Don’t you think the public should be able to find out in what ways a whistleblower has suggested the state treasurer is using questionable bidding practices?

Wouldn’t you like to know which employee of the secretary of the state’s office, according to a whistleblower, is not working at the job? What is the job? How much does the person not doing any work make and how are they getting away with not doing anything?

Wouldn’t it be good for the public to find out what kind of nepotism has been alleged in the Department of Transportation and who, according to a whistleblower, has gotten an improper promotion? Who may be related to what powerful person? Who may have gotten improperly promoted to what job?

These are questions that interest me because they go to the heart of a lot of what the public often wants to know about their government, whether business is being conducted properly and ethically.

And these are not hypothetical allegations. They are among the dozens of real complaints about Connecticut government made to state auditors last year by whistleblowers.

I requested three of the complaints, and the state auditors have refused to release them. I filed a complaint Thursday with the state Freedom of Information Commission.

Attorney General William Tong, who I believe is inclined to sweep under the rug any corruption in a government run by fellow Democrats, is joining state auditors in requesting that the law pertaining to whistleblower complaints be tightened in a way...

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