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Only in Connecticut: 7 year felon wins primary in Bridgeport

Posted: Sep 17th, '15, 10:47
by Mister Moose
Joe Ganim went to prison for 7 years for corruption as mayor of Bridgeport. He extorted $500,000 from city contractors. And he gets re-elected back to the very same office??? Granted this is the primary, but in a Democrat city, he's likely to win the general election. John Rowland, ex governor, did a very similar path, and he is currently awaiting sentencing for his second jail term (3 years or so) for federal election law relating to hiding income from work on other's campaigns.

Sigh. When will Connecticut wake up from its nightmare......
Wikipedia: On March 19, 2003, Ganim was convicted of leveraging his position to receive kickbacks from city contractors for more than $500,000 in cash, meals, clothing, wine and home renovations.
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Re: Only in Connecticut: 7 year felon wins primary in Bridge

Posted: Sep 17th, '15, 11:01
by Bubba
Give the voters some credit. At least they didn't reelect a crack smoking mayor like they did in Washington, DC. Ganim's offense was just the usual brand of corruption we're used to in government.

Re: Only in Connecticut: 7 year felon wins primary in Bridge

Posted: Sep 17th, '15, 11:23
by madhatter
more CT stupidity

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Senator Chris Murphy is trying to bring more Syrian refugees into the United States. Monday, Murphy called on Congress to allow 50,000 Syrian refugees into the United States, an increase from President Obama's proposal of 10,000 refugees last week.

Re: Only in Connecticut: 7 year felon wins primary in Bridge

Posted: Sep 17th, '15, 19:55
by biged
Look at naugatuck ct. Rado was well liked.