Connecticut: The Economic Money Laundering State

Truth in government.  That, is a concept worth exploring.  We realize truth now has been modified to include variations on what was at one time, truth.  Factual truth in government now seems a distant reality as professional politicians and their handlers stumble over rhetoric, words and lies that are now considered truth. 

Governance. The concept is obvious. But in Connecticut, the concept is non-existent, or is exercised in reverse. In recent days, several articles and radio and independent media reports have provided us with sordid potential accusations regarding a Federal Investigation into a myriad of state-funded nonprofit organizations, with said accusations taking into account a prominent state senator of color, a huge state “economic development” monolith, and a bevy of “consultants” that are incredibly well paid for ostensible non-jobs.

Governing. The horrific and obscene mess of what passes for Governing in Connecticut is enabled yearly by a group of no less than seventy five (75) asleep-at-the-switch Connecticut State Legislators sitting on the Legislative Commerce and Appropriations Committees, who ostensibly do nothing but hand over multi-millions of dollars every year without  a care to an untold number of tax exempt organizations, all of which are exempt from disclosure by statute drafted via the courtesy of that very same Legislature. After all, this system is great for glad-handing, crony-employing, and photo-opping.

 

We now enter the Twilight Zone. Welcome to the economic money-laundering State of Connecticut.

Regardless of the obscene amount of tax dollars spent, It is no surprise that Connecticut continues to have many social and economic problems.  That is the truth.  These problems include high taxation, a failing economy, a lack of job creation, a crumbling infrastructure, an illegal drug problem, a crime problem especially with vehicle thefts, unchecked state budget spending, in addition to $100-$150 billion dollars in short and long term debt along with unfunded liabilities, all in excess of the venerated “Fiscal Guardrails” we hear so much about.  But these "truths" have been talked about and written about numerous times by myself and several others in the small group of the common citizen media that must counter the state run media's supposed "truths". And as time goes on, the state run media has been working overtime trying to turn the truth into fables.

This nonprofit scandal gets worse by the day. One of the latest "truths" in the scandal that the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (“DECD”) has somehow "lost" track of Connecticut Taxpayers monies given to several Hartford non-profit social services agencies. .   The Blue Hills Civic Association fell victim to a $300,000 wire fraud and compounded the felony by failing to immediately notify state officials of the theft when it was discovered. In April of 2025 , The Blue Hills Civic Association laid off most of its staff.  The Blue Hills Civic Association according to its 2024 audit lists its Executive Director receiving $149,481 in compensation for the year, she was dismissed from her job in April also. (https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/60876558).  The Blue Hills Civic Association has received nearly $14 million dollars from the DECD over the past two years in state and federal grants.  "State spending records show DECD continued to send federal money to the nonprofit after the theft occurred, providing a combined $1.23 million worth of federal dollars in March alone, with the last transfer occurring on March 20."(https://voteearlyct.com/f/blue-hills-civic-association-300k-alleged-wire-transfer-fraud). One must wonder where all the money went? 

And why this was not front page news? And why did the Connecticut Legislature keep using the failure Connecticut Department of Economic and Community  Development to continually shovel funds to myriad nonprofits without question or analysis? This pattern defies any sort of logic.

Several Connecticut Republicans that were either brave, (or way (way) late to the issue at hand, depending on your viewpoint) issued a statement regarding this issue and trying to find out the "truth"  From August 6, 2025:

Sen. Rob Sampson, Sen. Henri Martin and Sen. Stephen Harding today issued the following statement regarding federal authorities issuing grand jury subpoenas ordering the State of Connecticut to produce extensive records as part of an investigation of possible irregularities in the distribution of tens of millions of dollars in government grants to social service and business nonprofit organizations in Hartford.

“Wow. A federal dragnet has been cast. The feds certainly seem to have built their case. Fraud and corruption? Sure looks like it. It’s YOUR money, Connecticut taxpayers. Hey, by the way: Where is the comment from Gov. Lamont and Connecticut Democrats? Are they as appalled as Republicans are? All we hear is crickets chirping.” (https://www.facebook.com/sampsonforct).

Indeed. Where is the comment of the Democrat Party and its Socialist Attorney General?

Considering that Connecticut has continually refused to clean up its own house, many decent taxpaying citizens are relieved that the sordid and corrupted situation in Connecticut is finally getting Federal attention. The stories seemingly get worse every single day. (https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/hartford-nonprofit-grand-jury-probes-state-senator-s-personal-relationship-with-grant-recipient/ar-AA1K2EvD?ocid=BingNewsVerp&cvid=4383a6a98ca4438cf3fd72dda846a09c&ei=25&apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1)But one question hitherto unasked was raised this past week by my friend and colleague Tony De Angelo as to how many of these state-funded nonprofit organizations have politically-connected “Executives” who are drawing salaries up to 40% of revenues, before “payments to consultants?” As of the time of this writing, this is already a huge story for which only the tip of the iceberg has been reached.

https://x.com/TonyDeAngelo7/status/1953434561238781967

Since all elevators stop at the top floor, of course one also wonders how much did King Governor Ned Lamont "The Unaccountable" know about these "Truths" perpetuated by the DECD and the State Legislature?  Hopefully, the Federal investigation will lead Connecticut Taxpayers to the real "Truth" of what happened to their hard earned tax monies.  But again, Connecticut Taxpayers have never had any  "Truth" forthcoming from unethical business dealings with no-bid state contracts going to Lamont- owned firms such as Sema4  that were heavily invested in Annie Lamont's hedge fund Oak HC/FT, and that the Lamont-related interests made upwards of $77,000,000 in one day at the Sema4 stock public offering.  

Did the DECD ever investigate this "Truth"?  Did the Connecticut State Legislature?

Of course not.

But once again we see the same familiar song and dance in Connecticut.  The complex nonprofit debacle fueled by the Legislature and the dysfunctional and unaccountable Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development just keeps on wasting Connecticut Taxpayers monies. It is ostensible that the Connecticut Democrat Party, no matter what the cost, is there to protect the political ruling class who dictate to the Connecticut Taxpayers what they can and can't have.  Why does Connecticut even need the large, unaccountable, and power hungry economic failure known as the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development? 

It is hoped that we can finally end the picking the winners and losers in a socialist state like Connecticut.  Let the free market system work once again in Connecticut.  Free the Connecticut Taxpayer from the Connecticut Democrat Party and its economically failed programs.  Force the Legislature to act like one and stop acting life a self-gratifying cadre of “what-me worry?” type lummoxes.

Hallelujah. It is time for "Truth" once again. 

And "Truth" cannot arrive quickly enough in The Economic Money Laundering State of Connecticut.