Sometimes when a public law enforcement case seems closed, it really isn't -- and Democratic state Sen. Thomas Gaffey of Meriden is the latest proof of that, Sunday's Government Watch column says.
Fifteen months ago, the State Elections Enforcement Commission fined Gaffey $6,000 under a settlement agreement to resolve its complaint against him for non-criminal violations of state election law -- including double-billing his political action committee and the state for travel to legislative conferences around the country.