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Zeroing in?
In the wake of the contract-steering scandal that forced Gov. John G. Rowland‘s 2004 resignation, Connecticut policymakers sought higher standards for public officials. A well-known fruit of their...
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I am in control here
In a July 21 column, The (Stamford) Advocate‘s Angela Carella highlighted a little-noted provision in the 2015-17 budget-implementer bill the Connecticut legislature passed in late June. This measure...
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Who’s he kidding?
For some time, 2016 Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton has seen her poll numbers drop, amid revelations about her use of a private email account and server for official...
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Unbelievable
Former Bridgeport Mayor Joseph P. Ganim The biggest Connecticut political news story this week undoubtedly is former Bridgeport Mayor Joseph P. Ganim‘s Sept. 16 victory in the Park City’s Democratic...
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Man of the people?
Former Bridgeport Mayor Joseph P. Ganim In my Sept. 18 post, I expressed bewilderment and disgust with Bridgeport Democrats, who had just bestowed their mayoral nomination on former Mayor Joseph P....
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Tainted Dems?
Former Bridgeport Mayor Joseph P. Ganim‘s victory in the Park City’s Sept. 16 Democratic mayoral primary continues to be one of the hottest Connecticut news stories. Mr. Ganim prevailed over two-term...
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Stopped clock, Part 2
Gov. Lowell P. Weicker’s official state portrait. For the second time in less than two months, I will agree with former Gov. Lowell P. Weicker, whose prognostications (or bloviations, depending on...
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She’s back
Former Gov. M. Jodi Rell has kept a relatively low profile since her departure from the governor’s office in early 2011. However, Mrs. Rell, one of the most popular chief executives in Connecticut...
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What nerve
A Republican-American story published today (Dec. 2) focused on final arguments in the lawsuit Connecticut’s State Elections Enforcement Commission (SEEC) filed against the state Democratic Party. The...
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Hurting his own cause
Back in 2011, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and the legislature set up the Connecticut Airport Authority, in the hopes that it would make Bradley International Airport and Connecticut’s general-aviation...
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