LTE: An Open Letter To State Sen. Tony Hwang

The following open letter to state Sen. Tony Hwang is from Fairfield resident Don Hyman:

To the Editor:

Say it isn’t so Tony.

Tell us you deplore the Trump Administration’s efforts to terminate US Department of Health and Human Services grants to Connecticut estimated to total more than $150 million.

Tell us you’re angry Education Secretary Linda McMahon said the government would be halting $14 million for academic and other programs in Connecticut schools.

Tell us you disapprove of the Trump administration plan to cut 83,000 jobs nationwide in the Veterans Administration, hobbling our fine VA Medical Center in West Haven.

We both read the same news media I suspect. I look at your website, however, and I see nothing about specific topics like those I just mentioned. And please, don’t call this message gaslighting. We’ve known each other and supported each other for years. You’re a gentleman. But your silence is deafening regarding all the cuts to congressionally approved funds Trump is making which will undermine the quality of life in Connecticut--for everyone. Please Tony, either explain and defend these cuts -- or condemn them.

Sincerely,

Don Hyman
Fairfield, CT