May 24, 2012
A Lot Has Changed Since 2010
by Hugh McQuaid | May 24, 2012 5:30am
(Updated 6:03 p.m.) Remember when the Connecticut State Police Union endorsed Dan Malloy for governor in 2010? Today the union’s president describes its relationship with Gov. Dannel P. Malloy using words like “strained” and “hostility,” while the administration responds with “untrustworthy” and “insulting.”
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Tags: Andrew Matthews, state police, Troopers, SEBAC, Roy Occhiogrosso, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, John McKinney, dh
March 14, 2012
Likelihood Of A Gubernatorial Campaign?
by CTNewsjunkie Staff | March 14, 2012 4:59pm
What’s the likelihood Republican Tom Foley, the former Ambassador to Ireland, will run for governor in 2014?
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Tags: Foley, Election 2014, republican, governor, connecticut
February 27, 2012
Politicians Quick To Give CEO’s Donations To Charity
by Christine Stuart | February 27, 2012 8:50pm
Politicians were stumbling over themselves to give campaign donations from TicketNetwork CEO Donald J. Vaccaro to charity on Monday as stories about his arrest and charges against him were reported by the news media.
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Tags: Donald Vaccaro, ticketnetwork, arrest, charges, campaign donations, Jim Wade, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy
November 18, 2011
WFP Director Fined For Lobbying Without Badge
by Christine Stuart | November 18, 2011 6:00am
The executive director of the Connecticut Working Families Organization agreed to pay a $10,000 fine to the Office of State Ethics for lobbying for Paid Sick Days legislation without wearing a badge identifying himself as a lobbyist.
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Tags: Jon Green, Working Families Party, Lobbying, Capitol, Paid Sick Days
October 17, 2011
Commissioners Let The WWE’s Failure To Disclose in 2010 Slide
by Hugh McQuaid | October 17, 2011 4:06pm
(Updated 5:30 p.m.) Her appearance in a 2010 World Wrestling Entertainment ad for the Make-A-Wish foundation was less than two seconds and her name wasn’t even mentioned, so the Federal Election Commission decided to give Linda McMahon’s 2010 Senate campaign a pass.
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Tags: McMahon, wrestling, 2010, Senate, complaint, DiNardo, FEC, Hugh McQuaid
September 29, 2011
Poll Finds Voter Remorse
by CTNewsjunkie Staff | September 29, 2011 11:27pm
Over the course of 2011 Public Policy Polling found that voters in a lot of states wish they could do their gubernatorial elections over again and pick someone else.
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Tags: Malloy, approval, Blumenthal, Lieberman, gubernatorial, bounce, poll
July 1, 2011
OP-ED | Leaving On A Sour Note
by Sarah Darer Littman | July 1, 2011 4:17pm
If I were outgoing state GOP Chairman Chris Healy and my state had been a glaring outlier in the Red Tide of voter discontent in 2010, I would have spent my remaining days in office engaging in introspection as to the cause, and working with my State Central colleagues to ensure a smooth transition for the next chairman so things go better in 2012.
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Tags: Working Families Party, Connecticut, Republican, Chris Healy, lawsuit, campaign finance
June 28, 2011
GOP Files Complaint, WFP Says It Followed The Law
by Hugh McQuaid | June 28, 2011 5:00am
The Connecticut Republican Party filed a complaint Friday alleging that the Working Families Party broke state and federal election laws by making illegal monetary transfers to the campaigns of several state officers before last year’s elections.
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Tags: campaign finance, election enforcement, Working Families Party, Republican Party, Healy, Hugh McQuaid
June 27, 2011
U.S. Supreme Court Finds ‘Trigger’ Funds Violate First Amendment
by Hugh McQuaid | June 27, 2011 1:22pm
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday in an Arizona case that “trigger” funds in publicly funded campaign programs are in violation of the First Amendment.
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Tags: Hugh McQuaid, Citizens Election Program, campaign finance, free speech, connecticut
May 16, 2011
Malloy Says He Continues To Defy The ‘Naysayers’
by Christine Stuart | May 16, 2011 11:04pm
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy told his fellow Democrats Monday that they have defied expectations and they will continue to do so, just as he did in his campaign for governor.
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