CT-Sen: Rowland bag man funding Lieberman

It seems that some money-men that helped contribute to disgraced governor John Rowland are now helping to fund Joe Lieberman  The paragraphs at the end of the article specifically mentioned how they got access to Rowland only after $75 million of CT pension money was invested in their company.

Unfortunately, it seems that the Rowland scandal has taken down all of Rowland's inner circle, except for Jodi Rell.  I hope it is not too late to tie Rowland to Joe Lieberman but it is late in the game.  It would need a concentrated effort of contacting state media.  It would be nice if we could connect them, as Rowland had like an 11% approval rating before he resigned.

But, it seems Joe Lieberman has no shame in taking money from disgraced Republics like Mack, and Mel Sembler.

A New York deal-maker fingered for helping former Gov. John G. Rowland raise $50,000 in campaign funds days after his firm got $75 million from the Connecticut pension fund has surfaced along with several family members as contributors to U.S. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman's re-election campaign.

William L. Mack, who was never charged with any crime in connection with the 1998 Rowland fundraiser that was arranged by the corrupt former state treasurer, Paul Silvester - and which the Republican governor later famously denied knowing had been held at the home of a major state contractor - gave $2,100 to Lieberman in September, Federal Election Commission records show.

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William Mack's three brothers, Frederick, David, and Earle, also have given to Lieberman $5,000, $2,000, and $1,100, respectively, and three other family members, Ruth Mack, Sandra Mack, and Carol Mack, have given the senator $8,200, $4,200, and $1,000.

Five other unrelated individuals associated with companies in which William Mack is a principal, including the investment firm that got the state pension fund money, Apollo Real Estate Advisors, together have accounted for an additional $7,000 in contributions to Lieberman.

Silvester, who was convicted on federal racketeering and money laundering charges in 1999, later testified at the trial of several of his former associates that William Mack had agreed to hold the fundraiser for Rowland only after Silvester invested the $75 million with Apollo Real Estate Advisors.

The reception was held 12 days after one of the firm's investment partnerships received the money.
"It was fairly well understood that if we did business with Mr. Mack, we could expect a sizable fundraiser for the governor," Silvester testified.

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