 What does a
State Representative do?
A
Connecticut State Representative helps the people in her
district and community in maximizing services and their
quality of life. She tries to move society ideals
forward while working to make her represented community
a better place for all people to live in, no matter
their political affiliation. Some of the
responsibilities of a Connecticut State Representative
are:
1. To vote on laws.
2. To assist people with constituent services.
3. To try to improve the quality of life in the
communities they represent.
4. To protect the taxpayers’ money by making sure tax
dollars are spent on programs of importance, including:
education, affordable housing, reasonable
transportation, fire and police protection, etc.
If communities do not have strong representatives that
listen to the voice of the people, you end up with
representatives that dictate their own goals and
agendas, represent special interest groups that give
them money, or worse yet ineffective representatives
that are controlled by stronger political wills, not the
best interest of the community they serve.
A State Representative should have had a strong
background in community involvement and advocacy prior
to becoming the community’s representative. This service
need not have been overtly on a political level but you
should be able to look at their history and see that
this is a person who cares for the well-being of others
and has made positive, unselfish contributions to the
community they serve. |
