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Malloy administration increased pay scale for top state employees after a week in office
Gov. Dannel Malloy and two members of his cabinet signed a document changing the pay ranges and classification for the top echelon of state officials on Jan. 13, 2011, just a week after his inauguration. The changes made by the document, Item 1632-E Revised Executive...
Other facilities rival costs of Southbury Training School
Connecticut’s agency for serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities runs five campus-style centers that on average cost more than Southbury Training School and twice as much as privately-run alternatives. The Department of Developmental Services...
Religious in Public: From Martin Luther King to Coach Ernest Jones
This week we honor a man who utilized his worldview and passionate ecumenical rhetoric to fight for what he believed to be right. The civil rights movement led by Dr. Martin Luther King is widely regarded as the most influential and righteous social movement in...
Labor Dept. gives employee fired for fraud his job back
The Department of Labor fired an employee for improperly handling a friend’s unemployment claim so the friend would receive extra pay, only to bring the former employee back to work months later. DOL put Edward Lombard on paid administrative leave on Jan. 29, 2013....
Busway contractor buys Canadian, breaks federal rules
A Department of Transportation contractor working on the $567 million New Britain to Hartford busway improperly used materials imported from Canada instead of American material as required by the federal government. According to DOT spokesman Kevin Nursick, the...
Brookfield breaks the law and violates charter by accounting like the state
The Brookfield Board of Finance reviewed a draft audit Wednesday showing the town’s schools used improper accounting to hide overspending in the past two fiscal years amounting to $1.1 million. The town’s auditors from Mahoney Sabol & Company said the schools are...
Auditors find $576 million accounting error
Auditors found a $576 million accounting error in two Department of Social Services budgetary accounts. The discrepancies showed up in an audit of the Treasurer’s responsibilities for overall state financial operations. “Our review disclosed that the Department of...
Affordable housing industry adds to Democratic coffers
Representatives of three companies with connections to the affordable housing industry gave to the Connecticut Democratic Party in November. Bruce Whitaker Jr., owner of Millennium Real Estate, gave $5,000 on Nov. 19. Two days later, Gov. Dannel Malloy announced Sasco...
Gun Registration Blues
Of all the heinous political acts, criminal politicians and destructive pieces of legislation I have witnessed or learned about since my relocation to Connecticut two years ago, the activities I partook in today have caused me the most frustration and uncertainty...
New Board of Regents chairman and wife maxed out to party weeks before selection
Gov. Dannel Malloy publicly named Nicholas Donofrio chairman of the Board of Regents of Higher Education weeks after he and his wife made $10,000 contributions to the Connecticut Democratic Party. The Ridgefield couple made the max-out donations to the party’s federal...