Flexer: Not Too Far on #MeToo and State Employees.

State Senator Mae Flexer reminds us that the most curious things happen in the middle of the night at the State Capitol complex. Flexer has been leading the #MeToo movement to confront sexual misbehavior, particularly in government. The Killingly Democrat surprised colleagues and others during an overnight session early Friday morning when she opposed an amendment by state Senator Art Linares (R-Westbrook) that would allow the attorney general to apply to revoke the pension of a state employee who is convicted of first degree sexual assault or aggravated sexual assault that was committed “while such person was a state public official or was on duty in his or her position as a state employee.”

The Linares amendment passed on a bipartisan 30-6 vote, with the opposition coming from Flexer and five other Democrats.