Hello fellow New Englanders ... looks like your ex-Gov is in more trouble ...
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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/30/nyregion/30rowland.htmlMr. Halloran said that Mr. Rowland could be charged with violating the state's so-called revolving-door statutes for his work representing a contractor, the Klewin Building Company, of Norwich. He began that work on July 8, 2004, one week after his resignation. Mr. Rowland, a Republican, received $5,000 a month from Klewin, a major contractor that had received $89 million in payments from the state during Mr. Rowland's tenure.
Last November, Mr. Rowland approached an official from the University of Connecticut on Klewin's behalf to settle a $2 million billing dispute over work on a $33 million marine science center in Groton. The official, Lorraine M. Aronson, said later that she rejected Mr. Rowland's request.
Mr. Rowland's work for Klewin became the subject of legislative hearings and civil and criminal investigations after knowledge of it became public at Mr. Rowland's sentencing in March. The revolving-door laws bar public officials from lobbying their former agencies for a year after leaving government service. In the case of the governor, it is less than clear whether the ban applies solely to the governor's staff or to the entire executive branch.
Mr. Halloran, who began representing Mr. Rowland in an ethics complaint in July, said his client would likely be transferred to a state prison within the next 30 days, under an arrangement he said was common when federal inmates faced new state charges. He said Mr. Morano refused an offer he made last week to waive any statutes of limitations. He said the agreement would have allowed Mr. Rowland to serve out his term in federal prison before returning to face state charges upon his release, scheduled for February.
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