Yesterday, they began the process to take them there. The Connecticut Citizens Action Group, the state's largest citizens watchdog organization, is one of nine plaintiffs of a lawsuit served yesterday afternoon on the offices of the governor, the attorney general, the city treasurer, the governor's budget director, and the NFL team. But the state has vowed to fight back. Dean Pagani, spokesman for Governor John G. Rowland, said the lawsuit is not surprising, but it is also not substantiated. Rowland was out of the state yesterday.
Opponents argue that the lawsuit is their only alternative.
Nader said the stadium project will never get started. He cited environmental concerns, the state's credit rating, costs that will exceed the budget, and widespread opposition as the chief reasons. Cochran has said the stadium, which is exempt from regulatory provisions normally associated with a state project, fails to provide people the opportunity to participate in the administrative process needed for final approvals. It is to defeat it. It is to defeat this act,'' he said of the bill approved by the Legislature that allows the state to finance the stadium.