However, another prominent Republican, Onondaga county district attorney Bill Fitzpatrick — who is investigating public corruption in the state as the co-chair of the Moreland Commission — thinks public financing would be
an excellent use of public money, leading to long - term savings for taxpayers.
Calling themselves a «grassroots movement» in support
of Governor Dannel Malloy's plan to
use taxpayer
money to open two new charter schools while making historic cuts to Connecticut's
public schools, the New York based charter school industry group known as «Families for
Excellent Schools Inc. / Coalition for Every Child» paid at least $ 87,000 to rent buses to bring in charter school parents and students from as far away as New York and Boston for the pro-charter school rally that took place at the Connecticut State Capitol last week.