I was looking up an Administrator’s e-mail address. As you know I have recently sent another one of my advocacy letters out.
So here is what I find out, see below. So should I still send her my advocacy letter?
Maybe I should find out who is next in line.
Susan Hamilton, the commissioner of the state Department of Children and Families, was arrested Thursday night by state police and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, police said Friday.
Hamilton, a well-known attorney who served at DCF before becoming commissioner in 2007, failed a field sobriety test after being spotted by a trooper on Interstate 91 near exit 11 in North Haven at about 7 p.m., according to state police. She was riding in her personal vehicle, not a state-owned car.
Hamilton's rise through DCF has brought her from being a front-line child abuse investigator to being the head of an agency with one of the largest budgets and workforces in state government.
Despite the well-documented controversies and problems at DCF, 41 candidates applied when the commissioner's job opened up, including 29 from outside Connecticut. Hamilton, 42, was chosen from that large group. Hamilton was recommended as the top choice among three finalists by a three-member screening committee that included Gov. M. Jodi Rell's chief of staff, M. Lisa Moody.
In 1998, Hamilton was appointed by Kristine D. Ragaglia, the agency's commissioner, to head DCF's legal division, where she oversaw 13 lawyers and 23 paralegals. The West Hartford resident holds a master's degree in social work and a law degree.
"I consider any instance of drinking and driving to be a serious matter, and I am disappointed that this incident occurred,'' said Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell. "I also believe this to be an aberration for Commissioner Hamilton, whose personal and professional conduct has been heretofore exemplary over a 16-year public service career. Commissioner Hamilton has expressed her remorse to the employees of DCF and to me and has pledged to take every action to ensure this never happens again."
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