New Haven Independent

Courant Slams DeStefano

by Paul Bass | November 6, 2005 3:12 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Will John DeStefano’s unwillingness to abandon union supporters hurt his gubernatorial campaign? Yes, if The Hartford Courant has anything to say about the matter. An editorial in Sunday’s Courant (whose owner, the Chicago-based Tribune Co., is known for hardball tactics against some of its own unions) attacked DeStefano for not taking Yale New Haven Hospital’s side against a union trying to gain community benefits from a proposal to build a new cancer center. Click here to read the Courant’s editorial. Balancing editorials like this one has been the rush of unions (except some in his home town) to back DeStefano’s gubernatorial bid.

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