Conn. governor's rating worst on record

One of the survey's findings was that the more the public hears damaging disclosures about [John G. Rowland], the more it anticipates further damaging disclosures. The poll's director, Ken Dautrich, said that only 10 percent of those polled now believe that Rowland has come clean about &qu...

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Published inKnight Ridder Tribune News Service p. 1
Main Author Jon Lender And Elizabeth Hamilton
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington Tribune Content Agency LLC 28.04.2004
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Cappiello, David
Cook, Cathy
Genuario, Robert
Guglielmo, Anthony
Rowland, John G
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Summary:One of the survey's findings was that the more the public hears damaging disclosures about [John G. Rowland], the more it anticipates further damaging disclosures. The poll's director, Ken Dautrich, said that only 10 percent of those polled now believe that Rowland has come clean about "all the gifts he accepted," while 79 percent "believe there is still more that he hasn't revealed." Most troubling to him, [Robert Genuario] said, was the guilty plea in federal court by a Woodbury antiques dealer who bought Rowland's Washington, D.C., condominium at an inflated price in 1997. Wayne Pratt pleaded guilty to an income tax violation, but admitted in court that he was the straw buyer for a millionaire state contractor who was Rowland's close friend. Like Genuario, House Minority Leader Robert Ward, R-Northford, said he remains most alarmed by the condominium transaction. Ward expressed his concern by publicly asking Rowland to issue a thorough, public explanation. Rowland has chosen not to do that, Ward said, so all he and other lawmakers can do is wait for the conclusion of the House impeachment committee and the federal investigation.