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Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:38 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 11 March 2010 02:11
From Courant.com:
Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz’s politically oriented entries in her office’s 36,000-name constituent database drew criticism Wednesday from Democratic rivals, one of whom said she should make a public apology, and from Republican State Chairman Chris Healy, who called the entries “a political intelligence file for her own use … paid for by the taxpayers.”
The criticism came after The Courant’s disclosure Wednesday that the taxpayer-funded database contains thousands of what are labeled “special notes” on people’s political connections and personal characteristics, including some medical conditions. It also has a category headed “Ethnicity,” which identifies 2,431 people as either Jewish, Greek, Polish, African American, Hispanic or Native American.
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