08/02/10 Dan Malloy's Campaign Manager, Dan Kelly Has A Message For Greenwich Resident Ned Lamont: "It's Working""

Greenwich Roundup, It’s been a busy week on the campaign trail, and these last days have made one thing abundantly clear. What we’re doing is working. In the past week, Dan earned the endorsement of the Hartford Courant, New London Day, Connecticut Post, and Norwich Bulletin. Leaders like Senate Majority Leader Martin Looney and Representative Chris Caruso have endorsed Dan. Our canvasses and phonebanks are larger than ever, and we’re thrilled to see Ned Lamont caving to the political pressure and joining Dan in a debate! Your phone calls, your canvassing, and your efforts will make the difference and will put us over the top on election day. Can we count on you to volunteer on Election Day and one day before? This race is competitive and will likely be decided on by only a handful of votes. With only a couple hours on the phone or knocking on doors, you can make all the difference and help put us over the top on August 10th. Volunteering on election day and one day before can make the difference. There is a clear difference in the race; we are fighting Dan Malloy 783 followers 299 tweets following 535 people follow DAN MALLOY FOR GOVERNOR Contact Us: Dan Malloy for Connecticut PO Box 110073 Stamford, CT 06911

07/31/10 GREENWICH BRIEFING: Police reports

Greenwich News - July 31, 2010

Police reports (Darien News-Review)

Renata Santos, 24, of Greenwich, was charged with driving while intoxicated and failure to drive right at 2:40 a.m. on Monday, July 19.

BAN PAY TO PLAY CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS (bridgeportroundup.blogspot)

Just as corporate lobbying corrupts the legislative process, the scramble for government contracts corrupts the executive branch and its agencies.

Connecticut has seen multiple pay-to-play scandals in recent years where campaign contributors illicitly received jobs and no-bid contracts.

Similar scandals have enveloped public officials in New York, California, South Carolina, Illinois and other states across the country.

A number of states have taken action to assure greater accountability in the public contracting system through common-sense solutions:

Campaign Contributions by Contractors:

Seven states currently have some form of pay-to-play contracting law to bar companies bidding on contracts from making campaign contributions to government officials.

Tightening Contracting Standards:

The tighter the standards for the bidding processes and the work done, the less likely incompetent or corrupt companies can buy contracts with campaign contributions. Campaign Contributions By Contractors Corrupt Elections

Democratic gubernatorial candidate and former Stamford Mayor Dan Malloy is the King Of Pay To Play contributions that prevent "clean elections."

Dan Malloy has for years fueled his political ambitions with donations from people doing business with the city of Stamford.

State elected officials cannot take contributions from state contractors, but it is legal and common at the municipal level politicians to swap contracts for campgain donations.

Over the last six years Dan Malloy's bids for re-election and for governor has brought in huge political contributions from over 25 contracting entities doing business with the City of Stamford.

Dan Malloy should know better, because he was the subject of a contract-steering probe prior to his 2006 bid for governor.

Rather than correct his ways Malloy continues the same reckless behavior.

Connecticut Needs A Governor With No Strings Attached

In 2003, the Chief State's Attorney's Office opened an investigation into allegations that Malloy, who was first elected in 1995 and left office last year, helped award city jobs to contractors who worked on his home in the late 1990s.....

Lamont accuses Malloy of fundraising conflicts (Connecticut Post)

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dannel Malloy , a participant in the state's new public campaign financing program, while recently predicting his election, said "the people of this state will know that their government belongs to them -- not to someone's bank account and not to a bunch of special interests." Proponents of public financing, such ...

Republicans square off for attorney general bid (NCAdvertiser)

Two Republican lawyers, each hoping to become the first Republican attorney general since 1959, meet August 10 in a GOP primary, with the winner facing Democrat George Jepsen in November.

Librarians' legacy: Two teens receive memorial scholarships (Connecticut Post)

Jane Wynne, a graduate of Trinity Catholic High School in Stamford, and Greenwich High School graduate Diana Pelliccia are the recipients of the Perrot Memorial Library's first Kathy Krasniewicz Memorial Scholarships.

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07/30/10 We Need “Pay To Play” Rules To Restrict Political Contributions From Contractors Seeking Preferential Treatment At Taxpayer Expense

Just as corporate lobbying corrupts the legislative process, the scramble for government contracts corrupts the executive branch and its agencies.

Connecticut has seen multiple pay-to-play scandals in recent years where campaign contributors illicitly received jobs and no-bid contracts.

Similar scandals have enveloped public officials in New York, California, South Carolina, Illinois and other states across the country.

A number of states have taken action to assure greater accountability in the public contracting system through common-sense solutions:

Campaign Contributions by Contractors:

Seven states currently have some form of pay-to-play contracting law to bar companies bidding on contracts from making campaign contributions to government officials.

Tightening Contracting Standards:

The tighter the standards for the bidding processes and the work done, the less likely incompetent or corrupt companies can buy contracts with campaign contributions.

Campaign Contributions By

Contractors Corrupt Elections

Democratic gubernatorial candidate and former Stamford Mayor Dan Malloy is the King Of Pay To Play contributions that prevent "clean elections."

Dan Malloy has for years fueled his political ambitions with donations from people doing business with the city of Stamford.

State elected officials cannot take contributions from state contractors, but it is legal and common at the municipal level politicians to swap contracts for campgain donations..

Over the last six years Dan Malloy's bids for re-election and for governor has brought in huge political contributions from over 25 contracting entities doing business with the City of Stamford.

Dan Malloy should know better, because he was the subject of a contract-steering probe prior to his 2006 bid for governor.

Rather than correct his ways Malloy continues the same reckless behavior,

Connecticut Needs A Governor

With No Strings Attached

In 2003, the Chief State's Attorney's Office opened an investigation into allegations that Malloy, who was first elected in 1995 and left office last year, helped award city jobs to contractors who worked on his home in the late 1990s.

Former Stamfor Mayor Dan Malloy was previously the Democratic party's nomination for governor in 2006. But he lost the primary mainly because of all of the pay to play stories coming out of the Stamford Advocate.

Malloy's 2010 gubernatorial bid last year while he was still mayor, the law firm of Robinson and Cole and AFB Construction Management which manages school and city facilities received no bid contract extensions.

Robinson and Cole and AFB Construction Management have donated to Malloy's Gubernatorial bid.

Waste hauler City Carting landed a contract after key employees bundled donations to the Malloy campaign early last year.

Malloy has repeately refused to

change or alter city ethics laws to avoid

accusations of conflicts of interest.

During Dan Malloy's 2005 mayoral bid, Malloy collected at least $23,750 from major development players, including land use attorneys and project consultants.

Republican opponent Chris Munger at the time accused Malloy of creating a "pay to play" atmosphere.

Dan Malloy's 2006 gubernatorial campaign received sizable donations from the developers of Trump Parc, employees of RBS and executives with Pareto Energy, an energy consultant the city hired in 2007.

Stamford needs ban on contractor donations to municipal elections

There's always the potential of conflict whenever you accept funding from anyone who does business with the government or who is lobbying,

PLEASE SEE:

07/29/10 We Report You Decide: Did Stamford Fire and Rescue Chief Robert McGrath Get His Promotion After Working On Dan Malloy's House?

Related articles that may be of interest:

• Lamont Leads Malloy in Connecticut (politicalwire.com)
• Polling and political wrap-up, 6/10/10 (dailykos.com)
• Hartford mayor convicted of corruption (msnbc.msn.com)
• Gov. Christie appeared at events with N.J. group that skirts campaign finance rules, records show (nj.com)
• Gov. Christie distances himself from Reform Jersey Now group that skirts pay-to-play rules (nj.com)
• Advocacy groups sidestep N.J. disclosure rules as non-profits (nj.com)
• N.J. watchdog group recommends stricter pay-to-play laws, disclosure of public contracts (nj.com)
• Eddie Perez, Connecticut Mayor, Found Guilty On Charges Of Corruption, Bribery, Larceny By Extortion (huffingtonpost.com)

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01/27/10 Greenwich Frontrunner Ned Lamont Keeps Kicking But In Connecticut

CT Gov: Amann bows out?

Full story: www.myleftnutmeg.com

I guess Joe Lieberman's best friend is giving up on his fantasy... Is former House Speaker James A. Amann's bid to become Connecticut's next governor about to end? The Democrat from Milford was to have met early today with the frontrunner in the race for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, Greenwich cable executive Edward "Ned" Lamont, ...

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