The state is facing big budget problems and other issues, but Gov. M. Jodi Rell is asking citizens to take time out from their day in order to vote for Middlebury’s Katie Stevens on American Idol. Stevens, a 17-year-old high school student, has been a long-running contestant on the show – surviving multiple rounds to make it this far.
Eric Danton has the details at http://blogs.courant.com/eric_danton_sound_check/2010/04/katie-stevens-jodi-rell-american-idol.html