As seen in the Hartford Courant:
Recognizing Democratic opposition to her car-tax elimination proposal, Gov. M. Jodi Rell offered a compromise plan Tuesday that would allow senior citizens to keep their $400 property tax credit and pay no taxes on their cars.[...]
Some Democrats have harshly criticized Rell’s plan, saying it is essentially a shell game because drivers would lose the [property tax] credit at the same time that they would pay no car taxes.
I still wish they’d spend more energy on a more comprehensive reform of Connecticut’s tax system, than on futzing with the (relatively small) car tax and property tax credits.