New Haven Independent

Slouching Back Toward “Corrupt-i-cut”?

by Paul Bass | January 10, 2006 3:35 PM | Permalink

Want to find out how much money Coca-Cola pays lobbyists Sullivan & LeShane? The Office of State Ethics’s web site had always been the place to turn, despite its spotty search capability, confusing pull down menus and often untimely information. That cranky system has given up the ghost. So in a state plagued by ethical controversy, the public now has no online access to crucial public information about lobbyists and public officials. And at the moment, newly installed ethics chief Benjamin Bycel doesn’t know when a new system will be in place. Click here to read more from Independent Hartford correspondent Dan Levine.

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