They Didn’t Make That Themselves. Roberti and Teacher Salaries, Esty’s Gold to Green.
My goodness, the Democratic challengers in the 5th Congressional District are rich. To borrow a thought from President Obama and fauxcahontas Elizabeth Warren, they didn’t make those fortunes themselves. Dan Roberti lent $585,000 to his congressional campaign, Elizabeth Esty $500,000. They are not living lives in the middle class.
Roberti’s autobiography is heavy on the heartstrings. He was raised by a single mom who worked as a school teacher, he repeats and repeats. What town was that? They had an excellent contract negotiator because Roberti has not had much of a career, so he probably didn’t earn all that money he’s spending on television ads. Roberti emphasizes the time he has spent doing good works. There’s not a lot of money in that at the entry level. He couldn’t have earned that fortune himself. Wait a minute. Could his wad have come from his colorful father, Vincent Roberti, the lobbyist? The father he never mentions and declined to acknowledge in his campaign rollout last year? Dan, tell us it’s not true. Your commercial disdains special interests and their lobbyists. No wonder you’ve put off filing your financial disclosure statement with the House of Representatives.
According to his campaign website, Roberti “relied on Pell Grants and loans to get through college.” Read this testimonial to Roberti and understand what sustains the public’s disdain for the political class.
It’s a good thing for Elizabeth Esty that utilities and other powerful corporations pay for talk and influence. Esty’s husband, the state’s commission of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, made a lot of lettuce yammering away about going green in business practices. He had a sweet $205,000 consulting deal with Northeast Utilities. That’s buy a lot of 30 second ads. Elizabeth Esty has solicited and received contributions from companies her husband regulates. You may recall that Daniel Esty neglected to include NU in his list of companies he would recuse himself from contact with when he joined the Malloy administration in 2011.