From the U. S. Attorney’s Office: The United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut and the United States Postal Inspection Service announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven returned a seven-count indictment today charging JOHN G. ROWLAND, 56, of Middlebury, with offenses stemming from his efforts to conceal the extent of his […]
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Rowland Pinched For Consulting Scam
April 10th, 2014 · 3 Comments · News and Events
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Newton Awaits Possible Trial Date, Will Likely Seek State House Seat
March 28th, 2014 · 12 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events, State Politics
Superior Court Judge Joan Alexander on Thursday rejected Ernie Newton’s court motion to dismiss criminal campaign finance charges stemming from his 2012 State Senate race, but in doing so announced prosecutors were “negligent” for not including vital facts from witnesses that could have exonerated Newton but not “reckless” in how the state pursued an arrest […]
Tags: Andres Ayala·Darnell Crosland·Don Clemons·Ernie Newton·John Rowland
Money Matters–The Public Financing Campaign Windfall
January 19th, 2014 · 2 Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events, State Politics
Priceless piece from Hearst Newspapers political reporter Neil Vigdor about the enticement of public moolah for state election campaigns. Connecticut’s Citizens Election Program of publicly funded campaigns will eclipse $50 million in public grants with this year’s gubernatorial cycle since the start of the program following the fallout from former Governor John Rowland’s conviction on corruption charges. […]
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Ernie Newton’s Legal Challenges Break New Ground For State
January 14th, 2013 · 13 Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events
Former State Senator Ernie Newton will enter a not guilty plea Thursday morning at a scheduled hearing involving state charges that accuse him of manipulating $500 in campaign contributions to qualify for roughly $80,000 in public financing for his attempt to regain his old state senate seat last August. This is new territory for state […]
Tags: Andres Ayala·Darnell Crosland·Ernie Newton·John Rowland
Darnell Crosland Defends Ernie Newton In Crosshairs Of Legal Challenges
January 6th, 2013 · 2 Comments · Analysis and Comment
Darnell Crosland lacks the profile of prominent Connecticut criminal defense attorneys such as Hugh Keefe, Willie Dow, Andy Bowman and Norm Pattis, but his name recognition will certainly grow representing former State Senator Ernie Newton, a media lightning rod, charged last Friday with state election violations. Crosland, recently elected president of the Norwalk chapter of […]
Tags: CT Post·Darnell Crosland·Ernie Newton·John Rowland·Norm Pattis
Rell, Show Horse; Malloy, Work Horse–A Study In Contrasts
November 21st, 2012 · 10 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Cops, Development and Zoning
When she was governor, Jodi Rell’s idea of economic development for the state’s largest city was a prison on the Upper East Side. Such vision. Angry city residents led by then State Rep. Chris Caruso defeated the measure with protests, vigils, news conferences and a reasoned declaration that Bridgeport already has enough of that sort […]
Tags: Beardsley Park·Beardsley Zoo·Chris Caruso·CT Post·Dan Malloy·Housatonic Community College·Jodi Rell·John Rowland·Lowell Weicker·Michael Fedele
Bridgeport’s Peculiar Politics, The Ernie Newton Case
March 29th, 2014 · 10 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, State Politics
The news coming out of Hartford Superior Court the other day wasn’t all bad for former State Senator Ernie Newton. The judge hearing the state criminal complaint against Newton, alleging he falsified $500 in campaign donations to trigger an $80,000 public grant for his State Senate race two years ago, didn’t throw out the case […]
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