One on one with 24th district state senate candidate Paul Rotello

On Wednesday, Danbury City Councilman Paul Rotello announced that he's throwing his hat into the race for the state's 24th district senate seat.
Via Rotello's press release:

It’s been a real honor to represent my neighbors in Danbury over the last decade, and I hope to continue doing so in Hartford for all the residents of the 24th,” the four term councilman said, adding, “Many of the larger issues facing the four towns, from ill advised court rulings preventing local zoning control, to management of water resources, continuing job losses, sky-high electrical rates and the ongoing uncertainties surrounding Candlewood lake, need to be addressed at the state level if they are ever to be resolved. I intend to focus on them immediately and begin bringing the residents of Northern Fairfield county relief.

Earlier this week, I had an opportunity to interview Rotello and talk to him about his desire to give current state senator Mike McLachlan his pink slip.



Rotello isn't the only Democrat that expressed interest in representing the state's 24th senatorial district as Bethel Former First Selectwoman Alice Hutchinson formed an exploratory committee some time ago.

If 2008 is any indication of things to come, then expect these two Democrats to face each other in an August primary.