Perhaps there are lessons here in Connecticut for Kathy Hochul as she is sworn in to become New York's 57th governor. If you had to choose, would you go with the Bill O'Neill model or the Jodi Rell approach?
On July 1, 2004, -- the day Gov. John G. Rowland resigned, I was wondering exactly who Lt. Gov. M. Jodi Rell was. Turns out she was a somewhat obscure backbencher in the state House of Representatives and struggled to make the transition to being in charge after years of performing mostly ceremonial duties in a job that was so meaningless that, IMHO, it should be eliminated.
Suffice it to say that, like Hochul, Jodi Rell was put on the ribbon-cutting circuit. That can cause the new governor to continue some bad habits. During virtually her entire governorship, Rell struggled to transition out of LG mode. Even after becoming the state’s chief executive, Rell was forever schlepping around to ribbon cuttings and giving interviews to 500-watt radio stations.
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My latest for @ctnewsjunkie >> For those following the situation in NYS, we here in CT have plenty of experience with governors who resign. Will Kathy Hochul be a Bill O'Neill or a Jodi Rell? Or maybe a David Paterson ... https://t.co/qcGLOwX79n
— Terry Cowgill (@terrycowgill) August 16, 2021
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