DeStefano Supported Rowland in 2002 ....Hmmm


Well, the race for the highest office in our State is coming to a conclusion and the negative ads are getting more intense. But, Mr. DeStefano has a little problem with one of his ads that just goes to prove that he will do anything to beat Jodi Rell.

He will even forget his own words of support for former Governor John Rowland in 2002. That’s right. While he is dumping on Governor Rell for showing support for her former boss at a time he was at the top of his game, John DeStefano was also on the record for giving praise to Rowland, who he supported in that election.

In the Fairfield County Weekly a Reporter filed this article while Rowland was campaigning in New Haven. Read closely and see how the candidate for Governor today showed support for John Rowland back then.

From the Fairfield County Weekly in the Fall of 2002:
“DeStefano has brought out a high school band. He has packed Hillhouse High School with hundreds of people to cheer Rowland for the state's help in building a 105,000-square-foot field house and athletic complex. Rowland gets five times the crowd of last week's Curry event--and 20 times the energy.
This was DeStefano's idea. He took Rowland to lunch a week earlier. He invited him to visit the field house for a public thank-you--just weeks before the election.
Usually, the two poke at each other in public like schoolboys from competing cliques. Today, Rowland soaks in the royal treatment offered by a mayor whose administration, apparently convinced Curry's campaign is dead, worries about keeping the state money spigot open after November. New Haven will still vote for Curry. But don't expect any wildfires.
Suddenly, even New Haven is a Rowland DMZ.
Like a pep rally captain, DeStefano yells to the packed crowd of students, teachers and politicos about the $1.1 billion in school construction that Rowland's administration has backed in New Haven. The crowd yells back.
"We had a state administration (Rowland) that supported our vision for our kids!" DeStefano exclaims.
Then he picks up a theme from last night's debate--one of Rowland's themes. He says he took his son to UConn this fall for his freshman year. "It's a changed campus" from DeStefano's own undergraduate days, the mayor says. All thanks to the money Rowland is investing in education.
Rowland sweeps to the mike like the homecoming king, basking in the adulation.
"Mayor, thank you for that warm endorsement”. Rowland Says:"

When you approve an ad for viewing by the public, it is always best that you make sure that your house is clean. John DeStefano’s mean spirited campaign has lowered his possibility for gaining the office of Governor.

Jodi Rell is the choice that we all trust. She has brought credibility back to the highest State office. She has created a solid "Rainy Day Fund" balance. She has proposed true tax relief for every citizen. She has run a clean and positive campaign.

So do we want a Governor that puts out ads that one, lowers the integrity of the campaign, and two, shows that he forgets his own gleeful support for John Rowland?

On November 7th, vote for Jodi Rell....she deserves re-election.

Greg Stokes