Update: Bronin Declines to Apologize to Subordinates for Fundraising Squeeze. Malloy’s Boy Has Campaign Manager Issue Statement.

Luke Bronin ducked apologizing to scores of Hartford city government employees for sending a campaign fundraising solicitation to city email addresses. Instead, Malloy’s Boy had his campaign manager, Conor Hurley, send an email to the targeted subordinates, letting them know they would receive no more communications in that manner.

The employees should be hearing from the one with the power to retaliate if they decline to contribute to their boss’s campaign, not his functionary and the treasurer of his political action committee.