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WFTSi,nftr,Fli,?*IOctober 21,2010John Milardo36 Bailey RdMiddletown, CT 06457 -2048Dear Brother Milardo,I am writing to voice my concerns regarding your recent newsletters and guestcolumn in the Middletown Press which have come to my attention, and toencourage you to become involved and knowledgeable in AFT Connecticut andConnecticut AFL-CIO political education and action prograrns.Let me delineate our concerns about your current political work:

l. The ernployer's email database should not be used for distribution ofpolitical information.

AFT Connecticuttit,\l;L-ctoHealthcareHigher EducatioPublic EmployeePSRPTeachers35 Marshall RoadRocky Flill, CT 06068601257-9782Fax: 860 1257 -8214'loll Free: BBB/398-33rvr,r.vt aftct. o rgSharon Palmer'PRDSf DDN'I'Melodie PetersI:IIST VICD PRESIDEN'I'Leo CantySECOND \4CI.] PRESIDENl''lhornas BruennSECI]l)\RY.1'RI]S(J RI:-R

Iohn AltieriRonda BarkerErin BerhamDennis BoguskyJoanne ChapinDavid CicarellaA:t Costa, Ir.Torn CulleyTanya CrurnpKathie DalyPatti FuscoBetry GadsonAnclrea IohnsorPatrica M. KeavneyPhyllis KornfeldPaul KrellAnn l.ohrandIean MorningstarChr-rck MorrellHarry RodriguezKathleen SannerRick Tanasi

2. You are distributing outside the "circle" of your membership. This couldbe interpreted as a reportable "in kind" contribution, which requires thelocal to havc an offrcial PAC registered with the State.You distributed the union newsletter to an email list of unionists andothers involved with the fundraiser for the Kleen Energy Plant tragedy.This was totally inappropriate ancl insensitive.Labor unions never ask their members to vote for a party or to join aparticr"rlar party. We ask our members to register to vote and we endorseindividual candidates based on their answers to issue-orientedquestionnaires and interviews.

5. Organized labor has been involved with Middletown government for along time. There is no need for labor to "step forward." (October 7,Newsletter) Perhaps your local should step forward and get involved withthe rest of organized labor if your members want to change the currentactivities.On October 12 you stated, " Lebor is asking every citizen... " Labor is notasking-you are. Please make that distinction clear.The timing of the "Change the Vote Day" (which, notably, is a week) issuspect. It does not go unnoticed that these newsletters and requests foraction are circulated just prior to important state and national elections.

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John MilardoOctober 21, 2010Page2

You are clearly very passionate about Middletown political issues and that is agood start. We suggest you refrain from name calling which we believe iscounter productive. We suggest you use your energy and passion to build apolitical action committee within your local which will have a lasting impact.Connecticut AFL-CIO and AFT Corurecticut offer workshops and trainingsessions in political education. We are not aware of Middletown Managers andProfessional Associates participating in any AFT Connecticut, Connecticut AFL-CIO or Middletown-Meriden Central Labor Council Programs. We believe yourunion members could benefit politically by becoming involved in these programs,and that your time would be better spent defining, supporting, and buildingconsensus around issues you support rather than reacting to positions and votesyou oppose.For clarification we are listing our endorsements for state and federal offices.These individuals have been carefully screened by questionnaires and interviewswith either AFT National or AFT Connecticut COPE Committee of forly-plusmembers. There is a seat at the table waiting for MMPA.In Solidarity, \wtuharon M. PalmerPresident OPIU ]?6 AFL.CO K\IG:lSHAROli.l|LADO LTR t02l t0 lnd dl.dG

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Wn r!onn*c'ticr.rt2010 AFT Connecticut Endorsements (as ore/23lr0)US Senate

Richard Blumenthal

State Senate

024 Tim O'Brieno25 John Geraqosian026 Peter Tercvak027 Sandy Nafs028 Russell Morin029 Tony Guerrera030 Joe Aresimowicz031 Thomas Kehoeo32 James O'Rourke034 Gail Hamm038 Elizabeth Ritter042 Tom Revnolds044 Mae Flexer045 Steve Mikutel046 Melissa Olson047 Catherine Osten048 Linda Orange049 Susan Johnson053 Brvan Hurlburt054 Greqq Haddad057 Ted Graziani058 Kathleen Tallarita059 David Kiner064 Roberta Willis065 Michelle Cook073 Jeff Berqer079 Frank Nicastro081 Bruce "Zeke" Zalaski083 Catherine Abercrombie084 Christopher Donovan087 Steve Fontana085 Mary Mushinsky089 Vickie Nardello091 Peter Villano092 Patricia Dillon093 Toni Walker098 Patricia Widlitz099 Michael Lawlor100 Matt Lesser103 Kim Fawcett104 Linda Gentile106 Christooher Lvddv109 Joseph Taborsak110 Bob Godfrev112 Michele Mount115 Steve Daroan116 Louis Esposito117 Paul Davis127 John "Jack" Hennessv137 Chris Perone139 Kevin Ryan

State HouseofRepresentatives

US Congress01 John Larson02. Joe Courtney03 Rosa DeLauro04 Jim Himes05 Chris MurphvConstitutional Officers

Governor Dan MalloyLt. Governor Nancy WymanSecretarv of the State Denise MerrillTreasurer Denise NapoierComptroller Kevin LemboAttornev General George Jepsen

01 John Fonfara02 Eric Coleman03 Gary LeBeauo4 Steve Cassano05 Beth Bye06 Donald DeFronzo07 Karen Jarmoc10 Toni Harp11 Martin Looney12 Ed Mever13 Thomas Gaffey16 John Barry17 Joe Crisco19 Edith Prasue20 Andrea Stillman21 Jim Miron22 Anthony Musto23 Edwin Gomes24 Alice Hutchinson29 Donald Williams31 Thomas Colapietro35 Anthony Guqlielmo002 Jason Bartlett006 Hector Robles008 Joan Lewis009 Jason Roias012 Geoff Luxenberg013 John "Jack" Thompson15 David Baram017 Chris GaffneyAndv FleischmannBrian BeckerDavid McCluskeyMike Demico

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