The Communications Director for Governor Ned Lamont’s office, Max Reiss, sought to tamp down a knee-jerk response to a recent CTTechworks.org post, which outlined the ways the state’s $18 MILLION deal with Infosys has turned into an unmitigated failure.
In recently revealed emails, unearthed by an FOI request submitted 6 months ago, Lamont’s brain trust, including Neil Dammando (the Chief of Staff of the Office of Workforce Strategy) and Jonathan Dach (Lamont’s Deputy Chief of Staff), debated ways in which the administration should respond to our post, which explained why the Infosys office in Hartford is a nightmare workplace that is rife with unproductivity.
Reiss bizarrely claimed CT Techworkers is a “trojan horse run by the CTGOP or Yankee Institute” and runs a “targeted and organized Infosys-hate site.”
He went on to advise that Lamont should not respond in any way … but if asked about it, should deflect and remind people how beneficial the deal is to the state.
Dammando agreed with Reiss but advised that this should be kept on the administration’s radar.
For the record, CTTechworkers can say that we have never received a single nickel from either the CT Republican Party or the Yankee Institute. This organization is completely self-funded and most of our membership are registered Democrats.
Having said all of that, we can say we are not “blowing smoke.” In fact, we are using publicly available documents to show that the whole Infosys deal is very bad for our state, our families and even for the Lamont administration itself.
Moreover, we are worried for the state of Max Reiss’s mental health. How did he come up with the notion that we were a “trojan horse” for the GOP? These are the words of a person trying to show they have a grip on public discourse and their fingers to wind of political currents. Instead, they come off as the desperate musings of a person trying to justify his job.
We wish him well, though, and we hope that the state reconsiders its deal with Infosys.