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Foley gets cocky
The battle for this year’s Republican nomination for governor of Connecticut has been contentious. Greenwich businessman Tom Foley won the nomination at the May GOP convention, but state Senate...
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A messy affair
Connecticut Senate Minority Leader John McKinney, a candidate in the Aug. 12 Republican gubernatorial primary, has weighed in on the recent haughtiness of his opponent, Greenwich businessman Tom...
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‘No’ to Newton
Former legislator Ernest Newton, who has long been known as one of Connecticut’s most interesting politicians, received quite a rejection yesterday, Aug. 12. Mr. Newton, who was a lawmaker from 1989...
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Tough to love?
Yesterday (Aug. 28), USA Today published an article on the obstacles Gov. Dannel P. Malloy faces as he runs for re-election this year. One of reporter Martha Moore’s sources was Gary Rose, a political...
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Tell us more, Governor
The Connecticut Democratic Party has stirred up controversy in advocating for Gov. Dannel P. Malloy‘s re-election bid. As most Nutmeggers know, the Democratic high command used its account for federal...
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‘Emperor Malloy’
Late last month, the commissioners of Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) warned Gov. Dannel P. Malloy‘s administration about some of PURA’s shortcomings. The state’s utilities...
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Mouthy Malloy
Time magazine reporter Zeke J. Miller recently dubbed Gov. Dannel P. Malloy one of the Democratic Party’s “top attack dogs.” Mr. Miller was prompted by the biting, deeply personal remarks Gov. Malloy...
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Growing up?
In mid-December, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy told reporters that during his second term, he would abandon his habit of reflexively pinning Connecticut’s problems on Republican former Govs. John G. Rowland...
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The new Ganim?
In 2003, a federal jury in New Haven convicted then-Bridgeport Mayor Joseph P. Ganim on a number of corruption charges, most notably racketeering, bribery and mail fraud. This was quite the...
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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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