Lake Pocotopaug NewsLocal news for Lake Pocotopaug, CT continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Simply A Leader- November 30, 2007 "Now, Irish kids don't get a chance to use that word, 'chanteuse" - With laughter, tears and a favorite song, William A. O'Neill was remembered Thursday as a common man with an uncommon touch for politics and people. 'He never lost himself in the glare of being governor,' Gov. M. Jodi Rell told mourners at his funeral. 'He was simply Bill O'Neill, someone who loved politics and loved public service.' O'Neill, the underestimated lieutenant governor who became Connecticut's longest-serving...http://www.topix.net/city/lake-pocotopaug-ct/2007/11/simply-a-leader?fromrss=1 'Titan' Of State Politics Dies- November 25, 2007 "But it was that group of men who worked with Gov. O'Neill to open the system up. It was the group of men that I worked with and who supported my entry into the top ranks of government - and the same is true of other women and minorities." William A. O'Neill, the one-time tavern owner and small-town Democrat who became the longest-serving Connecticut governor in nearly 200 years, died Saturday afternoon at his home in East Hampton. He was 77.After weeks of nursing-home and hospital care for...http://www.topix.net/city/lake-pocotopaug-ct/2007/11/titan-of-state-politics-dies?fromrss=... |