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Stanley A. Twardy Jr., an attorney in the Stamford office of Day Pitney LLP, was honored last week during a special dinner of the Connecticut Bar Association’s (CBA) Federal Practice Section with the 2023 Richard Law Award.
Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has received the final report of the independent investigation that he ordered be conducted in response to possible ethical or other improprieties made in connection with the hiring of a state employee within the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney, and has provided the report and referenced documents to Mark Wasielewski of the Office of State Ethics and Andrew J. McDonald, chairperson of the Connecticut Criminal Justice Commission and associate justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court.
It began with a column in the Courant revealing a patronage appointment for the daughter of influential state budget officer Konstantinos Diamantis. Then, last month news broke that a federal grand jury is investigating three costly state spending programs. Now, the emerging scandal threatens to become political ammunition as Gov. Ned Lamont heads into a re-election campaign.
Melissa McCaw says she saw a bid dispute and no inkling of scandal in a contractor’s complaint to her on April 29, 2020.
The contractor, Stamford Wrecking Company, complained that her agency, the Office of Policy and Management, was undermining competitive bidding laws on school demolition and hazardous-material disposal contracts. Specifically, the contractor said, OPM urged the town of Groton to set aside open bidding in favor of hiring from the state’s limited emergency bid list of approved contractors.