Democratic Campaigns Financing Flexer Job.

Taxpayer financed campaigns are helping to finance state Senator Mae Flexer’s job as executive director of Emerge Connecticut, the organization that prepares Democratic women for political activism. Democratic campaigns have paid thousands to Emerge Connecticut for training. This raises the unsettling prospect of candidates who become legislators having underwritten another public official’s private compensation. It has the appearance–and perhaps the reality–of compromising Flexer’s independence. This reminiscent of the unsettling situation that arose when Manchester Democrat Geoff Luxenberg was a member of the General Assembly and an aggressive campaign consultant to many Democratic candidates. It made sensible people uncomfortable.

Flexer did not respond to requests for comment.