Wilson-Foley Looked to Disgraced Former Governor for Fundraising Assit.

Republican congressional hopeful Lisa Wilson-Foley sought an assist from felonious former Governor John G. Rowland in the closing days of the 3rd quarter financial reporting period, according to a Facebook invitation posted by Rowland loyalist Christine Dreher Corey. The event took place at the Palace Theater in Waterbury last Thursday evening.

A different invitation for the invent included Rowland’s wife Patty as a co-spronsor but not the former governor who resigned from office in the midst of an enveloping bribery scandal in 2004 that sent him to federal prison the next year. Corey and her husband gained notoriety when Rowland confessed as the scandal built that they had provided him and his wife a hot tub at their Litchfield County lakeside retreat. Both Coreys were state employees at the time. It was a sordid and embarrassing era for Connecticut, caused by Rowland’s wild sense of entitlement.

Here are photos from a September fundraiser for Wilson-Foley that also featured the one-time federal inmate.

Rowland is known to do little for free and Wilson-Foley is said to be vigorous in finding ways outside her campaign to spread around some of her private fortune. The fundraising alliance will prompt other campaigns in the crowded to race to pose questions and raise eyebrows.