Rowland Partner Got Contracts Paving Contractor Received $900,000 In State Work After Land Deal With Governor(REPUBLICAN) Gov. John G. Rowland was involved in the late 1990s in a lucrative investment partnership that included a contractor who got more than $900,000 in state contracts after going into business with the governor.
Rowland's partners were Anthony R. Cocchiola, the owner of Cocchiola Paving of Watertown; Michael H. Cicchetti, a politically connected Waterbury lawyer whose specialties include real estate development; and Robert Capanna, a now-deceased businessman and landowner in the Prospect area where the partnership operated. In a statement released Thursday in response to reporters' questions, Rowland described the three men as friends...
Lori Price
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