I've blogged before about Gerry Connolly, the pro-corporate developer backed Democrat running as a progressive 'antiwar' candidate in Virginia. He's the guy who worked at a defense contractor before his run for Congress, who said the following a few weeks ago.
Connolly (D) had nothing to do with SAIC's more controversial contracts. He has worked at SAIC only since 2002 and leads the company's involvement in community activities and charitable events.
And the company spokesperson said the following.
SAIC spokeswoman Melissa Koskovich, when asked to respond to Connolly's critique of no-bid contracts, said in a statement: "Gerry Connolly works as part of SAIC's community relations team. In this role, he is not involved in SAIC's work for government or commercial clients."
In an e-mail this month to "fellow SAIC teammates," Robert A. Rosenberg, a former executive vice president and general manager for SAIC's Northern Virginia operations whom the company calls a "consulting employee," urged colleagues to support Connolly in part because of his "in-depth understanding of our industry."
According to former FEC lawyer Allison Hayward, the email "focuses on Connolly's knowledge of the contracting business and what he could do for SAIC if elected to Congress", which makes it legally questionable.
Regardless of the legality, it's certainly dishonest of Connolly. He claims that he leads the community activities and charitable events part of SAIC, but SAIC's own executive in a plea for cash for Connolly contradicts that.
Have I mentioned that progressive Democrat Leslie Byrne is running neck and neck with Connolly for the Democratic primary on June 10th? Oh, I haven't? Well she is.
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