Conley criticism unfair and way off base Integrity is only a slogan for Conley
A recent letter, “Bill would have benefitted workers comp lawyers,” (Sept. 28), attacked Groton State Rep. Chris Conley, implying that she only cares about enriching herself. This is so far from the truth it’s laughable. Chris has passionately fought for women’s health issues, for Groton’s school budget, for job training, and to assist small businesses. She has put in long hours in Hartford. As a workers’ comp lawyer who knows the problems, she cosponsored solution-based legislation to help speed up the workers comp process.
It’s really hard to see what is wrong with that. There is no financial benefit to her. Since workers comp lawyers don’t charge by the hour, the speed of the case has nothing to do with her fee. But it does make a huge difference to employees throughout Connecticut. But this is only one bill. She has worked on dozens of bills, covering issues from health care to human trafficking, education, opioids, municipal funding, business, veterans, and seniors.
Groton is very lucky to have such a civic-minded, hard-working representative. Mary von Dorster Noank
“Integrity you can count on” was state Rep. Christine Conley’s campaign motto in her last election to unseat former Rep. John Scott. She made several false allegations against Scott implying that she had integrity and Scott had none. It has become clear that “integrity you can count on” was only a slogan as Conley is quickly proving to lack any integrity.
Another Connecticut newspaper recently reported that Conley, a workers compensation attorney, co-sponsored a piece of legislation that would have allowed worker’s compensation attorneys to sue insurance companies over and over again, without limitation if there was even the slightest implication of a delay in processing a claim. Basically she co-sponsored herself a lottery win that would have cost the state millions in increased court costs and employers millions in increased premiums. Thankfully the bill failed.
To add to her lack of integrity, Conley is throwing Middletown mayor and gubernatorial candidate Dan Drew a fundraiser. Drew was recently called out for using his weight to get a mailing list of all Middletown employees and illegally sending them a letter basically demanding that they all send him a $100 donation towards his campaign.
This is integrity you can count on? Christopher Bowen Mystic