12 April 2006
Ladies
and Gentlemen,
Cut
off all federal funding to the Corrupticut Department of Children and Families
and Department of Mental Health.
Recall that the former DCF Commissioner, Kristine Ragaglia and the
current DMHAS Commissioner, Thomas Kirk came before you in 2001, asking for
more money. Well, as we all know, that
became the DCF-Rowlandgate Scandal, and I think you should be made fully aware
of what went on then, and what is going on now in the State, in addition to the
scientific fraud committed by Yale University, as regards their bogus Lyme vaccine.
Note:
“The
tale of former Department of Children and Families Commissioner Kristine
Ragaglia would have offered the most vivid evidence of the low state of the
Rowland years. An ambitious woman eager to get ahead, Ragaglia made her
socializing and her public duties into a potent cocktail. While ostensibly
working on the best interests of the state's most troubled children, Ragaglia
ceded her judgment to Ellef, Tomasso and Deputy Chief of Staff Lawrence
Alibozek.
"Keep a diary in your youth, and it will keep you later," advised Mae
West. Hapless Ragaglia kept her own secret account of her adventures in state
government. The trial would have laid it bare.
The public would have been shocked, but not the denizens of the Capitol in the
years when Ragaglia was trying to become the next big thing in Republican
circles. Anyone around the governor's office in those years knew that Ragaglia
was out of control and that Ellef and Tomasso were far closer to each other
than a powerful public official and a state contractor should be.
Ellef's
crude and obnoxious behavior at public events and private social affairs was
well known to political habitués. As the years went on, Rowland's inner circle
became reckless in many ways. It was an administration in which one close aide
was fished out of the gutter outside a very public place not far from the
Capitol late one night. On another occasion, a sober Rowland adviser was
deputized to warn another Republican she ought to start wearing underwear
beneath her short skirts when she was around the governor. Mrs. Rowland was
said to be especially insistent that the message be delivered.
Paychecks, pensions and proximity to power kept everyone from speaking out. And
Rowland was no fan of dissenting voices. Still, there was one person who worked
in the administration at the Capitol whom he could not fire: Jodi Rell.
There's no reason to think that Rell knew about the hot tub given to Rowland by
his cronies, improvements at the Rowland cottage made for free by a state
contractor, junkets to Florida and Las Vegas or the diversions there. But she
should have observed the stunning rise of lowbrows around Rowland. She must
have seen some of the unusual, worrisome relationships. And in early 2003, she
certainly read revelations about the abuse of power. Was she not at all
concerned about the state of public affairs?
Connecticut's political world is tiny and given to ennui. Witness the fact
that the U.S. Attorney, Kevin O'Connor, was barred from participating in the
prosecution of the Rowland scandals because of his and his wife's
close ties to the former governor. Kathleen O'Connor worked in the office of
Rowland's legal counsel. In most places, that would raise an alarm. Connecticut
only shrugs.--- Hartford
Courant, Nov 6, 2006
And please see the following reports. Thank You. KMDickson http://ActionLyme.org
Thank You,
Kathleen M. Dickson
23 Garden Street, Pawcatuck CT, 06379
http://actionlyme.org , Former BigPharma Analytical Chemist