual and group health insurance policies to cover stepchildren on the same basis as biological children passed the House of Representatives (House Bill 5433). READ MORE
February 24, 2009 THROW THE BUMS OUT!
Rep. Andres Ayala, a second-term state legislator from Bridgeport, wants voters to have the power to recall any elected town official who has betrayed their trust in one of several specified ways, including the rather broad transgression of "malfeasance that adversely affects the rights and interests of the public." READ MORE
