Cotton Candy For The Candidate

To the Editor:

Shame on you for basically posting a campaign advertisement for Chris Lyddy without the journalistic integrity to examine in more detail the organization ConnCAN and what, if any, financial relationship they might have.

Specifically, how is the organization funded and what form does their “advocacy” take? Also, who has hailed them as one of the country’s leading education reform organizations and why? Just doesn’t seem right that our hometown paper needs to give Mr Lyddy such free publicity during a heated campaign season without some more detail. The story reminded me of cotton candy: a lot of air and not much substance.

John Munro

19 Lake Road, Newtown                                              August 24, 2010