Democrats and Republicans are divided over whether politics and optics or substance and transparency will dominate a legislative hearing Monday about a school construction program at the center of an FBI investigation.
Testimony will come from Commissioner-designate Michelle Gilman and Deputy Commissioner Noel Petra of the Department of Administrative Services, the officials Gov. Ned Lamont has tasked with revamping and restoring confidence in OSCGR, the Office of School Construction Grants & Review.
Enlisting the help of contractors and his former boss at the state Department of Administrative Services, Konstantinos Diamantis mounted a fast and furious defense in the summer of 2020 against an accusatory memo produced by the building trade unions ahead of a meeting with Gov. Ned Lamont.