According to the State Election Enforcement Commission’s Guide for Municipal Candidates, the treasurer of a candidate’s campaign committee must file a financial disclosure statement with the Town Clerk’s office by the 7th day prior to an election. With the Woodbridge Municipal Elections scheduled for Monday, May 4th this would require that the campaign committees file reports by April 27th. These reports must either be received at the Town Clerk’s office or postmarked by the 27th.

According to a source at the Town Clerk’s office, Mr. Colabella’s campaign finance disclosure statement had not been received as of close of business on Friday, May 1st. Others have commented that a similar occurrence happened in 1999 when Mr. Colabella ran against Roger Harrison in the First Selectman’s race in Woodbridge.

It is worth noting that former First Selectman Harrison is now chair of the Economic Development Commission, a commission that Mr. Colabella criticized during this year’s First Selectman’s debate, calling it ‘impotent’.

Is Mr. Colabella simply repeating a failed playbook from ten years ago? Does he have anything helpful to bring to the debate? More importantly, if these allegations are true, how can Mr. Colabella miss important filing dates and still call himself proactive? It would seem as if an accountant would understand the importance of filing financial reports on time.

Mr. Colabella has sent out mailings asking “Where’s Ed?”. It appears as if First Selectman Sheehy has been busy doing his job in a timely and appropriate manner. The real question seems to be, where’s Ken Colabella’s campaign finance disclosure statement?

(Originally published on the Woodbridge Democrats' Blog).