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The group that gets credit for forcing the resignation of Connecticut Humane Society President/Board Chairman Richard Johnson tonight announced that a state legislative group will have its own comments Thursday about continuing problems with one of the oldest and best known state charities. The Coalition For Change, the group that disclosed wide-spread... 

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