Still more sleaze from CT's Rowland

[NewJeffCT]

And the allegations keep piling up... you'd think he was running some small province in China with all the graft & corruption. This man has no shame.


Governor Faces New Scrutiny
Children Of His Partners In Profitable Land Deal Won State Jobs

December 31, 2003
By JON LENDER And DAVE ALTIMARI, Courant Staff Writers

The children of two of Gov. John G. Rowland's partners in a land deal that earned the governor $60,000 are among dozens of well-connected political appointees who have landed jobs in state government during his tenure.

Rowland, Michael H. Cicchetti and Anthony R. Cocchiola were partners between 1996 and 2001 in a land deal outside Rowland's hometown of Waterbury. Cocchiola's daughter and Cicchetti's son and daughter had state jobs while their fathers were in business with the governor...

http://www.ctnow.com/news/custom/newsat3/hc-rowland1231.artdec31,1,4398011.story?coll=hc-headlines-newsat3

[madrchsod]

1. i thought IL. repugs

were bad! at least Ryan had the brains not to run again. is there any demo governors who are as corrupt as Ryan and Rowland?

[populistmom]

2. This is all such overdue justice

My dad worked in a state agency and was fired in 1998(!) for pointing out certain questionable practices with this administration and contractors. This scumbag had ruined lives and I hope he rots along with the rest of the sleaze that has come out of Waterbury.

[DODI]

3. Bill Curry tried to tell us!

He is the Dem who ran against Rowland last year. He outlined all this stuff and predicted that Johnny wouldn't survive his term. But poor Bill had no money and seemingly no support from his own party.

[NewJeffCT]

4. Nope

The sheep in the CT State Democratic Party just left Curry out there by himself... It was very disappointing for me, as I've not liked Rowland since he had a buddy of his cover up the incident where the police were called by his ex-wife on him.