DeLuca wins town moderator race amid fight to keep Senate seat
By ConnPolitics.tv Editor on Nov 6, 2007 | In News, Town & City Politics | 1 feedback »
Woodbury (AP) _ State Senator Louis DeLuca is celebrating a small victory, keeping his job as Woodbury’s town meeting moderator.
The Republican lawmaker has been under fire for asking a Danbury trash hauler with alleged mob ties to threaten his granddaughter’s husband. DeLuca believes his granddaughter was being abused, and he has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for a threat that was never carried out.
DeLuca defeated write-in candidate Mark Alvarez by about 350 votes. He says he was relieved and thankful when the vote totals were announced. DeLuca says the result shows that he still has support in the community.
Alvarez, a former selectman, says DeLuca has ethical problems and has demonstrated a lack of respect for the law. But he says he may have misread the tenor of the small town.
A Senate committee is weighing whether to recommend to the full Senate that DeLuca be censured or expelled from office. The panel is seeking new subpeona powers to ultimately obtain more information about DeLuca.
1 comment
The truth will always come out if not now later on and either way Mr. DeLuca's years of what ever good he may have thought he did was for naught; you cannot have it both ways - once you cross the line of demarcation you are on the other side. So, Mr. DeLuca which side do you want to be on?
Comment feed for this postLeave a comment
| « One recount, one defeat and two easy wins in the "Havens" | DaRos returns as Branford first selectman » |
