And now Luke Bronin is collecting big bucks from developers of the Hartford Dunkin’ Donuts Stadium
In the weeks leading up to Hartford’s Democratic Mayoral Primary, Greenwich native and political newcomer Luke Bronin repeatedly attacked incumbent Mayor Pedro Segarra for his support of the minor league baseball stadium that is now under construction in Hartford.
Luke Bronin told the Hartford Courant,
“I had real concerns about it. I still have real concerns about it and our ability to fund it.”
But despite Bronin’s “real concerns” about the stadium, the moment Luke Bronin got past the deadline for making his campaign contributions public prior to Primary Day he started loading up with money from the very developers who were given the extraordinary contract to build the stadium.
Connecticut State Law required that Bronin and any other candidate running for municipal office file a special campaign finance report exactly one week before the September 16, 2015 Primary Day.
However, although the filing date for the report was Wednesday, September 9, 2015, only contributions received by Monday, September 7, 2015 had to be listed on the report.
On Tuesday, September 8, 2015, only hours after a contribution reporting deadline had passed, Luke Bronin received eight $1,000 checks from individuals associated with the stadium developer.
And as Bronin’s latest campaign finance report reveals, the $8,000 collected on September 8, 2015 was only the beginning.
In the following days, the Bronin campaign pocketed additional $1,000 checks from the corporate executives of DONO Hartford LLC, CENTERPLAN DEVELOPMENT And now Luke Bronin is collecting big bucks from developers of the Hartford Dunkin’ Donuts Stadium - Wait What?: