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Subject: US ATTORNEY CORRUPTION NEWSFLASH---Rowland's Bantam Lake
Neighbors =The US Attorney Kevin O'Connors' Family

Date: Saturday, June 24, 2006 12:44:35 [View Source]

(Hartford Courant article below)
So now wouldn'tya think Mrs and Mr US Attorney Kevin
O'Connor would have said something about the
Rowlandgate crimes?
And the US Corrupticut Attorney Kevin O'Connors would
protect the criminally insane behavior of DCF-Yalie
friends of Rowlandgate?
http://www.actionlyme.org/USDOJ_COMPLAINT_RICO.htm
Sure!! They're all investing together in the jails
business!!
http://www.actionlyme.org/NEOCON_PIGS_AT_YALE_DOT_EDU.htm
"A 57 million dollar jail for black and poor children
for you, and a $100,000 $400,000-underpriced lake
cottage for you... DCF Ho Kristinie Ragaglia can
party and screw with Larry Mo and Curly to keep her
busy... We all bag the whistleblowers in the name of
the United States of America. The Feds can dump
hundreds of millions into Corrupticut for even more
Party and Screw and Vacation homes for us... We all
toast everyone on welfare- sick, poor, or otherwise.
And no hand-outs from Uncle Sam unless they come to
*us*!!! Smile

)) "

Nostrovya!!!

KMDickson
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courant.com
http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-rowland0624.artjun24,0,3405703.story?coll=h
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Rowland Cottage For Sale

Bantam Lake Site Expected To Go On The Market

By DAVE ALTIMARI And JON LENDER
Courant Staff Writers

June 24 2006

Former Gov. John G. Rowland is planning to sell the
Bantam Lake cottage that led to his downfall, and he
could make a hefty profit in part off the renovations
paid for by state employees and contractors.

Rowland's former wife might be first in line to cash
in because she has placed a lien on the property. On
Friday, state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said
that the state would not rule out legal action to
collect some of the profits.

Rowland paid $110,000 for the cottage in 1997 to the
White Memorial Foundation. Since then, waterfront
property in general has spiked in value.

The group's executive director said that a cottage
similar to Rowland's sold last August for $550,000. He
said he expects that Rowland's will sell for at least
that - in part because of the renovations.

"I'd say it's the nicest spot on the lake," said
executive director Keith Cudworth. "And we all know
about all the work that was done repairing it."

The repairs to the Litchfield cottage were among the
more than $100,000 in gifts that prosecutors charged
that Rowland received in exchange for the former
governor's help in obtaining state work. Rowland
resigned July 1, 2004. Later that year, he pleaded
guilty in federal court to a corruption charge. He
served 10 months and was released four months ago.

Blumenthal sued several of the state employees caught
up in the corruption probe. He would not discuss why
Rowland was not included in the lawsuit, which seeks
compensation for losses that the state incurred as a
result of the corruption.

"If the property is sold, we would review the terms of
the sale very closely and critically," said
Blumenthal.

Under the foundation's by-laws, Rowland must notify
the group that he wants to sell the cottage because
the foundation has the right of first refusal to buy
it back. Cudworth said that the foundation rarely buys
back cottages.

Cudworth said that the foundation has not received a
formal letter from Rowland, but "it is my
understanding that [Rowland and wife Patty] are going
to be selling the cottage."

Rowland could not be reached for comment Friday.

The cottage is at the end of a dirt road. The back
faces a long dock that stretches onto Bantam Lake. The
next-door neighbors are family members of U.S.
Attorney Kevin O'Connor.

Rowland's former wife, Deborah Rowland, filed a lien
at Superior Court in Waterbury last year claiming that
Rowland owes her more than $272,000 from their divorce
settlement and seeking any money from the sale to pay
that debt. Her attorney, James R. Greenfield of New
Haven, would not comment Friday on the potential sale
of the cottage.

Any prospective buyers must get approval from the
foundation to make sure that they are capable of
paying their annual taxes to the foundation, Cudworth
said.

Rowland's purchase of the cottage prompted allegations
by Democrats that he got a sweetheart deal because the
foundation's president was Arthur Diedrick, Rowland's
appointee as state economic development czar.

At the time, the cottage was nearly "uninhabitable,"
according to Gene Marra, the foundation's former
executive director. Marra said that the foundation was
glad to sell it so that it would not have to spend
money to repair it.

Shortly after purchasing the cottage, Rowland hired
family friend Brian Baker of Patrick Baker & Sons of
Southington to oversee the renovations. Baker was
known more for renovating churches than making home
repairs. In fact, Baker had to take out a home
contractor's license with the state just to work on
Rowland's cottage.

Building permits showed that Rowland had about $13,500
worth of work done on the cottage. When The Courant
reviewed those records and talked with subcontractors,
it became clear that far more work was performed.

Among the improvements were custom-made kitchen
cabinets, a cathedral ceiling in the living room, new
electrical wiring installed by a Waterbury friend and
a propane heating system installed by a New Britain
contractor.

Rowland at first insisted that he had paid for all of
the work. At a press conference in his hometown of
Waterbury, Rowland downplayed questions about the
cottage, saying that the cabinets were off the shelf
from The Home Depot and that he had bought a hot tub
that was sitting in the backyard.

Within days of the press conference, it was revealed
that the tub was really a gift from a governor's
office subordinate and her husband, a Rowland
political appointee.

Rowland was forced to admit that he had lied, which
began the unraveling of a two-decade political career.
The cottage renovations also drew the attention of
federal investigators.

It was later revealed that much of the work had been
done for free, either by Rowland cronies or by
employees of TBI Construction, owned by William
Tomasso. Former Rowland aides Peter Ellef, Lawrence
Alibozek and Vincent DeRosa either paid for or
arranged some of the work.

Ellef and Tomasso were later indicted for fixing state
contracts. Both are headed to federal prison. One of
the contracts that went to Tomasso, construction of
the Long Lane Juvenile Training School, was awarded
about the same time that Tomasso was sending his
employees to the cottage to install new gutters for
free.

Contact Dave Altimari at daltimari@courant.com.

Contact Jon Lender at jlender@courant.com.

Copyright 2006, Hartford Courant

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