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CTVV SPEAKS TO FORMER COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE U.S. ON THE STATE OF OUR STATE

The Honorable David M. Walker, currently CEO of Come Back America
Initiative and the author of three books with the most recent entitled
“Comeback America” spoke candidly in a recent interview with CT Valley
Views Host, Susan Regan at The CT Historical Society. As the former
Comptroller General of the United States and Head of the Government
Accountability Office (GAO) from 1998 to 2008 and appointed as the Chief
Auditor by President Bill Clinton, he served during both Democratic and
Republican Presidents’ tenures clearly demonstrating a commanding
respect from both administrations.

Quoting from an April 2013
published Hartford Courant article, Mr. Walker stated that Connecticut’s
ship of state is taking on water and is on a hazardous course. Its
finances and competitive posture are in poor shape. We need to change
course.”

Further underpinning these concerns is a report, which
has been released from The Comeback Initiative and co-authored with the
Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis at the University of CT. The
report “Connecticut at Risk: Will the State Navigate to Prosperity”
outlines the nonpartisan specifics about what lead to Connecticut’s
respective ranking and the tactics needed to achieve future success.

This
is a not to be missed program that provides objective and realistic
commentary from a gentleman who serves on many national advisory groups
including Boards for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget,
Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress, member of Advisory
Committees for The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and
Peterson Foundation as well as prior Chairman of the United Nations
Independent Audit Advisory Committee from 2007-2011.

The program
may be seen on streaming on Nutmeg TV, Saturday August 3rd and 10th at
8:00PM on Comcast Channel 5 and AT&T U-Verse Channel 99.

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