Farley Santos

It's been another productive week and a half at the Capitol, where were finished work on the Banking and Veterans & Military Affairs committees. 

As the state representative for the 109th District, I'm pleased to announce Danbury has been recommended to receive $5 million from the Community Investment Fund for the revitalization of Downtown Danbury. 

We had a productive session on Wednesday, with a lot happening, including a deal secured for the $40 million in special education funding for our communities. Danbury is slated to receive close to $385,000 in additional funding by mid-April.

Winter in Danbury got a little hotter this year with the launch of Spice City FC, the city's new team in the Major Arena Soccer League 2.

I wrote an op-ed this week in the Danbury News-Times about recent rise in energy costs and what I’m doing about it along with my ongoing efforts for Danbury.

Sad news this week, as I said goodbye to a good man and friend, Mr. Frank Molinaro. Although we seemed like complete opposites, we actually had a lot in common. When he learned that I had lost a son, he took me out to lunch and shared a deeply personal tragedy of his own: the death of two young sons.

The reason I got involved in politics is because of Danbury’s public schools and the quality of education our children receive.

The General Assembly held a joint session on Wednesday to hear Gov. Ned Lamont present his proposed budget.