Stephen
Fournier
Attorney at
Law
Tel: 860 794
6718 Fax: 860 233 3044
stepfour@stepfour.com
Pat Donovan
Voter Service
September 21, 2010
Dear Ms. Donovan:
I have attached my candidate
profile. In view of my inability to
satisfy several of the candidate vetting criteria, I suggest that the League
waive them and include me in the attorney general debate notwithstanding.
My candidacy raises issues of
public corruption that are important to voters but that that won't be aired by
major party candidates. I am disposed to
hold a considerable number of our leaders liable for malfeasance. Public officials have not been held to
account for the destruction of
My candidacy is an
alternative to party politics. I am
endorsed by two emerging parties, each with its own distinct politics. Independents and Greens endorsed me with full
knowledge that I'm doing this as a people's lawyer and not to advance a
particular political agenda. I am none
of the above. Excluding me would be seen
as censorship. Recall that both the
Democrat and the Republican in the congressional election of two years ago
expressed open disapproval of my exclusion from that debate. More than 7,000 First District voters cast a
ballot for me in that election.
My candidacy is
subversive. On principle, and most
particularly as a candidate for this office, I object to the elections
industry. I consider the practitioners
unethical. I hate the idea of giving
them money, and I hate the idea of asking for money to enrich them. Modern technology empowers
My candidacy depends on the
secret ballot. I have expressed opinions
on every issue, and my opinions are controversial. My Internet newsletter Current Invective
receives hundreds of visits every month, and I have over 100 regular online
subscribers. I have been part of
organizing teams advocating impeachment and war crimes prosecutions (as well as nonviolence and Hartford Public
High School spirit), and I have been passionate as an advocate. I was a catalyst for the dismantling of a
corrupt Hartford Board of Education a dozen or so years ago. It's risky to associate politically with
me. Should I be excluded from a debate
among attorneys because of aggressive advocacy and lack of political
correctness?
I trust the League of Women
Voters to put the public interest in debate above arbitrary "vetting
criteria" that effectively censor a broad swath of opinion.
Yours sincerely,
Stephen Fournier