In her final State of the State Address, Gov. M. Jodi Rell stood on the raised dais above many legislators and announced that the era of name-calling and hyper-partisanship in Hartford must come to an end.
In her low-key style, Rell admonished lawmakers for the finger-pointing and blame-laying that prompted the longest budget battle in state history last year.
By contrast, House Republican leader Larry Cafero is often a little more direct than Rell.
Commenting after the speech, Cafero said that Rell’s message was: “We better cut the crap and start acting civil.”