Post by Dr.Ken Sokolowski on Oct 29, 2008 12:17:47 GMT -5
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Campaign Law
By JON LENDER
The Hartford Courant
October 29, 2008
State Sen. Paul Doyle, who serves as general counsel for the state's trash agency, had the agency delay paying him his full fee last year so he could bypass a law designed to restrict state contractors from donating to political campaigns.
He then collected the $4,016 he was owed in January 2008.
Doyle, D- Wethersfield, said in an interview Tuesday that if his fees from the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority had totaled $50,000 or more for 2007, he would have met the legal definition of a "state contractor" under a new campaign financing law. That would have meant that he and his two law partners could not have made campaign contributions to candidates they supported.
.....CRRA records indicate that Doyle billed the agency for work in September 2007 and that the agency issued him a check in October for $4,016 — but he returned the check Nov. 1 and then, about a week after New Year's Day, the CRRA issued him a new check for the amount.
.....CRRA spokesman Paul Nonnenmacher said he did not know who Doyle had spoken to at CRRA about the matter, but "in September 2007, Doyle refused the payment that would have put [his law firm] over that limit....
.....But Doyle said that although he has a contract, he's not a "contractor" under the definition. He said that he and his partners decided he should return the $4,016 payment until after New Year's "to stay under a threshold to conform to the law and participate in the democratic process....."Copyright © 2008, The Hartford Courant
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Courant.com
Campaign Law
State Senator Defends Pay Move
By JON LENDER
The Hartford Courant
October 29, 2008
State Sen. Paul Doyle, who serves as general counsel for the state's trash agency, had the agency delay paying him his full fee last year so he could bypass a law designed to restrict state contractors from donating to political campaigns.
He then collected the $4,016 he was owed in January 2008.
Doyle, D- Wethersfield, said in an interview Tuesday that if his fees from the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority had totaled $50,000 or more for 2007, he would have met the legal definition of a "state contractor" under a new campaign financing law. That would have meant that he and his two law partners could not have made campaign contributions to candidates they supported.
.....CRRA records indicate that Doyle billed the agency for work in September 2007 and that the agency issued him a check in October for $4,016 — but he returned the check Nov. 1 and then, about a week after New Year's Day, the CRRA issued him a new check for the amount.
.....CRRA spokesman Paul Nonnenmacher said he did not know who Doyle had spoken to at CRRA about the matter, but "in September 2007, Doyle refused the payment that would have put [his law firm] over that limit....
.....But Doyle said that although he has a contract, he's not a "contractor" under the definition. He said that he and his partners decided he should return the $4,016 payment until after New Year's "to stay under a threshold to conform to the law and participate in the democratic process....."Copyright © 2008, The Hartford Courant
Now that you have read the redacted version (with political counterpoint removed) read the full version and decide who/what to believe.