Governor Lamont to Naugatuck to address traffic safety. Event provides opportunity to explain revelations of Joyride Jonny speeding.

Governor Ned Lamont’s flawless timing comes into view Monday. The Greenwich Democrat will use the start of the busiest travel week of the year “to give an update on the state’s ongoing effort to prevent instances of wrong-way driving.”

Lamont will also “discuss the importance of road safety” on his trip to Naugatuck. That should lead the governor to share his reaction to the jarring revelations in Marc E. Fitch’s Inside Investigator report of high ranking Lamont adviser Jonathan Dach’s misuse of state vehicles at recklessly high speeds.

Fitch discovered Dach appears to have engaged in the prolific personal use of a state vehicle and on three occasions drove more than 100 mph.

Dach served as Lamont’s third chief of staff before resigning this summer and continuing on the state payroll as an undefined minister without portfolio.

Monday morning’s Naugatuck event will include State Police leader Ronnell Higgins, providing him the opportunity to explain whether Dach was ever stopped for speeding and issued a ticket.

Published November 24, 2024.