CT Gov. John Rowland to Resign

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CT Gov. John Rowland to Resign

[MadIvan]

Took him long enough. I seem to recall around Christmastime he was caught with his hand in the till?

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[Bonaventure]

It looks like Lt. Gov. Jodi Rell is about to become my governor.

[marvlus]

This man is a disgrace to the Republican party!

[1Old Pro]

What's the succession protocol? Who's the Lt. Governor.

[Bonaventure]

Her name is Jodi Rell. Here is a link to her bio:

http://www.ct.gov/otlg/cwp/view.asp?a=1317&q=257280

[Theodore R.]

If this were Gov. Bill Clinton of AR, he would NOT resign.

[1Old Pro]

Is she up to the job?

[Bonaventure]

Here is a link to an Associated Press report:

http://www.ctnow.com/hc-rowland-resign,1,2026867.story?coll=hc-big-headlines-breaking

[OldFriend]

Good riddance.

[Fierce Allegiance]

FYI

[Bonaventure]

I don't know. I've heard good things about her, but she doesn't have the same kind of heavy-duty political background that Rowland had. I'd be surprised if she could deliver Connecticut to the Republicans for a fourth term. There are too many popular Democrats in this state (like Attorney General Richard Blumenthal).

[grb]

It's too bad. He did some good things for Connecticut, but he got greedy. The Democrats will sieze the moment. The worst part is what he did to the Republicans in Connecticut. It will be hard for the Republicans to recover.

[CatoRenasci]

Rowland has been a decent governor for the most part, but was not a wealthy man before becoming governor. Like so many politicians of both parties, he has succumbed to the temptations of power so well characterized by Lord Acton: all power tends to corrupt, absolute power tends to corrupt absolutely. A pity. The Lieutenant Governor, Jodi Rell, is a decent enough woman, whom no one suspects of corruption, but I'm not sure she's a particularly powerful politician who could be elected in her own right.

For all of its Yankee roots, Connecticut politics tend to be rather nastily corrupt in both parties. Nothing on the scale of mafia-dominated Rhode Island, and not as radical as Taxachussetts, but bad nonetheless. It is most curious that the states first settled by Calvinists who gave us the notion of good, uncorrupt government in this country, are among the more corrupt today. You would expect corruption in places like Arkansas or Illinois, but not in New England. I think the Yankee stock here is far too attenuated.

[Bonaventure]

Connecticut is a pretty diverse state today. The state is rightfully proud of it's Yankee heritage, but aside from a few isolated parts of Fairfield County, modern Connecticut does not much resemble the old Connecticut of charming village greens and hard-working, steady-minded, abstemious residents.

[CatoRenasci]

There was something about the 'five different Connecticuts' in today's Greenwich Time. At least we in the gold coast towns maintian the fiction of Yankee Connecticut with manicured village greens, Congregational Churches with ancient adjacent graveyards, volunteer fire companies and the like. Times are changing though, as far as I can tell, only Darien really retains the 'town as Wasp club' atmosphere the whole area had when we moved to Greenwich in the mid-1980s.

[mystery-ak]

You may be right...an example is my state Illinois...

[kevkrom]

Took him long enough. I seem to recall around Christmastime he was caught with his hand in the till?

My folks live in CT, and they're take is that Rowland didn't do anything illegal -- the legislature was trying to change/tighten the state ethics laws after the fact in order to "get" Rowland.

[Pondman88]

Rowland was lynched, pure and simple. The media (The Hartford Courant), the unions, and the Democrats have seized upon Rowlands faux pas and have driven a popularly elected Governor from office. Make no mistake, this is how the Rats will try to seize power from Bush. Ct was a battle, the Presidency will be the war.