The first part hasn't been discussed enough in detail yet...
Christine Cappiello is now a health care lobbyist for Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, and Cappiello took some heat for failing to recuse himself from voting on an insurance pooling bill. His spokesman Adam Bauer said Cappiello voted only after getting the all-clear from the state ethics commission.
That will change soon.
The Courant points to something that going to be a HUGE problem for Nancy Johnson's 2006 re-election pitbull.
A thornier potential problem may be Cappiello's connection to James Galante, a former Danbury trash hauler who pleaded guilty to racketeering, wire fraud and tax charges. Galante has been accused of making suspect $1,000 contributions in 2002 and 2003 to political action committees controlled by Cappiello, Boughton and DeLuca.
Here's the latest excuse from Cappiello's mouthpiece Adam Bauer (and the person who's most likely responsible for STEALING my work for Cappiello's web ad) on Galante.
Bauer says Cappiello was "misled" regarding the contributions. "David is focused on putting his message out there and letting the voters judge for themselves," Bauer said.
Hmm...that's a rather different tune than what Cappiello stated when the news of the story broke last year.
...again, we'll get into that later.
Finally, the Courant reminds us of Cappiello's fondness of Galante.
In June, 2004, Cappiello wrote a glowing letter of support for Galante, extolling his charitable contributions and "exceptional personal character."
"I am proud to call Jim my friend," Cappiello wrote.
REMEMBER: The State trial against Galante for giving ILLEGAL BUNDLED CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS to Mark Boughton, David Cappiello, and former state senator Lou DeLuca is scheduled to start anywhere from Sept 15 to sometime in October.
...then all the dirty laundry will come out (and the Hartford Courant, yours truly, and a bunch of other people who are rather interested in Cappiello will be right there is the court house to document all the juicy details).
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On September 26, 2007, ten plaintiffs filed suit in response to an arrest of aday laborers at a public park in Danbury, Connecticut. Plaintiffs amended their complaint on November 26, 2007.
The amended complaint states that plaintiffs sought to remedy the continued discriminatory and unauthorized enforcement of federal immigration laws against the Latino residents of the City of Danbury by Danbury's mayor and its police department.
Plaintiffs allege that the arrests violated their Fourth Amendment rights and the Connecticut Constitution because defendants conducted the arrests without valid warrants, in the absence of exigent circumstances, and without probable cause to believe that plaintiffs were engaged in unlawful activity. In addition, plaintiffs allege that defendants improperly stopped, detained, investigated, searched and arrested plaintiffs. Plaintiffs also allege that defendants violated their Fourteenth Amendment rights when they intentionally targeted plaintiffs, and arrested and detained them on the basis of their race, ethnicity and perceived national origin. Plaintiffs raise First Amendment, Due Process and tort claims.
Plaintiffs request declaratory relief, damages and attorneys fees.
From the ONLY paper that has closely followed the Galante-Boughton connection (since 2005), here's a CRITICAL piece of info from their "Cappiello doesn't have a chance in hell in beating Chris Murphy" write-up.
On September 26, 2007, ten plaintiffs filed suit in response to an arrest of aday laborers at a public park in Danbury, Connecticut. Plaintiffs amended their complaint on November 26, 2007.
