Let the Budget Battles Begin! Governor Lamont says he  would rather increase the number of taxpayers in the state than taxes. ( Christopher Keating  - Apr. 20th.) But   Ken Dixon 's weekend story has House Minority Leader Vincent Candelora expressing concern that Democrats are putting out bills without a plan to pay for them.   Looks like Senate President Pro Tempore Martin Looney thinks capital gains   could be a solution.   The CT Mirror   quoted him last month as saying, “

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