Louis DeLuca

Infobox State Senator


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name = Louis DeLuca
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state_senate = Connecticut
district = 32nd
term_start = 1991
term_end = 2007
preceded =
succeeded = Rob Kane
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term_start3 = 2001
term_end3 = 2007
predecessor3 =
successor3 = John McKinney
birth_date = Birth date and age|1933|08|17
birth_place = Everett, Massachusetts, U.S.
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nationality = U.S.
party = Republican
spouse = Alice DeLuca
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children = 4
residence = Woodbury, Connecticut
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occupation = businessman
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Louis DeLuca (born August 171933 in Everett, Massachusetts) is a retired businessman and a Republican Party politician in the United States. He served as the state senator for the 32nd District of Connecticut until November 30, 2007.

Political career

DeLuca was elected in 1990, representing Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Middlebury, Oxford, Roxbury, Seymour, Southbury, Thomaston, Watertown and Woodbury. He served as Senate Minority Leader in the Connecticut State Senate from 2002 to 2007.

He assisted in the successful effort to ban MTBE from Connecticut's gasoline supplies. For his efforts, he received environmental awards from the Housatonic Valley Association and the Pomperaug Watershed Coalition.

He has announced his opposition to the proposal of Governor Jodi Rell to increase the state income tax to pay for added education funding. [http://www.courant.com/news/local/statewire/hc-08014117.apds.m0663.bc-ct-xgr--feb08,0,5783037.story] dead link|date=November 2007

candal

On June 1, 2007 DeLuca was arrested upon allegations that he asked James Galante, a businessman linked to a garbage corruption scandal, to intervene in a domestic abuse problem of a family member. James Galante is reported to have paid Matthew Ianniello of the Genovese crime family $120,000 a year in protection money for his Connecticut and Westchester Country trash-hauling routes. [http://www.ctnewsjunkie.com/state_capitol/top_senate_republican_arrested.php]

On June 4, 2007 Senator DeLuca pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor threatening charge, received a suspended sentence, and was ordered to pay a fine. On June 122007, DeLuca announced he would step down as leader of the Senate Republicans [http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-ctlegdeluca0614.artjun14,0,5731841.story?coll=hc-big-headlines-breaking] dead link|date=November 2007 and was replaced by 28th District Senator John McKinney, son of late Congressman Stewart McKinney. [cite press release|title=Leadership Press Releases|publisher=Senate Republicans|date=June 142007|url=http://www.senaterepublicans.ct.gov/press/leadership/2007/061407_2.html|accessdate=2007-11-13]

A special senate committee was convened to determine if DeLuca should be officially sanctioned. One Republican state senator, David Cappiello, called on DeLuca to resign his seat. [http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-deluca0802.artaug02,0,2086857.story] dead link|date=November 2007

On August 4, 2007, the husband of DeLuca's granddaughter, Mark Colella, was interviewed by the Hartford Courant. While he denied abusing DeLuca's granddaughter, he admitted to a long record of criminal charges and said of DeLuca, "I'd like to smack his teeth down his throat," [http://www.courant.com/news/custom/topnews/hc-colella0805.artaug05,0,1113214.story?coll=hc_tab01_layout] dead link|date=November 2007

On October 15, 2007, DeLuca testified in front of the committee investigating him, acknowledging under oath that he asked Galante to threaten his grandson-in-law and that he also knowingly had lied to FBI officers when they questioned him during their investigation. He also told the committee that he reported to Waterbury Chief of Police Neil O'Leary of his granddaughter's alleged abuse but the chief refused to investigate the claim. O'Leary, in response, said that he is willing to testify under oath in front of the committee to give his side of the story. [http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-deluca1016.artoct16,0,2723947.story] dead link|date=November 2007

On November 13, 2007, DeLuca announced his resignation from the Senate, effective November 302007.cite news|author=Susan Haigh|coauthors=AP|title=Conn. Lawmaker Quits Over Alleged Threat|work=Guardian Unlimited|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-7074418,00.html|date=2007-11-13|accessdate=2007-11-13]

Watertown councilman Rob Kane, a Republican, was elected in a January 15, 2008 special election to serve out the balance of DeLuca's term. [http://ctlocalpolitics.net/2008/01/15/kane-defeats-curran/]

ee also

*Connecticut Senate

References

*cite news|author=AP|title=Biographical details of Louis C. DeLuca.|url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2007/11/13/biographical_details_of_louis_c_deluca/|work=The Boston Globe|accessdate=2007-11-13
* [http://www.senaterepublicans.ct.gov/senainfo/delucaf6.htm Senate Republicans - Senator Louis DeLuca] . ct.gov. Retrieved on 2007-11-13.

External links

*http://www.senaterepublicans.ct.gov/senainfo/DeLuca.htm