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Mayor’s new aide logs long hours at work

Matteson came to New Haven after career with labor unions

Staff Reporter
Published Thursday, September 13, 2007

Sean Matteson could be doing more important things with his time.

The 37-year-old mayoral chief of staff swivels in his chair like a restless teenager, no doubt frustrated to be wasting half an hour with a reporter. His eyes flick from any of several gaudy Post-it notes affixed to his computer screen to the two cell phones lying by his keyboard. His left hand taps against a drained can of Coca-Cola.

“I’m exhausted,” Matteson says.

With good reason. As chief of staff to New Haven Mayor John DeStefano Jr., Matteson acts as political stage manager, coordinating the...

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