But critics accused McGuigan of overreaching and empire-
building. He became embroiled in a bitter feud with state police
and came under fire for his handling of bribery allegations
against a state prosecutor. In 1985, the legislature transferred
the authority to appoint the chief state's attorney from the
chief justice of the Supreme Court to a commission appointed by
the governor, and McGuigan was ousted.  ``When McGuigan was
chief state's attorney there was a lot going on,'' the Twardy
colleague said. ``But after McGuigan, everything was just
completely closed down. There was a real feeling among federal
people that the state had no appetite for it. Not only did the
state have no appetite for it, but there was a fear that
somehow, orders had come down from on high not to do it at
all.''  Twardy made plans for an anti-corruption campaign and
obtained the backing of the state's FBI and Internal Revenue
Service offices. The first target was former Danbury Mayor James
Dyer, who was indicted on evidence provided