It’s been a few years, but Douglas Johnson still bristles when he thinks of the day former Gov. Dannel P. Malloy got it so wrong.
Addressing a crowd of small manufacturers, Malloy proclaimed Connecticut doesn’t make widgets anymore.
Johnson, owner of Marion Manufacturing in Cheshire, looked around and saw lots of people like him all Connecticut widget makers.
Today, leadership has changed at the Capitol and Johnson is having quite a year as the de facto face of the state’s widget makers.