Former Connecticut governor Lowell Palmer Weicker has died, according to a statement from his family. He was 92 years old.
"On February 13, 1991, a month after his inauguration as governor, Weicker sent shock waves throughout Connecticut by proposing a personal income tax as part of his fiscal year 1992 budget package in a powerful State of the State address. He believed that for Connecticut to survive its worst financial crisis since the Depression and fairly meet its obligations it would have to accept an income tax along with substantial spending cuts," the award announcement says.
Then on Aug. 23,1991, the state legislature passed Weicker's budget package, which included the income tax. “Our hearts go out to Claudia and the entire Weicker family. Governor Weicker was an exceptional leader who never shied away from taking on the difficult tasks of both governance and politics,” Larson said in a statement“He led forthrightly and was bold, yet he had an incredible sense of compassion for the people he was sworn to serve and the state he so deeply loved.
“Lowell and Claudia have been great friends to Annie and me for many years, and I am grateful for the counsel and advice that he provided. He truly cared about implementing policies that improve Connecticut for the better, and I admire his independent way of leading. Lowell never ducked a tough battle, absolutely convinced that he was right, and he usually was. He was always bigger than life, and he always will be.
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