A Better Connecticut spends another $697,500 on ads to “Thank Governor Malloy.” - Wait, What?

A Better Connecticut spends another $697,500 on ads to “Thank Governor Malloy.” - Wait, What?:

A Better Connecticut spends another $697,500 on ads to “Thank Governor Malloy.”

by jonpelto

Forget campaign finance reform.  Governor Malloy continues to benefit from record-breaking spending by the Education Reform front called A Better Connecticut.

Formed by Jennifer Alexander and Alex Johnston, the present and former CEOs of ConnCAN, A Better Connecticut spent an additional $700,000 on television and other advertising in support of Governor Malloy’s Education Reform Initiatives.

A Better Connecticut is the latest charter school advocacy group to develop out of ConnCAN, the group that was created by Jonathan Sackler and the other deep financial pockets that funded the creation of Achievement First, Inc. the charter school management company that was co-founded by Malloy’s Commissioner of Education,