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	John G. Rowland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Grosvenor Rowland (born May 24, 1957) was the Governor of Connecticut from 1995 to 2004.
		Rowland's first wife divorced him before he was elected governor in 1994 and filed a spousal abuse charge in June 1995, but Rowland has never been charged or arrested for domestic violence.
		Rowland was sentenced on March 18, 2005, in New Haven, Connecticut to one year and one day in prison, four months house arrest, three years probation and community service.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Rowland (869 words)

	USATODAY.com - Former Gov. Rowland gets a year in prison for graft
		NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Former Gov. John G. Rowland was sentenced to a year in prison and four months of house arrest Friday for selling his office in a corruption scandal that destroyed his career as one of the Republican Party's brightest and fastest-rising stars.
		Rowland is crediting with increasing funding for Connecticut cities, improving higher education and spearheading a $1 billion redevelopment project in Hartford.
		Rowland, 47, pleaded guilty in December to a corruption charge, admitting that he sold his office for more than $100,000 in chartered trips to Las Vegas, vacations in Vermont and Florida, and improvements at his lakeside cottage.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2005-03-18-rowland_x.htm (752 words)

	FreeSpeech.com: Apology Not Accepted
		John G. Rowland's hold on his office became even more tenuous Thursday as Democrats in the House of Representatives agreed to investigate the ethics scandal that has consumed his administration.
		Rowland was not subpoenaed to testify before the federal grand jury investigating alleged bribery and bid-rigging in the Republican administration.
		Rowland should be investigated and stand trial and if found guilty for the heinous acts he has been accused, some he has admitted to, he should go to prison.
	www.freespeech.com /archives/001681.html (4097 words)

	CNN.com - Connecticut governor announces resignation - Jun 21, 2004
		Rowland had asserted he could not be forced to testify, but the court disagreed.
		Rowland thanked Connecticut residents for their support in the past as he announced his resignation.
		Rowland, 47, has been fighting corruption allegations, and a special state legislative panel had been considering whether to recommend the governor's impeachment.
	www.cnn.com /2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/21/connecticut.governor (642 words)

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		HARTFORD &; A Bridgeport lawyer took the heat Monday from appalled lawmakers who charged that former Gov. John G. Rowland shamelessly flaunted state ethics law after he resigned last year.
		Rowland was apparently eager to please and later set up a breakfast meeting with a University of Connecticut executive in an attempt to make a settlement on a nearly $2 million contract dispute between KBC and UConn at its Avery Point campus.
		She had thought that Rowland, whose administration had overseen a massive investment in new construction at UConn, was possibly going to ask the university for a letter of support to use in his criminal defense last year.
	www.connpost.com /portlet/article/html/fragments/print_article.jsp?article=2668684 (834 words)

	Governor resigns - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics - June 22, 2004
		Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland, a Republican once considered a rising star in his party, resigned yesterday amid an ethics scandal that has shaken the political landscape of his state.
		Rowland, 47, was elected to the Connecticut legislature at 23, to the U.S. House of Representatives at 27 and became governor at 37.
		Rowland — once overwhelming — has been at an all-time low, and the majority of Connecticut residents wanted him to resign or be impeached, according to a June 3 Quinnipiac University Poll.
	www.washtimes.com /national/20040622-122338-7968r.htm (916 words)

	Connecticut Governor Resigns (washingtonpost.com)
		Rowland, 47, was the youngest mayor and congressman in the history of the state, and an unstoppable political force for much of his three terms as governor.
		Rowland allowed major state contractors and gubernatorial aides to foot the bill for a new $14,000 kitchen, a cathedral ceiling and a $3,600 hot tub at his lakeside summer cottage in Litchfield County.
		Rowland would have faced an impeachment trial in a state Senate in which a majority of lawmakers already had called for his resignation.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A57561-2004Jun21.html (849 words)

	Journal Inquirer - Poll: Rowland should resign
		A new statewide poll shows that 56 percent of Connecticut voters want Gov. John G. Rowland to resign, while only 34 percent say he should stay in office and 10 percent are undecided.
		Rowland, who on Tuesday received a federal subpoena demanding that he produce records concerning the cottage and any gifts he may have received from state contractors, is slated to address the state on television tonight.
		Moreover, 82 percent said Rowland had "deliberately misled the public" on the matter, with 88 percent saying they were either "very concerned" or "somewhat concerned" that the governor provided incorrect information.
	www.journalinquirer.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=10764999&BRD=985&PAG=461&dept_id=161556&rfi=6 (1007 words)

	Connecticut's Rowland resigns
		John G. Rowland, dogged for months by a federal corruption investigation and legislative impeachment hearings into free gifts, trips and favors he received from state contractors and employees, said in an address televised live that he has decided to resign.
		John G. Rowland, once the most popular politician in Connecticut, will become the first governor in the history of the state to resign while facing the threat of impeachment.Rowland, 47, said during an extraordinary statewide television address Monday that he will step down on July 1.
		John G. Rowland may have suffered death by a thousand cuts, but some people weren't shy Monday to remind the world that 999 of them were self-inflicted.
	www.stateline.org /live/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=136&languageId=1&contentId=15686 (2176 words)

	Press Releases
		The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut announced that JOHN G. ROWLAND, age 47, the former Governor of Connecticut, was sentenced today to 12 months and one day of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release on his conviction of conspiracy to commit honest services mail fraud and tax fraud.
		ROWLAND admitted that, between approximately January 1998 and December 2001, he accepted things of value or gratuities for, because of and in connection with the business of the State of Connecticut.
		In approximately February 2000, ROWLAND directed the commissioner of the Department of Transportation (“DOT”) to sign a lease agreement concerning the construction and operation of the Bradley Airport parking garage, which agreement was to benefit Tomasso and related entities.
	www.usdoj.gov /usao/ct/Press2005/20050318-4.html (671 words)

	Former CT Governor Rowland will plead GUILTY, may do JAIL TIME for corruption
		Former Gov. John G. Rowland, who resigned July 1 amid a scandal over his acceptance of gifts and favors from state contractors and others, is expected to appear today in U.S. District Court in New Haven to enter a guilty plea under an agreement that would send him to jail, the Courant has learned.
		Rowland, who resigned on July 1 amid the federal corruption investigation and a legislative impeachment inquiry, is scheduled to appear in court in New Haven at 10 a.m., according a source familiar with the case.
		While Rowland deserved his fate, this was not done for the purpose of keeping politics clean in Connecticut, it was done as a coup, it was all politics, and many Dems have skeletons in their own closets and are hippocrites.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1307207/posts (3397 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation -- Poll: Impeachment of Gov. John G. Rowland should require criminal wrongdoing
		HARTFORD, Conn. – Fifty-five percent of Connecticut residents said embattled Gov. John G. Rowland should be impeached if found to have committed a criminal offense, while 39 percent said unethical behavior alone should be enough for impeachment, a poll released Monday found.
		Rowland is under investigation by federal authorities for accepting gifts from state contractors, employees and friends for his Litchfield cottage and then lying about it.
		The University of Connecticut poll said 69 percent of residents said the Legislature should wait for the results from a federal probe of Rowland before voting on whether to impeach the three-term Republican governor.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/nation/20040209-0824-connecticutgovernor.html (312 words)

	The Inquirer : Connecticut Governor John G. Rowland Resigns - New England's Largest African American Newspaper
		It is a sad ending to John Rowland?s career in public office during which he did so much good for the people of our state and country.
		Hartford- John G. Rowland Governor of Connecticut, resigned Monday (6pm) on the patio of the Executive Residence.
		Hartford- Patty Rowland stood by her man, as Governor John G. Rowland announced to the State, over live TV, that he will discontinued his tenure as Governor of Connecticut.
	www.inqnews.com /Article.php?id=592 (1453 words)

	FreeSpeech.com: Shit meet Fan
		Rowland has paid an ethics fine for accepting discounted stays at vacation homes owned by the Tomasso family and has admitted that employees of a Tomasso company performed free work at his vacation cottage on Bantam Lake in Litchfield County in 1997.
		Rowland is the subject of an investigation by the FBI, which is looking into his dealings with contractors.
		Some are fearful of implicating themselves in a federal criminal investigation of the Rowland administration.
	www.freespeech.com /archives/002417.html (3727 words)

	Conn. Gov. Rowland Again Refuses to Quit
		John G. Rowland said Tuesday that he is not swayed by the growing number of calls that he resign for accepting gifts from state employees and a state contractor and then lying about it.
		Even if Rowland were exonerated by the federal investigation (my guess is he won't be), the media circus and extremely low public confidence in him is adversely affecting his ability to govern.
		Rowland, also a Republican, is under fire for lying who paid for improvements to his summer cottage.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1057111/posts (1533 words)

	NewsFromRussia.Com John G. Rowland: to live in opulence and deal with federal prosecutors
		Rowland to change his mind - to admit what he had denied through two years of problems, an impeachment inquiry and the indictments of some of his associates More details...
		Rowland to change his mind - to admit what he had denied through two years of problems, an impeachment inquiry and the indictments of some of his associates, tells the NYTimes.
		Rowland, 47, probably will get 15 to 21 months in federal prison, lawyers said.
	newsfromrussia.com /world/2004/12/24/57564.html (1738 words)

	Connecticut Elected Officials
		John G. Rowland is no longer the Governor of Connecticut and now Connecticut can start moving forward towards a positive future.
		The evidence that made me sure Rowland was corrupt came from the fact that he only seemed to support legislation that personally benefited him, not the people of Connecticut.
		The Advocate printed articles week after week about the scandals Rowland was involved in until other newspapers picked up the stories and eventually, federal investigators realized that Rowland was breaking the law.
	www.geocities.com /ctpolitics (422 words)

	New Haven Register - Ex-governor could be out in 10 months
		NEW HAVEN — A contrite former Gov. John G. Rowland apologized to state residents before he was sentenced Friday to serve a year in federal prison for accepting gifts and skirting taxes.
		Hamzy was a member of the legislative impeachment committee that investigated the Rowland corruption scandal and he added that he believes that Rowland’s resignation to avoid impeachment, his guilty plea and jail time adds up to a strong disincentive for public officials who might have their hands out.
		Rowland pleaded guilty in December to a conspiracy count, admitting to committing mail fraud by accepting gratuities and not disclosing them, and to defrauding the Internal Revenue Service by not paying taxes on them.
	www.nhregister.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=14180198&BRD=1281&amp;amp;amp;amp;PAG=461&dept_id=517515&rfi=6 (1311 words)

	print_article.jsp?article=2612730
		As the last shreds of John G. Rowland's freedom were stripped away in a New Haven courtroom Friday, sadness tinged with anger rippled through government and legal circles.
		In the end, he delivered a punishment that was equitable to John Rowland and to the public." MariAn Gail Brown, who covers regional issues, can be reached at 330-6288.
		However, he added: "The fact that John Rowland was given a jail sentence sends a very powerful message that puts public officials on notice that they won't get away with breaching the public trust."
	www.connpost.com /portlet/article/html/fragments/print_article.jsp?article=2612730 (704 words)

	A Connecticut Yankee in King Kamehameha's Court
		John G. Rowland’s resignation was forced by an array of questionable dealings with his political cronies and personal friends, who helped him live like the highly paid corporate executives he saw as his rightful counterparts....
		John G. Rowland pleaded guilty to corruption charges Thursday, admitting he traded his office for more than $100,000 in flights to Las Vegas, Vermont vacations and repairs to his vacation cottage.
		John G. Rowland’s wife collected more than $554 million in payments as administrator of state and local workers compensation programs between 1998 and 2003, state records show.
	www.the-catbird-seat.net /ConnecticutConnection.htm (7818 words)

	Connecticut's ex-governor faces prison after guilty plea / He took gifts from contractors who did business with state
		Rowland at first insisted that he had bought the kitchen cabinets at Home Depot and that the hot tub was a gift from a personal friend.
		Rowland, 47, told U.S. District Judge Peter Dorsey in New Haven, Conn., that he was pleading guilty to "conspiracy to steal honest service." Wrapped into the plea were charges of mail and tax fraud.
		Rowland could have faced up to five years in prison, but under the agreement he will receive a sentence of 15 to 21 months.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/12/24/MNGLGAGPEN1.DTL (550 words)

	John Rowland
		An embarrassment to both the national and Connecticut state Republican party leadership, Governor John G. Rowland's political career is finally circling the drain.
		Investigators allege that Rowland accepted discounted vacation rentals from a company that did business with the state, that friends and contributors helped pay for renovations of his lakeside home, that some personal attorneys -- including a judicial nominee -- had agreed to postpone billing him for their work...
		And Rowland finally admitted in January 2004 that he probably did have a phone conversation with Ken Lay after all.
	www.nndb.com /people/361/000044229 (286 words)

	New England Governors' Conference, Inc.
		On January 8, 2003, John G. Rowland was sworn into an historic third term as Governor of the State of Connecticut.
		In 2003, Governor Rowland was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and received their "Outstanding American Award." This award recognizes individuals who have used the disciplines of the sport to launch notable careers in other areas.
		Between 1995 and 2002, Governor Rowland cut taxes by almost $2 billion and for the first time in state history, tax rebate checks were returned to taxpayers in 1998 and again in 1999.
	www.negc.org /rowland.html (922 words)

	Peace Corps Online June 13, 2004: Headlines: COS - Colombia: Law: New York Times: Colombia RPCV William F. Dow III defends Connecticut Governor John G. Rowland
		Rowland, a Republican in his third term as governor, is under scrutiny for gifts and favors he accepted.
		Rowland acknowledged, last December, that he had accepted free work and gifts for his Litchfield cottage from people doing business with the state.
		The impeachment inquiry is a political process, not a criminal one, and it therefore hews to different rules, much to the consternation of the two lawyers, who have criticized the committee for not divulging the scope of its investigation or its standards for impeachment.
	peacecorpsonline.org /messages/messages/467/2021899.html (1216 words)

	New Woes For Former Ct. Gov. - CBS News
		John Rowland Gets 1 Year In Jail In Corruption Scandal
		Rowland has been in a federal prison in Pennsylvania since April after pleading guilty to a charge he conspired to trade his office for favors and to commit tax fraud.
		Bartley Halloran, Rowland's attorney, said he does not know the specific charges being sought by the state, but believes they have to do with Rowland's employment after leaving office.
	www.cbsnews.com /track/rss/stories/2005/08/29/national/main802472.shtml?CMP=OTC-RSSFeed&source=RSS&attr=Politics_802472 (262 words)

	The New York Times > New York Region > The Reaction: Rowland's Resignation Brings Sadness, Cheers and Relief
		John G. Rowland of Connecticut announcing his decision to resign, with his wife, Patricia, at his side.
		Rowland so long to come to a conclusion that polls showed most voters had reached long ago, yesterday was an opportunity for Connecticut leaders to step back, try to regain their footing and figure out what comes next.
		Rowland has been in power for a decade, will be radically altered by his departure, politicians across the state said they did not see his troubles rippling far beyond his own personal nightmare.
	www.nytimes.com /2004/06/22/nyregion/22react.html?ex=1403236800&en=752e5d788c0d6386&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND (729 words)

	Journal Inquirer - Congressional Republicans want meeting with Rowland
		Rowland spokesman John Wiltse said late Friday that the administration has not received any request for a meeting, to date, from the delegation.
		Rowland should have to face reimbursing the State and its citizens for any monies illegally gained by his cronies that resulted from this Governor's corrupt practices.
		Rowland, who had insisted earlier that he paid for all improvements to the cottage, apologized for providing "incorrect and incomplete" information.
	www.journalinquirer.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=10692297&BRD=985&PAG=461&dept_id=161556&rfi=8 (991 words)

	news-article.aspx?storyid=13217
		John Kissel said it was a difficult decision for him but he believes Rowland should step down for the good of his constituents.
		Rowland, a three-term Republican governor asked the public for forgiveness during a television appearance Wednesday and said he never provided any favors for people who gave him gifts at the cottage.
		Lyons said after Rowland's speech that the governor appeared sincere in his attempt to regain the public's trust.
	www.firstcoastnews.com /news/usworld/news-article.aspx?storyid=13217 (436 words)

	ESGR Programs
		The Honorable John G. Rowland, Governor, State of Connecticut has exemplified the meaning of support to our military throughout his political career.
		The Connecticut ESGR Committee is submitting Governor John G. Rowland for the 2003 Freedom
		A true patriot and statesman, Governor Rowland genuinely understands the fundamental importance and relationship of developing employer support and promoting the message that Connecticut values its citizens in uniform and wants to support them in their efforts to ensure peace on behalf of all the nation’s citizens.
	www.esgr.org /sigma/employers2/programs.asp?c=FAPentry.asp&id=149 (498 words)

	Indian Well Renovations
		Governor John G. Rowland today broke ground for a major construction project at Indian Well State Park in Shelton, one of Connecticut's oldest state parks.
		The $812,000 renovation project, part of Governor Rowland's '2010' plan to upgrade state park and forest facilities, is scheduled for completion in May 2000.
		The contractor is John G. Brennan Construction Company, Inc. Of Shelton.
	dep.state.ct.us /whatshap/Press/1999/ps0617a.htm (585 words)

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