That Flexer Email on Ambition and Continuing to Solicit Lobbyists.

Hartford Courant readers have asked about an email referred to in this week’s column about State Senator Mae Flexer (D-Killingly) soliciting registered lobbyists to donate to her employer, Emerge America. Flexer, who is the co-chair of the Government Administration and Elections Committee, is executive director of the Connecticut affiliate of the organization. The January 16, 2019, message is posted above.

Flexer, in a statement included in my column, claimed she has always stood up to special interests. One of the top lobbyist contributors to the organization is Anita Shepker, longtime lobbyist for the pharmaceutical industry. Schepker also serves as treasurer and a member of Emerge Connecticut’s board. Lobbyist and Flexer friend Karen Jarmoc is also a member of the board and serves as its treasurer.