Category: Attorney General

Blumenthal Urges FDA To Adopt Uniform Foos Labeling

Attorney General Richard Blumenthal urged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) — as it considers adopting a uniform food labeling program — to ensure that it provides unbiased nutritional information and encourages food manufacturers to offer healthier products. The FDA has proposed developing a national voluntary front-of-package food labeling program. In formal comments filed [...]

Conn Humane Society Hires New Director, Gives Little Detail

The troubled Connecticut Humane Society has hired a new director, replacing Richard Johnston who was forced to quit  following allegations of wrongdoing from former staff members. Gordon G. Willard, the society told workers, has been selected as the new executive director, starting  August 5. The 130-year-old charity gave little details today on Willard. It did not state [...]

Ct Humane Society Loses Top Charity Rating

The Connecticut Humane Society’s website (at least as of tonight July 26) urges potential donors to go to the guidestart.org website to see its review of the 130-year old charity. I guess Society Chairman Chris White would rather you went to that site which does not have a review of his organization. He would rather [...]

Blumenthal Concedes He “Misstated” His Military Record

While most Connecticut journalists have given state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal the benefit of the doubt by using the work misspeak when referring to his false claims to have been in Vietnam, Blumenthal did concede last week that he “misstated” his military record on several occasions. While the two words may seem similar, there is [...]

Blumenthal Identifies States In Google Investigation, But Offers No Proof As To When They Joined Him

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today named some of the states that have joined his investigation into Google”s Street View production. However, his office has yet to provide any evidence that any of those states had actually asked him to head the probe 30 days ago when he announced his multi-state investigation. I have been [...]

Blumenthal Opposes Lobster Fishing Moratorium

Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today urged the American Lobster Management Board to reject a broad moratorium on lobster fishing that could potentially devastate commercial lobster fishermen, wholesalers and retailers in Connecticut. The board will meet Thursday to consider a five-year moratorium on all lobster fishing south of Cape Cod, including Long Island Sound, after a [...]

Blumenthal: Chief Marketing And Press Officer, Not CEO

For some, the unprecedented public release of a sensitive document from the the personnel file of a Connecticut assistant attorney general raises the question of whether Richard Blumenthal or his cronies tried to improperly bury a critic who claimed that Blumenthal has been lying about serving in Vietnam for 18 or so years. To me, [...]

Blumenthal Can’t Name One State That Is Part Of His “Multi-State” Probe Announced Four Weeks Ago

It is almost month since Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announced that he is heading a multi-state investigation into Google’s Street View.

Yes, despite weekly claims that he would reveal the identities of those state the following week, as of today not one state has been identified by Blumenthal as having asking him to head up an investigation – a probe his office initially indicated included about 30 states.

Torrington Doctor and Attorney General’s Office Rush To Help Woman Suffering From Heat

A devoted chiropractic physician and caring people at the state Attorney General’s office worked together Friday to break through the bureaucracy of a Torrington subsidized housing project to get air conditioning for a woman suffering from severe asthma. Dr. Mark Levine of Torrington emailed me Friday afternoon telling me that his patient Marguerite Poll – [...]

Blumenthal Ducks Giving Direct Answers To His False Military Claims

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal sidestepped giving direct answers to his false claims that he served in Vietnam as a Marine.

Blumenthal was the guest speaker today at the Litchfield-Morris Rotary Club where I asked him how he could have accidentally told veterans that he served in Vietnam.

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