Crisco Confused. Veteran Senator Cannot Remember Voting for State’s Two Highest Tax Increases.
It’s unsettling to hear. It must be alarming for residents of Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Derby, Hamden, Naugatuck, and Woodbridge to realize that Democratic state Senator Joseph Crisco is in a high and frequent state of confusion over his own record. In this podcast interview with the Valley Independent, Crisco, who turned 82 in June, refuses to acknowledge he voted for two historic tax increases in 2011 and 2015. The 11-term veteran insists they did not become law. Of course, they did and with Crisco’s critical vote.
No wonder Crisco is rarely ventures onto the campaign trail alone.
You can see the entire Crisco interview here, as well as one with Republican George Logan.