Tom Swan, the campaign manager for Congressional candidate Chris Donovan, has been answering a lot of questions lately after the arrest of Donovan’s finance director that threw the Democratic campaign into turmoil.
Swan said he is looking forward to the next stage of the campaign, where he said he wants to talk about “Chris Donovan’s record as a fighter for transparency.’’
Known for his outspoken nature, Swan told Capitol Watch: “I’ll be ready and on my horse at that time.’’
He also said that the two co-chairs of the tax-writing finance committee said that Donovan, the House Speaker for the past four years, had no role in the controversial “roll your own” cigarette bill that led to the arrest of Robert Braddock.
“Larry Cafero has called for patience and can’t comment on the ongoing investigation,” Swan said, referring to the House Republican leader. “Widlitz said Donovan and nobody from his staff talked about the bill. Eileen Daily said Donovan and nobody from his staff talked about the bill. It’s not like Eileen and Pat are best buddies with the Speaker.’’
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Is it just me, or do all of the players on Donovan’s team look like B-movie mobsters?
PS to Chris D.: If you’re going to run on a record as a “fighter for transparency” shouldn’t you actually practice transparency instead of ramming through legislation using back-room deals and other sub-rosa methods that have become the hallmark of CT’s Democrat politics? Huh?
“Chris Donovan’s record as a fighter for transparency.’’
Ha! That’s a joke. As a former Council member in the Town of Cheshire I asked a simple question of state Rep. Mary Fritz in Nov 2009. I asked her about a half million dollar “grant” that had been secured by her for new turf at our high school. The money came from those “discretionary funds.”
I asked her:
Can you explain the criteria used in allocating the discretionary funds?
She said:
It’s not a slush fund! It’s called negotiations.
That was my personal experience. But everyone knows that all real discussions occur behind closed doors.
Donovan opposes transparency.
Here’s the link to the five minute video of Fritz acknowledging how the process works:
http://youtu.be/fJkw8NLWWXI
If Donovan supports transparency, does he ensure that those “negotiations” are always televised?