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| '''Dan Debicella''' is a State Senator |
'''Dan Debicella''' is a Connecticut State Senator, representing the 21st District, which includes Shelton, most of Stratford, a part of Monroe, and a part of Seymour. | ||
| ==State Senate Term== | |||
| ==Legislative Positions== | |||
| Debicella's main emphasis in his first term has been fighting to lower taxes and to create jobs through promoting economic growth. His official website describes his philosophy: | |||
| Debicella was elected in 2006, replacing George "Doc" Gunther, the longest-serving State Senator in Connecticut history. He is currently serving his first term and sits on the Appropriations, Environment, Commerce (ranking member), and Higher Education (ranking member) committees. | |||
| "Serving his first term as a State Senator, Dan is working to lower state taxes, reform local property taxes, create jobs through economic development, and protect our local environment. He believes strongly in a small, efficient government and that it is individual people and small business—not big government—that creates jobs and improves the quality of life for families in Connecticut. Dan also believes we need to increase our open space and outdoor recreational areas, and protect Long Island Sound for future generations." | |||
| ⚫ | Over the course of his term, Debicella has co-sponsored bills that give tax credits to companies who create jobs in Connecticut, increase penalties for child molesters, restrict eminent domain for private development, curb the dumping of contaminated soil in the Housatonic River, and increase the level of control Stratford has over any changes to Sikorsky Memorial Airport. He authored a bill to prohibit the consolidation of toxic waste in residential neighborhoods. | ||
| Senator Debicella currently serves on the Appropriations, Environment, Commerce, and Higher Education committees (and serves as ranking member on Commerce and Higher Education). | |||
| ⚫ | In one of the more controversial bills in 2007, Debicella opposed giving illegal immigrants in-state tuition at Connecticut colleges. The bill eventually passed but was vetoed by Governor Jodi Rell. | ||
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| Debicella has been criticized for anti-environment votes. He received a 58% rating from the League of Conservation Voters in 2008, the lowest in all of the State Senate. He has also been crticized for voting against a bill that would have provided emergency contraception to women, for voting against expansion of the HUSKY program to cover more Connecticut children, and for voting against allowing small and medium sized businesses to opt into the state's insurance and 401(k) plans in order to provide better benefits for their employees. | |||
| ⚫ | In one of the more controversial bills in 2007, Debicella |
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| ==Personal== | |||
| ⚫ | Debicella was born in Bridgeport and grew up in Shelton. His father was a Bridgeport policeman and his mother is a secretary in the federal judicial system. He graduated from Shelton High School in 1992. He graduated magna cum laude from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1996 with a degree in Finance, the first in his family to earn a college degree. Dan went on to get his MBA from Harvard Business School in Boston in 2000, where he graduated in the top 5% of his class. | ||
| ==Biography== | |||
| Debicella is a businessman by training. He spent five years as a management consultant with McKinsey & Co. During the late 1990's, he ran a small online bussiness, Textbooks Online. Currently, he is the Director of Strategy for Pepsi. | |||
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| ⚫ | Debicella served on Shelton’s Board of Apportionment and Taxation for seven years, the last four as its Chairman. Debicella serves on the Board of Directors of Junior Achievement for Western Connecticut, and on the Board of Incorporators of the Shelton/Derby Boys & Girls Club and the Birmingham Group. He is a lifelong member of St. Lawrence Parish in Shelton. | ||
| Debicella is a businessman by training, and has worked in various fields including management consulting, running a small business, and working for a Fortune 500 company. He spent five years as a management consultant for McKinsey & Co., where he advised Fortune 500 companies on sales and marketing issues. Debicella also ran his own small Internet business, Textbooks Online, during the high tech boom of the late 1990’s. Currently, he is the Director of Strategy for Pepsi, where he helps develop long term marketing plans and product innovation. | |||
| Debicella is married to Alexandra Galli-Debicella. They have no children. | |||
| ⚫ | Debicella served on Shelton’s Board of Apportionment and Taxation for seven years, the last four as its Chairman. |
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| Debicella was elected in 2006, replacing George "Doc" Gunther, who served in the State Senate for forty years (longest in Connecticut history). He is married to Alexandra Galli-Debicella, and currently has no children. | |||
| ==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 03:43, 26 September 2008
Dan Debicella is a Connecticut State Senator, representing the 21st District, which includes Shelton, most of Stratford, a part of Monroe, and a part of Seymour.
State Senate Term
Debicella was elected in 2006, replacing George "Doc" Gunther, the longest-serving State Senator in Connecticut history. He is currently serving his first term and sits on the Appropriations, Environment, Commerce (ranking member), and Higher Education (ranking member) committees.
Over the course of his term, Debicella has co-sponsored bills that give tax credits to companies who create jobs in Connecticut, increase penalties for child molesters, restrict eminent domain for private development, curb the dumping of contaminated soil in the Housatonic River, and increase the level of control Stratford has over any changes to Sikorsky Memorial Airport. He authored a bill to prohibit the consolidation of toxic waste in residential neighborhoods.
In one of the more controversial bills in 2007, Debicella opposed giving illegal immigrants in-state tuition at Connecticut colleges. The bill eventually passed but was vetoed by Governor Jodi Rell.
Debicella has been criticized for anti-environment votes. He received a 58% rating from the League of Conservation Voters in 2008, the lowest in all of the State Senate. He has also been crticized for voting against a bill that would have provided emergency contraception to women, for voting against expansion of the HUSKY program to cover more Connecticut children, and for voting against allowing small and medium sized businesses to opt into the state's insurance and 401(k) plans in order to provide better benefits for their employees.
Personal
Debicella was born in Bridgeport and grew up in Shelton. His father was a Bridgeport policeman and his mother is a secretary in the federal judicial system. He graduated from Shelton High School in 1992. He graduated magna cum laude from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1996 with a degree in Finance, the first in his family to earn a college degree. Dan went on to get his MBA from Harvard Business School in Boston in 2000, where he graduated in the top 5% of his class.
Debicella is a businessman by training. He spent five years as a management consultant with McKinsey & Co. During the late 1990's, he ran a small online bussiness, Textbooks Online. Currently, he is the Director of Strategy for Pepsi.
Debicella served on Shelton’s Board of Apportionment and Taxation for seven years, the last four as its Chairman. Debicella serves on the Board of Directors of Junior Achievement for Western Connecticut, and on the Board of Incorporators of the Shelton/Derby Boys & Girls Club and the Birmingham Group. He is a lifelong member of St. Lawrence Parish in Shelton.
Debicella is married to Alexandra Galli-Debicella. They have no children.
External links
Official Website: Connecticut Senate Republicans
Campaign Website: www.debicella.com
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