Yearly Archive for 2008
Rowland and His Pals Just Keep On Giving
Monday December 29, 2008 It’s a lot of money for a golf game, for a certain strata of wealthy developer, it’s just the cost of doing business. The Office of State Ethics just announced a $2,000 …
Was Rell News Event a Job Try Out For Former Rowland Supporter?
Friday December 26, 2008 Even though she’s in Colorado today on a family vacation, Gov. Jodi Rell announced that Laura Grondin of Haddam is the new chairwoman of the Connecticut Development Authority. …
State Employees Show the Way With Food Donations
Monday December 22, 2008 Gov. Jodi Rell today announced that state employees donated more than six tons of food for the 25th annual Care and Share Campaign, plus $11,000 in contributions for the …
House Democrats, a Robust 114 Strong, Are On The March….I Mean, Retreat
Wednesday December 17, 2008 The cubby holes and office warrens on the fourth floor of the Legislative Office Building are a lot more quiet today, as the newly bloated Democratic House majority is …
Bridgeport Could Hire a Sanitation Worker or Teacher. Instead Finch Contracts Hartford Lobbyist
Tuesday December 16, 2008 Forget having a General Assembly delegation. Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch this morning announced that one of the usual Capitol suspects – Gaffney, Bennett and Associates – …
New House Majority Leader Frees Newton From the Federal Slammer; Sets Low Bar for Hewett
Monday December 15, 2008 Denise Merrill,the veteran state rep from Mansfield who will be the next House majority Leader, just held a news conference introducing her leadership team. Unfortunately, she …
Forget Election Day. What Really Matters Is Today’s Vote of the Electoral College.
Monday December 15, 2008 It’s 12:21 and Connecticut’s seven members of the Electoral College just put their ballots into a small wooden box purportedly made from the historic Charter Oak tree. The …
Nickerson Gets Out While the Gettin’s Good; Healy Gets Rell’s Support
Friday December 12, 2008 Veteran Sen. Bill Nickerson, R-Greenwich, one of the most articulate, humorous voices for financial reason, peformed one of his last functions today before retiring from the …
It Took Four Years, But Finally a Governor More Crooked Than Rowland Seems to Have Emerged
Wednesday December 10, 2008 Say what you want about John “Why Should I Resign If I’ve Done Nothing Wrong?” Rowland, he was never caught on FBI tape with the kind of potty mouth that Illinois Gov. Rod …
Rell Keeps Holiday Tradition, Throws the Books
Monday December 8, 2008 And Gov. Jodi Rell just continued the annual holiday tradition of giving “present” to high-profile state officials and politicians. In an otherwise austere, scolding speech …
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