Malloy Using DC Trip to Raise $$$ for PAC. Leaves Event Off Schedule.

Governor Dannel P. Malloy’s schedule for his two-day trip to Washington Tuesday and Wednesday omits a fundraising event he’ll attend at 6:30 p.m. tonight for his political action committee, Prosperity for Connecticut, Daily Ructions can disclose. Malloy’s people have been putting the screws to lobbyists and others who have clients and affiliations in Washington to raise coin for his PAC at tonight’s event.

Contributors and others will gather at the office of political operator and former state Representative Vincent Roberti to pay tribute to Malloy. Roberti’s son, Dan Roberti, is seeking the Democratic nomination for Congress in the 5th Congressional District. Roberti pere, according to one online biography, “divides his time among his residences in New York City; Washington, D.C.; Paris, France; and Litchfield County, CT, where he has a farm.”

Event is receiving an assist from members of the state’s congressional delegation, especially U.S. Representative John Larson.

Venue for the conclave will raise alarm in Dan Roberti rival Speaker of the House Christopher Donovan’s suite as the legislature prepares to begin its short session on February 8th.