CT Senate GOP Raises ?’s on Potential Use of CT Pension Fund for CT Sun Investment

Sen. Stephen Harding, Sen. Henri Martin, Sen. Ryan Fazio, Sen. Rob Sampson and Sen. Heather Somers today issued the following statement regarding a news report that the Lamont Administration and top legislative Democrats are considering using Connecticut’s pension funds to make a minority investment in the Connecticut Sun.

“So Democrats are going to raid the Connecticut state government employee retirement fund to get the team to stay?

Do we have that right, Gov. Lamont?

We appreciate the team just like fans across the state, but this odd fiscal scheme raises multiple red flags.

We need transparency, public hearings and honest debates.

This involves potentially hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars.

Gov. Lamont: No more backroom deals. People deserve sunlight.

Let the PUBLIC discussions begin.”