Dan Haar spoke during the Ned Lamont vs. Ryan Fazio Gubernatorial Debate segment #1, stating that millions of taxpayer dollars have been stolen through malfeasance and corruption. He noted that when Terence Chang was found to have stolen tens of thousands of dollars from the taxpayer, Governor Lamont called it "small ball." Haar also stated that Terence Chang was given a no-show job paying $440,000 per year.
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- Who
- Dan Haar
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- WFSB 3 · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 60 seconds, unedited within the cut
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The problem is that eight years later corruption has flourished on his watch. There's been millions and millions of dollars of taxpayer dollars stolen by malfeasance and corruption in this state government. And people simply haven't been held accountable. The problems in the CSCU system are precisely because the governor didn't hold them accountable. When Terence Chang was found to have stolen tens of thousands of dollars from the taxpayer as the leader of CSCU, Governor Lamont called it small ball. Why would you call that small ball? So it's no surprise that we've seen scandal after scandal within the CSCU system in the years since because the governor set the tone that people do not get held accountable. Terence Chang was given a no -show job for the following two years after he was caught getting paid $440 ,000 per year. If you watching steal tens of thousands of dollars per year, will you get a no -show job paying four hundred forty thousand dollars per year well that happened on governor Lamont's watch thank you so much we appreciate it governor we'll give you another
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