Philip Giordano

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Philip Giordano

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Philip Giordano (1963-) is the former Republican mayor of Waterbury, Connecticut and a convicted sex offender. He was born in Caracas, Venezuela to Italian parents and his family moved to the United States when he was two years old.

A lawyer, former state representative and former Marine (1981 - 1985), Giordano served three terms as mayor after being elected for the first time in 1995. In 2000, he unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the U.S. Senate, losing to Joe Lieberman.

While investigating municipal corruption, the FBI discovered phone records and pictures of Giordano with a prostitute named Guitana Jones, as well as with her 10-year-old niece and her 8-year-old daughter. He was arrested on July 26, 2001 and, in March 2003, was convicted of 14 counts of using an interstate device, his cell phone, to arrange sexual contact with children. He was also convicted of violating the girls' civil rights. He was sentenced to 37 years in prison. In July 2007 his motion to reduce this sentence was denied by a federal judge.

During his time as mayor, he claimed to have balanced Waterbury's budget, but prior to his arrest a state oversight board had to intervene as a result of chronic pension underfunding and taking money out the pension fund to balance the general fund. Upon Giordano's arrest in 2001, he was forced to step aside, leaving Alderman President (and current State-Senator) Sam Caligiuri as acting mayor.

[edit] External links

• http://www.nbc30.com/politics/2063329/detail.html
• Mayor arrested on sexually related charges involving child

Preceded by Edward Bergin	Mayor of Waterbury, Connecticut 1996–2001	Succeeded by Sam S.F. Caligiuri
Preceded by Donald Davino	Connecticut state representative for the Seventy-First District 1995–1996	Succeeded by Anthony J. D'Amelio