Mike Mason, a lifelong Greenwich resident who said he has spent his career in the private sector, said he is running for the 151st District state representative seat. Mason said his business career included running a business in aviation as a fixed-base operator, and said he would bring that experience to Hartford.
Greenwich businessman Mike Mason says he is running for state representative in the 151st District
Mike Mason, a lifelong Greenwich resident who said he has spent his career in the private sector, said he is running for the 151st District state representative seat. Mason said his business career included running a business in aviation as a fixed-base operator, and said he would bring that experience to Hartford.
Mason listed his priorities as controlling state spending and taxes, protecting property rights and local decision-making, reducing what he described as unnecessary regulations, maintaining fiscal discipline, supporting law enforcement, and addressing affordability for homeowners, seniors, young families and businesses.
He said the cost of living is a growing concern for nearly every family, that seniors find it increasingly difficult to remain in the communities they helped build, and that young people are looking beyond Connecticut when they consider where they can afford to live, work, buy a home and raise a family.
Mason said he has experienced the effects of Connecticut's Business Entity Tax and other state policies, and said those issues affect whether businesses can grow and hire. He said he believes Connecticut cannot "tax and spend its way to prosperity."
Mason described himself as "not a career politician" and said he would listen to the people of Greenwich, understand the issues affecting the community, and be willing to challenge decisions when he believes Hartford is heading in the wrong direction.
- The source does not state the election date, the election year, or Mason's party affiliation.
- The source does not name the current holder of the 151st District seat or any other candidate for it.
- The source does not state whether Mason has filed campaign paperwork or been certified as a candidate by any election authority.
- The source does not provide independent verification of Mason's account of his business career or of the effects he attributes to Connecticut's Business Entity Tax and other state policies.
- The source is a first-person campaign statement; no other voice, including any voter, official or rival candidate, is quoted or paraphrased.
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