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When State Rep. Anne Hughes got caught on a hot mic saying "tax my people, they won't even notice," it absolutely infuriated the working PEOPLE of Connecticut who can no longer afford to get “taxed more”.

Now The People want Hughes to start answering a few questions about rather curious connections involving certain PACs, the Connecticut cannabis industry, lobbying firms, the Selectman, and a little game we like to refer to as, “Let’s Not Pay Our Property Taxes.”

State Rep. Hughes filed her PAC registration on November 15, 2024.

Erin Gorman Kirk is her treasurer.

Follow along, this will be fun.

Erin Gorman Kirk is Connecticut's Cannabis Ombudsman, a position that at the time was reportedly "the first of its kind in the United States."

Her office is "committed to gathering important patient data to improve Connecticut's medical marijuana program” and "to make a difference."

We all know how much Connecticut loves to collect data, and make new offices, right?

More than 800 candidates applied for the job of Cannabis Ombudsman.

But of all those applicants, the state of Connecticut felt the best candidate for the job was Erin Gorman Kirk -- a woman with a business partner who works as a lobbyist for the cannabis industry.

Kirk's partner, Patrick Gorman, is the founder and Managing Director of Cannabis Government Strategies, the "top DC-based, boutique lobbying-firm focused exclusively on shaping Federal and State politics and policy for the benefit of the cannabis, hemp, and CBD industries."

How convenient!

But wait, there's more.

Let us move onto the property tax game.

State Rep. Hughes is married to Thomas Hughes, who is serving as treasurer for democrat First Selectman candidate Nicholas D’Addario.

Easton, pay close attention here.

If Nick is “running” a fourth-generation business in Easton, he must be familiar with the history of NOT paying property taxes in Easton, Trumbull, Newtown, Bridgeport and Milford. All of the properties are listed under “The Estate of Francis D’Addario.”

While Nick may not “run” the funds for these properties, he claims to manage them. It appears to be a game, especially when property is “sold” for $1 and the town and state lose on conveyance fees.

It looks like the D’Addario Estate paid up in Trumbull, perhaps for a sale.

The businesses continue to run, and are allowed to do so by the court.

But when will Easton get paid?

It all feels a bit swampy, doesn't it?

You've got:

1. Anne Hughes’ comment, "We're not rich. But I always tell the governor to tax my people — they won't even notice."
2. Someone holding an official position in a state office acting as a Treasurer on a PAC.
3. Someone holding an official position in a state office with ties to a firm that lobbies the very industry for which she is tasked as Ombudsman.
4. A First Selectman candidate with a family business history that appears to include shell gaming property taxes.

The people of Easton deserve transparency and honest representation.

But they sure aren't getting it from State Rep. Anne Hughes and her swamp friends.

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