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History repeated itself this past week in the most noiseless way possible at the state Capitol in Hartford. In a bill for a two-year state budget of $46 billion, legislators and Gov. Ned Lamont quietly inserted an oddly worded provision that could give 7% raises to more than 400 legislative staff members at an increased cost of about $2 million to taxpayers. An initial raise of 3.5% could kick .
An original Norman Rockwell painting hangs behind Gov. Ned Lamont’s state Capitol office desk between the flags of the United States and Connecticut. The celebrated artwork depicts citizens assembled solemnly in front of a government hearing-room desk, and it’s called “The Right to Know.” But that title doesn’t fit in with what critics call a dismal track record by Lamont and his administration as to openness and prompt compliance with requests for public documents under the the state Freedom of Information Act. “I would say that certainly he’s developing a track record of somebody who sees FOI as more of a nuisance than a necessity,” said the president of the Connecticut Council on Freedom of Information, Mike Savino.
Published March 10. 2021 4:40PM By
Lee Elci
Kudos and credit for everything I m about to share should be directed towards Tony De Angelo, managing director of the Connecticut-based Paragon Trust Company.
Tony is a weekly contributor to my radio show, and since the onset of COVID-19 has doggedly pursued questions about the myriad and nebulous financial dealings of Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont, his wife Ann, her Hedge Fund Oak HC/FT, and those in his orbit. Without Tony s unyielding investigation much of this information would have gone unseen.
Oak HC/FT is a premier venture growth equity fund investing in health care information and financial services technology, according to its website. We know from viewing the Oak HC/FT website that Sema4 is a startup biotech corporation owned and propounded by Oak HC/FT. Sema4 received a no-bid contract from Connecticut for COVID-19 testing at an undisclosed price, as outlined in a June 2020 Hartford Courant article. And even as pressures
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