Hartford Courant - July 12, 2007
The Connecticut Citizen Action Group is asking the Senate to convene a bipartisan committee of inquiry to investigate Sen. Louis C. DeLuca, who asked a trash-hauler with alleged mob connections to intimidate a man suspected of abusing his adult granddaughter.
In a letter sent today to Senate President President Pro Tem Donald E. Williams Jr., D-Brooklyn, and Senate Minority Leader John McKinney, R-Fairfield, the liberal activist group urged them to appoint a committee similar to one employed by the House to investigate Gov. John G. Rowland.
"We are confident that you can follow this example and put together a committee that will get to the bottom of what really transpired and made appropriate recommendations," wrote Tom Swan, the executive director of CCAG.
DeLuca resigned as minority leader after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge of conspiring to threaten, but he remains a member of the Senate. CCAG's request comes as new details were released in the DeLuca case.
Williams and McKinney said they have met twice to consider how to respond to the DeLuca case. Williams made clear that the Democratic majority will not take any unilateral action.
"If we go forward, it will be in a bipartisan manner," he said in a written statement.
Arguably, it is in the best interest of CCAG to leave a politically weakened DeLuca in place. CCAG has clashed with the conservative senator on issues ranging from campaign-finance reform to environmental legislation.
"In many ways, we have found Lou to be the perfect ideological opponent over the years," Swan said.
-- Mark Pazniokas
Full text of letter.
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