By CHRIS POWELL
For years now some state legislators and other elected officials have been calling for legislation to cancel the pensions of public officials and public employees convicted of corruption. The general idea has wide support, especially because former Gov. John G. Rowland, having served a year in federal prison for taking kickbacks, will receive $50,000 per year plus lifetime medical insurance in a few years; because pensions already are being paid to two of his convicted henchmen, Peter Ellef, now in federal prison, and Lawrence Alibozek, now serving home confinement; and because a pension will be due to former Bridgeport state Sen. Ernest Newton, a bribe taker now in federal prison.
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