William Buckbee

Representative Buckbee graduated from New Milford High School in 1989. He attended Western CT State University where he studied Business and Risk Management. Most recently, Buckbee has worked as the Executive Director of New Milford's Harrybrooke Park. He has also served as Justice of the Peace for New Milford, and served on the town's Sewer Commission and Homeless Shelter Coalition.

In 2016 Representative Buckbee was first elected to represent the District 67 in the Connecticut House of Representatives. He was re-elected to this seat in 2018. After election he joined the Commerce and Energy & Technology Committees and was selected to serve as the Ranking Member of the Internship Committee.[1]

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Buckbee's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[4]

STATE BUDGET

If we do not address the bleeding at the state level, we cannot sustain, let alone grow. In 2015, the state budget hit the CT taxpayers with the second largest tax increase in the history of the state. The first was just 5 year prior. The only way out of perpetual deficit is long term structural change. We can do this with no new tax increases.

BUSINESS GROWTH

We must incentivize existing business to stay in our town and out state, and drive new business to WANT to come here. We must create more jobs and business growth and stop with the “corporate welfare” handed out from the governor in bond issuance which has only grown over $1 Billion in the last 5 years.

TRANSPORTATION

We must alleviate traffic in New Milford. Widening Route 7 has been beneficial, but timed lights are critical as we bottleneck into town. The proposed “mileage tax” is NOT the answer, but alternative methods should be reviewed such as toll booths at the state line, and protecting the State Transportation Fund from the “borrowing” and tampering with what should be protected. We must pursue commuter rail service again to bring new revenues to downtown business.

PAY EQUITY

Equal pay for equal jobs. Gender should never be a deciding factor and has become a “hot topic” in the national campaign. Pay equity laws are a step in the right direction, but more must be done to ensure equality. We must include corporations and small business owners in the discussion to create a common ground solution.

FIREARMS

CT has the 2nd most stringent firearm laws in the country. More laws to gun owners is not the solution, but enforcement is the right step. Criminals, by nature, do not obey the laws. We must ensure greater safety to the general public while ensuring the rights of gun owners in the process with their state and federal constitutional rights intact.[5]