Few Defenders for Connecticut Governor After Ethics Misstep

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Few Defenders for Connecticut Governor After Ethics Misstep
By STACEY STOWE and MARC SANTORA

Published: December 15, 2003


ARTFORD, Dec. 14 — The anger is palpable, and so is the disappointment. Two days after Gov. John G. Rowland's apology and admission that he lied about who paid for improvements to his lakeside cottage, Connecticut residents who may have seemed jaded by political corruption scandals are expressing sentiments as bitter and cold as the December air.


The target of their resentment made his first public appearance since Friday. Mr. Rowland attended a party in South Windsor for the families of Connecticut National Guard soldiers called to active duty. When asked whether he intended to resign, The Associated Press reported, Mr. Rowland noted his apology of Friday and cited his nine years of service as governor. "We're doing our job," he said. "We've laid everything out. We've made an apology. Everything has to be looked at in perspective in terms of what I've done in the last nine years."

Around the state, the people who shop, ski, eat, and work in the Republican governor's neighborhood or his favorite haunts cited what they saw as hypocrisy from a man who has been quick to criticize others accused of corruption.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/15/nyregion/15ROWL.html


(A republican hypocrite? Who would have thought...)

[ConcernedCanuk]

1. "We've laid everything out. We've made an apology" - OK then !!

. . Peeople are getting SICK of the rich getting richer

while the poor get poorer

"I'm sorry" just don't cut it anymore.

When one get's "caught" with their hand in the cookie jar, does anyone really believe it's the "first and only" timee ??

not me

If I caught someone I trusted lying to me - there ain't no "second chance"

I'd be sayin' bye-bye governor, lets try someone else !

[aquart]

7. It's the BushCo way.

There are no consequences to wrongdoing in BushAmerica. Not for Republicans, anyway.

[mobuto]

2. Rowland's a gonner

The only question is whether he has the honor to resign before he's indicted or impeached. Because as it stands, both are in his immediate future.

[dusty64]

3. Who is the Lt. Governor

and what is their party affiliation?

[Justice]

4. M. Jodi Rell - Republican

http://www.ct.gov/otlg/cwp/view.asp?a=1317&Q=257280&otlgNav=|


M. Jodi Rell is Connecticut’s 105th Lieutenant Governor. She was first elected to the position in 1994. Rell was re-elected in 1998 and 2002. She is the first Republican Female Lieutenant Governor in Connecticut’s history.

Prior to her election as Lieutenant Governor, Rell served in the state House of Representatives for ten years, representing the 107th Assembly District. She served in many leadership positions, including Assistant Minority Leader and Deputy Minority Leader.

Lt. Governor Rell has actively and aggressively championed a variety of issues and initiatives aimed at improving the quality of life in Connecticut.

Basically, she has been part of the Rowland adminstration from the start.

It is not all bad in CT. The other state officials - SOS, Treasurer and Attorney General are all democrats. The SOS and Treasurer are both women, and the Treasurer is African American.

[mobuto]

5. In CT Governor and Lieut. Governor

are elected on a single ticket, like President and Vice President.

[dusty64]

6. Thanks for the info.

So basically they will have a more "likeable" repub in the office. I STILL can't believe he was reelected, hasn't scandal been following him for quite a while?