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Coming Up: The Wheelhouse on the 2014 Governor's Race, Money in Politics and Jared Kupiec

Connecticut Public Radio | By Tucker Ives
Published July 23, 2013 at 12:15 PM EDT

Are you ready for the 2014 gubernatorial election? I don't think we are, but we're wading into it anyway after Senate Minority Leader John McKinney announced his bid for the governor's mansion.

We'll also discuss the ongoing issue of money in politics. Host of the Decode DC podcast (and former NPR congressional reporter) Andrea Seabrook tackles this in her latest episode. She spoke with former U.S. Congressman Lee Hamilton who called money the biggest problem in politics.

WNPR's Jeff Cohen will join us to talk about the bizarre story of Jared Kupiec. He's Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra's former chief-of-staff. Jeff sums up the story of Kupiec continuing to use his city car after leaving his job but he also asks an odd question coming out of this: At Hartford City Hall, what's it mean to leave your job?

Stay tuned for more topics and guests.

GUESTS:
  • Jeff Cohen - WNPR's capital region reporter
  • Andrea Seabrook - Host of Decode DC

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