Tuesday, March 15, 2022

Stefanowski’s Dubious Dealings and Duff’s Privilege

My latest column for CTNewsJunkie.com:

Two events happened recently involving political figures in Connecticut. They're not apples to apples, to be sure. But they do show us how, in the words to F. Scott Fitzgerald, politicians — and wannabe politicians, in the case of Bob Stefanowski — "are different from you and me."

To wit:

Two prominent Connecticut political figures were the subject of embarrassing reports by journalists this week — one serious, the other less so, but still illustrative of the gulf between us and them ...

As you might expect, Democrats seized on the Salon piece and added it to the list of questionable moves Stefanowski has made in a business career that includes not only UBS, but a stint as chief executive of DFC Global, a predatory payday lender that has been barred from operating in the very state he wants to lead ...

At any rate, a Norwalk motorist had previously seen Bob Duff, the Senate majority leader, perform a variation on an option we all have. We can generally turn right on red if we come to a full stop and determine that it’s safe to do so. Duff makes a habit of performing the same feat when he wants to turn left.

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