Appointees Have Done Well With Rell

Collective Pay For Political Employees Up About 18 Percent In Past Three Years

After M. Jodi Rell became governor in 2004 upon her corrupt predecessor's resignation, she said she would protect taxpayers' money as if it were her own - noting that she had cut Coca-Cola from her household budget because buying it all the time added up to "real money."

Now, after winning election in her own right Nov. 7, Rell has positioned herself to use that same frugality in dealing with a growing taxpayer expense: the ever-expanding army of ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Aldon Hynes - Dec 11, 2006 - 8:42 AM PST
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by Aldon Hynes - Oct. 1, 2008

The article explores how much the state is paying for political appointees and whether Rell is offering reform or merely continuing practices of the former governor.

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