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Efforts by state Sen. Len Suzio to get a cap placed on the state’s gross receipts tax for gasoline is being met with strong opposition from the chairman of the legislature’s General Law Committee. State Sen. Paul Doyle, D-Wethersfield, said he doesn’t believe the legislation that Suzio is proposing will result in lower gas prices for motorists. “As co-chairman of the committee that fights to protect consumers, I do not believe the proposal would ease the burden of exorbitant gas prices,” Doyle said. “Let’s not mislead people into thinking this plan is going to bring relief at the pump. History...

A Republican state senator from Meriden says he plans to introduce legislation next month that caps one of Connecticut's two taxes on gasoline sales. Sen. Leonard Suzio said Thursday that his bill would cap the gross receipts tax whenever the price of gas hits $3 a gallon. The gross receipts tax fluctuates when the wholesale price of gasoline fluctuates. There is a fixed 25-cent-per-gallon state tax. The gross receipts tax adds about another 25 cents per gallon. Suzio and the Stamford-based Gasoline and Automotive Service Dealers of America are circulating a citizens' petition, urging Gov. Dannel P. Malloy to back...

Suzio defeats Bruenn in special election By: Dan Ivers and Mary Ellen Godin, Record-Journal staff | Posted: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 11:51 pm | 6 comments Online Features Links Talk About It MERIDEN - It took four tries, but Leonard F. Suzio easily won the 13th District state Senate seat Tuesday over Thomas E. Bruenn in what Suzio described as an election to return Connecticut to the people. Early in the night, Suzio, a Republican, was cautiously optimistic as he sat at a desk at his campaign's East Main Street headquarters. He had lost races to former Sen. Thomas P....