Frank Cavagnuolo, 82, of Derby, had two concerns to share with Ned Lamont Monday morning — tolls and gasoline.
Cavagnuolo said he wants to see Connecticut reinstate tolls on the highways, and create a law that says people can’t pump their own gas. Press play on the video to hear him talk about the issues.
“These are two of my pet peeves,” Cavagnuolo said. ​“There’s two ways to create jobs.”
Cavagnuolo was one of several senior citizens at the Ansonia Senior Center who met briefly with Lamont, a democratic candidate for governor, on the day for the primary election.
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As of Monday morning, a Quinnipiac Poll found Lamont and Dan Malloy were within three percentage points of each other in popularity.
On the Republican side Lt. Gov. Michael Fedele continues to gain on frontrunner Tom Foley, but Fedele still trails Foley 38 to 30 percent. That’s compared to 41 to 26 percent on Aug. 5.
Lamont said he wanted to reach out to people today and urge them to show up and vote Tuesday.
“If it’s a narrow group of party insiders, anything can happen,” Lamont said. ​“If we get these folks at the senior center to vote, and people like them, people across the state, and get a big turnout — we win and I think Connecticut starts winning again.”