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Republican defends Permanent Commission on the Status of Women
As a Republican-appointed commissioner of the Permanent Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW), I take issue with your recent editorial (“A Voice for Connecticut Women, or a Democratic Party organ?” April 1, 2013).
The PCSW is non-partisan not only in mandate, but to its core. Why else would the agency have taken (Democratic) Gov. Malloy to task in 2010 for not appointing enough women to his Executive Branch positions? Why did they work closely with Republican Sen. Sam Caligiuri on a pay equity bill in 2010? Why, on March 13 of this year, were there numerous Republicans standing proudly with the PCSW when they hosted 250 women – of all party affiliations (and some non-affiliated), all colors, all economic strata at Women’s Day at the Capitol, and why, this Friday, will all 55 female members of the General Assembly stand with the PCSW at a press conference announcing a critical new bill aimed at addressing human trafficking?
Here’s why: because the PCSW works on both sides of the aisle, every day. I may not always agree with every issue the agency works on, but I never doubt for one minute that they do it objectively, using accurate data, and in a way that deliberately and very effectively involves elected officials from both major parties.
This bipartisanship is not only important to Executive Director Teresa Younger and her staff; it is key to their proven track record over 40 years of advocating for all of Connecticut’s women.
Lucia Aschettino
Orange
The PCSW is non-partisan not only in mandate, but to its core. Why else would the agency have taken (Democratic) Gov. Malloy to task in 2010 for not appointing enough women to his Executive Branch positions? Why did they work closely with Republican Sen. Sam Caligiuri on a pay equity bill in 2010? Why, on March 13 of this year, were there numerous Republicans standing proudly with the PCSW when they hosted 250 women – of all party affiliations (and some non-affiliated), all colors, all economic strata at Women’s Day at the Capitol, and why, this Friday, will all 55 female members of the General Assembly stand with the PCSW at a press conference announcing a critical new bill aimed at addressing human trafficking?
Here’s why: because the PCSW works on both sides of the aisle, every day. I may not always agree with every issue the agency works on, but I never doubt for one minute that they do it objectively, using accurate data, and in a way that deliberately and very effectively involves elected officials from both major parties.
This bipartisanship is not only important to Executive Director Teresa Younger and her staff; it is key to their proven track record over 40 years of advocating for all of Connecticut’s women.
Lucia Aschettino
Orange
posted by Matt DeRienzo at
5:43 PM
3 Comments:
Why did the defender not address the issue at hand, which is the Commission's inexcusable silence on Hewitt?
Some Republican Lucia Aschettino is, offering this pitiful defense of Younger and the PCSW, a defense which curiously fails even to address the point of the NHR's editorial. What about Hewett, Ms. Ashettino? You got something to say about HIM??
The commission benefits by having a Republican defend it ("see, were nonpartisan after all"), and the Republicans benefit their public image by defending the commission ("oh, maybe Republicans don't hate women after all (or whatever the Democrats' latest outlandish caricature of the GOP is) since the Republicans are defending the Permanent Commission on the Status of Women").
It's a convenient and useful charade for all involved.
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