Connecticut Local Politics

Several sources, including this one, are suggesting that ethics reform may not yet be dead. It may return, zombie-like, to a special session.
I’ll believe it when I see it, mainly because the problems that led to the bill’s original failure have yet to be dealt with:
There is now talk of acting on ethics in […]

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CT News Junkie reports on the state of pension reform, which passed the Senate without an amendment added by the House:
Last week the House amended the SB 333 with an amendment that would allow a judge to reduce a corrupt state employee’s pension, instead of revoke it. Under the House amendment corrupt elected officials could […]

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A couple of interesting tidbits on Friday’s speech by President Bush on Malaria and the Bush-Cappiello fundraiser:
CT News Junkie reports that the President’s speech in front of the Boys and Girls club will not be in front of any actual Boys and Girls, as the speech is in the morning and the club doesn’t […]

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The package was passed unanimously (after a bit of a stall). Story here.
Here’s what the bill would do, according to the Senate Democrats:
# State employees, public officials (including officials of quasi-public agencies) and municipal officials would all be subject to pension reduction or revocation upon pleading guilty or no contest or being convicted of a […]

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Rep. Chris Caruso talks about about pension revocation. Video from CT News Junkie
The debate over pension revocation and ethics is continuing. You can read about this ongoing debate at CTNJ.

Today a somewhat irate Sen. Williams released this statement concerning the competing version of the bill:
“Last week Senate Republicans, relying on a technicality, refused to even […]

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A phrase you’re going to hear a lot in the coming days: “retroactive clause.” There’s an ethics bill out there that would revoke pensions for corrupt officials. Which, fine. No one seems to disagree with that.
The stumbling block is that at least some Democrats want to make it retroactive, meaning it would apply to, say, […]

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The General Assembly is currently considering legislation that would revoke the pension of former state officials who were convicted of crimes while in office. While the proposed legislation has a number of influential supporters, including Rell, Blumenthal, and Bysiewicz, there are a lot of questions concerning the legislation that still need to be sorted […]

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A bill providing for the recall of elected officials will get a hearing next week. From the text of the bill:
Any municipality may, by ordinance adopted by its legislative body or in any town in which the legislative body is a town meeting, by the board of selectmen, provide for the recall of any elected […]

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In a stunning example of the pot calling the kettle black, former John Rowland advisor Dean Pagani writes this in a Hartford Business.com opinion piece:
It is hard to imagine a system more rigged for waste, fraud and abuse than Connecticut’s new public campaign financing law…Simply put, the new law will put more than $10 million, […]

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I know that Genghis posted about the AP interview yesterday, but I wanted to point out this passage that pertains to John McKinney:
In an interview Friday with The Associated Press, DeLuca said it wasn’t a mistake that he didn’t mention the new Senate Minority Leader, John McKinney or any other Republican senator when he […]

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Even if you don’t live in New Haven Paul’s weekly Vlog News Summaries are a must see.

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The Courant’s Chris Keating asked some CT elected officials whether or not Senator DeLuca should resign.
Senate Minority Leader John McKinney:
When asked if he had asked DeLuca to resign, McKinney said: “I’d rather not answer that question.”
Governor Jodi Rell:
“The senator, and the senator alone, and his family, will be the decision-makers on whether or not he […]

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This one actually surprises me. Who knew the Galante mess would extend all the way up to Joe Lieberman? What’s especially interesting is that Lieberman has been contacted by the FBI and US Attorney’s office about the bundled funds but DeLuca, Cappiello, and Boughton don’t seem to be involved in the investigation at […]

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While we’re thinking about committees investigating and possibility expelling state senators… here’s a few examples of what has happened in other states.
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In South Dakota, State Sen. Dan Sutton (D) was accused of molesting an 18-year-old (male) legislative page in a motel room. The State Senate convened hearings, but eventually decided against expelling Sutton in favor […]

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The Hartford Courant also calls for Lou DeLuca to be expelled.
Meanwhile Colin McEnroe has lost his patience with the Special Committee tasked with deciding DeLuca’s fate.
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