Connecticut Restaurant Association (CRA)
David Rutigliano, Partner, SBC Restaurant Group
The Connecticut Restaurant Association, formed in 1973, provides a voice for the 145,000 restaurant industry employees in Connecticut. In addition to being a partner in the Southport Brewing Company Restaurant Group, with four locations in the State, he is serving his first term in the Connecticut General Assembly. The following is from March 14, 2013, testimony before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee during a hearing on “Keeping up With a Changing Economy: Indexing the Minimum Wage.” I have two business partners, and we were all born and raised in Connecticut. We all got married and started families…
