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No legal roadblocks stand in the way of a plan to accept discounted Venezuelan oil to help low-income people in this state heat their homes, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal ruled Monday. Gov. M. Jodi Rell, who had stirred up what could have become a political hornet's nest by seeking the opinion, said she welcomed Blumenthal's ruling and thanked New Haven Mayor John DeStefano for his part in arranging the discount oil deal.
Blumenthal's legal opinion opens the pipeline for an estimated 24,000 low-income Connecticut families to begin getting heating oil at a 40 percent discount this week. Under the program, an eligible family will be get up to 200 gallons of the discounted heating fuel.See the full content of this document
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No Legal Obstacles to Citgo Fuel Aid
"Our conclusion is that there is no legal reason to decline or disapprove the heating oil assistance agreement," said Blumenthal. He said the arrangemen...
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