Letter to the Editor: DTC say McAnaney Mismanaged Court Finances

The Suffield Democratic Town Committee recently sent out a mailing challenging Republican candidate for first selectman and former probate judge Ed McAnaney's management of the Suffield probate court's finances.

An image of the mailing is available as a photo, available in the photo box to the right of this text. The mailing cites a 2010 probate court audit report prepared for the state of Connecticut by accountant David Saltzman. These citations are marked with an asterisk (*) in the full text below.

A response from Ed McAnaney .

Front:

• McAnaney's budgets were out of balance.

• He mismanaged the probate court finances, and suffield is paying almost $2,500 for his unpaid bills.

• On Nov. 8, say no to Ed Mcananey.

Back:

• Ed McAnaney mismanaged the probate court finances.

• "Final assessment payment was (8 months) late and by statute is subject to interest*."

• Paid "workers' compensation insurance" but it was "disallowed*."

• He misrepresented his annual dues by almost double the amount, until it was discovered by the auditor: "Dues were overstated, the amount [McAnaney] deducted was greater than the amount paid*."

• While you struggled at home, his last year in office, he doubled his salary.

• Do you really want someone running Suffield's finances who had big problems with the proboate court's finances?

• Paid for by the Suffield Democratic Town Committee, Cathy McKeen, Treasurer.

Editor's Notes: The "paid for..." message above is included to completely represent the text on the mailing. The Suffield Democratic Town Committee did not pay for this message to appear on Suffield Patch.

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