According to Lori Brown of the CT League of Conservation Voters, Amann just announced he would not seek re-election as Speaker and would not run again for his seat in the House. He will stay through the end of session. I am still trying to confirm this through other sources.
The press conference by Rep. Lawlor yesterday was incredibly powerful. I was so pleased to see Democrats like Lawlor (who was joined by Reps. Denise Merrill and Chris Caruso) treat this incident with the seriousness and gravity it deserves. Lawlor also had some very complimentary things to say about the CT blogging community and our growing power as citizen watchdogs.
But that's not all! We're at the start of a new legislative session, about which BranfordBoy writes:
Much has been (and will be) made of the so-called "veto-proof majority" enjoyed by Democrats, which strikes me as a real knee-slapper. I certainly don't expect anything much in the way of a Democratic agenda and unified Dem support for any measure, except the most non-controversial, is probably a will o' the wisp. When even the Dem Speaker of the House can't be counted on to support the Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, what sort of firm leadership can we reasonably expect? And what moral authority will Amann have to enforce Party discipline, assuming he even wants to?
Roll call votes will, I suspect, reveal not how strong the "veto-proof" Dems are but how weak, with those voting against their Party providing a useful who's who of DINOs for future reference.
So before I open this thing up to questions and discussion about the Krayeske arrest and the 2007 legislative session...
This is the first time we've had an online discussion with a state legislator here at My Left Nutmeg, and I want to thank Representative Lawlor for spending time here tonight engaging his fellow progressives. Please give him a warm My Left Nutmeg welcome.
Rep. Mike Lawlor (D-East Haven) is here to chat with 
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