Conceding defeat, Republican Tom Foley announced “We did as well as a Republican can do in Connecticut.” Nope. Tom Foolery lost because the egomaniacal rogue candidate thought he was smart and everyone else stupid including his campaign advisers. He forgets, John Rowland won three times as a Republican candidate for governor. He failed to mention […]
Entries Tagged as 'John Rowland'
Rogue Candidate Foley Lost To The Porcupine Because Of Foley
November 6th, 2014 · 20 Comments · Analysis and Comment, State Politics
Tags: Dan Malloy·Jodi Rell·John McKinney·John Rowland·Tom Foley
John Rowland, Once Again A Man In The Can, Prison Tips For The Ex-Guv
September 21st, 2014 · 10 Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events
When it comes to public corruption cases, former Governor John Rowland has the wrong judge. U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton is not generally fond of public corruption offenders. When he’s sentenced in December, he’ll likely receive more time than his first go-around in the joint. The following is a story (prison tips for the ex-guv) […]
Tags: Buddy Cianci·George Bush·Janet Arterton·Joe Ganim·John Rowland
Rowland Convicted For Sham Consulting Contract
September 19th, 2014 · 1 Comment · News and Events
From Mark Pazniokas, CT Mirror: A jury in U.S. District Court convicted Gov. John G. Rowland on Friday on charges arising from what the government described as a scheme to solicit two congressional campaigns in 2010 and 2012 to secretly pay him as a political consultant in violation of U.S. campaign finance laws.
Tracking Malloy’s Financial Commitment To Bridgeport, The Money Allocation Database
July 7th, 2014 · 12 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Development and Zoning, News and Events, State Politics
What’s Governor Dan Malloy’s commitment to Bridgeport compared to other municipalities? An OIB post last week, Malloy’s Bridgeport problem, covered the state’s failed two-year recruitment of the world’s largest hedge fund Bridgewater Associates. It triggered debate about Malloy’s devotion to Connecticut’s most populous city. Malloy critics maintain the recruitment of Bridgewater to Stamford that cost […]
Tags: Bass Pro Shops·Beardsley Zoo·Bill Finch·Dan Malloy·Jodi Rell·John Rowland·Sikorsky Memorial Airport·Steelpointe Harbor
Pelto Responds To Union Attack
May 23rd, 2014 · 3 Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events, State Politics
You’ve got to wonder if union supporters of Democratic Governor Dan Malloy are inflating the threat of Malloy critic Jonathan Pelto’s candidacy for governor. The president of a major state union kicked out a news release today claiming “During the 2001 nursing home strikes Jonathan Pelto was paid to devise strategies to defeat workers fighting […]
Finch Versus Ganim, Battle Of The Political Narcissists
January 21st, 2015 · 25 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics
Former Mayor Joe Ganim, after more than a decade asserting he did nothing wrong, issued a disingenuous public apology recently because it was strategically expedient as he weighs a political comeback from his public corruption conviction that forced him from office 12 years ago. Mayor Bill Finch, after years of supporting second chances, now says […]
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Tags: Bill Finch·Ernie Newton·Joe Ganim·John Rowland·Tom McCarthy