Published February 12. 2021 4:01PM | Updated February 12. 2021 4:14PM
David Kooris
I write in response to David Collins to state clearly and definitively that, while he has repeatedly shown his bias against the Connecticut Port Authority and our initiative at the State Pier in New London by writing misleading and untrue statements, I have consistently provided accurate information and fact.
I point to a particularly egregious example when he targeted me on Jan. 6, 2020. His column claimed that I lacked the authority to chair the CPA board. I held an ex-officio seat as deputy commissioner of the Department of Economic and Community Development, and I had recently announced I was leaving state service. In fact, my resignation wasn’t effective until Jan. 7, and my letter of appointment by the governor to a vacant board seat had already been prepared to enable my continuity on the board beginning that same day.