Meanwhile, Rowland took some free kitchen cabinets from a cheap hood and he’s supposed to live in exile for the rest of his days. (And I’m not excusing his actions — I was an early GOPer calling for him to resign, when everyone assured me he’d never go.)

DiBella is in trouble with the SEC. Lender and Mahoney had it last week.

I know. And better late than never. But that does not dispose of my point. Why wasn’t he prosecuted along with Andrews? He made the same deal with the singing canary of the Rowland regime that Andrews did. The same people were involved.

????

Give me a break.

Crisco never made the front page even after admitting forgery.

O`Rourke makes like he was somehow victimized himself.

If your criminals go quicker..I dont know why…that might be a blessing though given the media scrutiny that lurid headlines bring.

But Bruce, our’s are gone and usually quickly too.

Crisco’s still there without even any pending action whatsoever.
There’s no excuse.

>>Rowland was…as was Giordano…

Such a remark is beneath you Bruce.

Please – there’s no comparison there at all & you know it.

Come off it with the cheap shots, you’re not some uneducated schmuck and you know better.

Giordano is a sick sick sick man who should never be allowed to roam free again.
Further, his party affiliation had nothing to do with the fact that the guy is one sick puppy.

Rowland went on plane rides with lobbyists and wound up in jail for it.

Go figure; we both know that congress-critters rarely miss a chance to hop down to Barbados “with friends” for a quick weekend on their pals jet.

Those that don’t are probably the anomaly; and I’m not so sure either of us wouldn’t appreciate a couple of days in paradise (and away from the American Press) in the middle of the winter too.

I would concur that it would depend on who’s jet; and for any CT based members, whose engines power that particular jet. (IE they better be P&W)

Goatboy….the union person isnt a crook….Rowland was…as was Giordano…and as was some on my party also….therein is the difference.

Roger….you might have a point there….the criminals of both parties seem to have been in office awhile.I suppose they must be in office awhile where they learn how to be a criminal.

Is the union worker that just sits there and is still pushing paper, never learning to use a computer or trying to automate their jobs, never looking for ways to measure and improve productivity and outcomes, are they and their brother and sister solitary players in the State House all that much more moral?

I simply don’t buy the “state government is better because it’s not Rowland” logic. Show me better state government first. Until then the crook is our gold standard.

>>…stop being a Republican shill and admit that both parties here in Ct have bad apples

What part of this doesn’t admit that?

No question we have our own morons, but ours seem to wind up off the field lots faster than yours.

However – of you could please direct me to a quote where a Democrat has even admitted that Crisco has a problem I’d be delighted.

Don…I do think that Rowland could best make a contribution in some other manner then elected office….

PufnStuff…ok…i get your point….

Goatboy…this attitude of yours in which you praise Rowland as winnable and his administration is percisely why we have a problem among both parties with crime and lack of morality and ethics.Accepting a felon back into elected office…of EITHER party… is just wrong…no matter what party…..

I think he’d win.

Rowland’s administration proposed some innovative stuff like outsourcing DOIT. In the 2002 recession he basically took a knife to the budgets when met with agency heads that could not think of any possible way to reform their agencies and deliver services more efficiently.

Someone has to confront the unions and their slotted lifetime jobs and all too static job descriptions that create perpetually inefficient structures. I’m pro-union BTW. I’m not in favor of entrenched union bureaucracies .

Anyone that knows state accounting for grants and legislative initiatives and the CORE system of accounting knows the other half of the internal agency problems. Accounting buckets become micro-managers.

Find me someone that will talk about those types of item seriously and Rowland will fall of the list. Until then the party system is much like the mafia. Which party capo will get the job based on closed primaries and realignments like the recent GOP musical chairs? The richest one or the one with name recognition and in all cases the one that appeases SEBAC.

They’d elect him again even now except he’s dead.

When talking Dems, we oughtn’t forget Gaffey, either, and the major ramifications he never suffered.

As for political perps running again, Billy Rado served six non-consecutive terms in the Naugatuck mayor’s office, interrupted by stints in prison. People still love him in the Valley.

Only here can a ex felon Governor receive any legitimacy with a blog post questioning whether Rowland will run for something or not.It appears that the moral and ethical compass of the political elite…elected officials…and yes even bloggers would continue to be be askew if Rowland gets a pass or if there are posts favoring a run for something after being judged a felon.

Bruce – I take issue with your comment. I noted the uptick in press activity around the former Governor and posited an answer to whether the moves represent a comeback attempt. I hardly think any article with phrases like “squandering the public trust” could be construed as a positive for Mr. Rowland.

All that said, there is no reason why a remorseful Rowland should not be able to contribute to the betterment of his state in some appropriate manner.

Hey, Crisco and Perez are your guys not ours; so is federal inmate 16316-014 known better as `Lincoln was a Democrat’ Ernest Newton.

If “friendlier” is defined as a kiss on the cheek, your party treats most of these dolts at least more like a tongue half way down the throat.

The fact is, thanks in part to a constantly friendly press, Democrats just don’t get treated as badly by their allies who buy ink by the barrel.

Take Kennedy Driving Award winner James O’Rourke for example.
By the time the press got done shoving the killing under the rug, thanks to some of the most creative writing in decades; O`Rourke was being made out to be some sort of victim himself.

Besides, no one’s smearing your party; your own members show far greater promise in that arena themselves than most of ours do.
How many pro-labor Democrats do you know driving non-union cars?
How many pro-gun control Democrats do you know with carry permits?
Face it, the hypocrisy is over-whelming.

He was smearing the press for being so “understanding” when a Democrat gets caught being an idiot.

No question we have our own morons, but ours seem to wind up off the field lots faster than yours.

Further, while I tend to avoid those that attack our own, plenty of ours did in fact attack Rowland.

I don’t recall any Democrats going after Crisco, and considering he admitted to forgery the least they could do is treat him half as well as they did Johnny.