Tuesday, May 19, 2020

The New Government Of Connecticut

Connecticut has a new government.   It is a non elected government.  It does not have to answer to Connecticut Taxpayers.  It gets paid a great deal of Connecticut Taxpayers monies to operate without any transparency nor any accountability.  It has replaced what was formerly our Legislative branch of Connecticut government being the State House of Representatives and the State Senate.  It can dictate to Connecticut businesses when and how they can open.  It can dictate the penalties and fines that can be expected for not following their guidelines and rules.  It can replace these guidelines and rules for the Connecticut State Constitution.  It can constantly change at a minutes notice opening rules and dates for Connecticut's businesses with no repercussions or questioning by anyone.  It can decree those individuals who were voted into office non essential and having no longer any say in Connecticut's government. 
Indra Nooyi was appointed co-chair of the Reopen Connecticut Committee that was created to reopen the state.  She was the former CEO of Pepsi Co.  Why was she appointed?  Does she have ties to the Boston Consulting Group?  It is very interesting that on this same committee that there was no members of the general public chosen.  No public comment was allowed to this group.  No transparency.  Everyone was handpicked by Ned Lamont.  Now the surprise of Ned Lamont to disband this committee quickly and have it replaced now by the Boston Consulting Group with a large Connecticut Taxpayer funded contract. 
The Boston Consulting Group you may or may not know has been embroiled in controversy most recently with its work with Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of the former president of Angola, who became a billionaire allegedly by plundering state coffers through various shell companies including a Swiss Jewelery firm named De Grisogono (https://corpwatch.org/article/bcg-mckinsey-pwc-consultants-implicated-angola-corruption-scandal). 
The Boston Consulting Group was given a non bid and undisclosed contract to basically carry out the reopening of Connecticut.  The same graphics and articles written by them  seem to be seen with six other states; New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Delaware.  These states including Connecticut have formed a a regional consortium to reduce competition when purchasing personal protective equipment for use.  It is very interesting to see each state use the Boston Consulting Group graphics when talking about reopening their states and following their guidelines.
I wonder how did Boston Consulting group become an expert on Covid-19?  I wonder how did Boston Consulting group become an expert on Connecticut's economy?  Was it through their political connections with the Democrat Party nationwide?  Was it through their contributions to the Democrat Party?   What value are they offering for $2 million dollars?  Can this be explained somehow?  Why were they chosen?  Can anyone in our state government respond to this?  Why hasn't our state media investigated this?
Ned Lamont is indeed over his head as Governor of Connecticut.  To rely upon a political consulting group to decide the economic future of the state is sickening and will impact our economy for future generations.  This contract and Lamont's actions during this crisis needed to be investigated immediately.  We are no longer safe with Ned Lamont and the Boston Consulting Group in charge of Connecticut.  Stop lying to us Governor Lamont once and for all and resign.

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